Twenty five local solicitors firms from across Dorset and Hampshire have raised £5,500 for Lewis-Manning Hospice in Poole by taking part in its ‘Make A Will Fortnight’ scheme. It was set-up to not only raise vital funds for the Poole charity, which offers free specialist palliative nursing care to around 650 local people living with…
Regent Centre, Christchurch, 7 September 2013 [divide] Review by Janine Pulford A blinder of a concert. This tribute act (After Midnight) formed 28 years ago and this was their first time playing in Christchurch and only their second appearance in Dorset. Lead guitarist/vocals Mike Hall has an uncanny resemblance to Clapton and has clearly studied…
Water voles are thriving at Moors Valley Country Park and Forest thanks to the dedication of a team of Countryside Management Rangers.
You could have been forgiven for thinking there was a Star Wars invasion in West Moors today. Young Charlotte Jackson had a party at Pinehurst Community Church and her special guests were the Dorset Troopers in the guise of Princess Leia, Darth Vader, a Storm trooper, Scout trooper and Boba Fett. The day was a…
20 September – 12 October 2013, with free outdoor opening weekend 20-22 September Bournemouth’s Arts by the Sea Festival will have a wonderful array of musical talent in this, its third year – spanning films accompanied by live score from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (BSO) through to classical Paginini by candlelight in the historic Shelley Theatre.Festival…
A remarkable selection of etchings, watercolours and oil paintings by three exceptional draughtsmen will be offered in Lawrences’ first major auction of the autumn season at Crewkerne.
Detectives in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after an attempted robbery in Boscombe. The incident happened at around 11.20am on Monday 2 September 2013 at the junction of Adeline Road and Roumelia Lane. The victim, a 35-year-old man, was approached by an unknown person while out walking who…
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has teamed up with Urban Heath Partnership (UHP) to tidy up the heath mountain bike hotspot, better known as the Pits, after a summer of fun and sun. Armed with cakes and biscuits donated by the local Co-operative in Upton, DWT and UHP were joined by local young people and together managed to clear a shocking amount of litter from the site, most of which was plastic bottles.
Police in Ferndown are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a fail to stop road traffic collision. The incident happened at around 10am on Friday 30 August 2013 near the junction of West Moors Road and Horton Road. The victim, a 24-year-old Wimborne man, was cycling on his BMX when…
Waved off by crowds in excess of 120,000 lining the bank of the Thames on Sunday 1 September, Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust ambassador Kristie Reid (20) and her crew onboard 70-ft yacht ‘Great Britain’, led the fleet of 12 Clipper boats and a flotilla of spectator vessels in an iconic parade through Tower Bridge and down the Thames, as they embarked on the start of their 40,000 mile race around the world.
