Off to a flying start
History was made in Verwood on Sunday, 12 January 2014 with the formation of the new Verwood Youth Band (VYB). Set up as part of Verwood Concert Brass it has already won trophies.
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MP calls for patient voices to be heard
Annette Brooke, MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, joined Breast Cancer Care in Parliament this week to call for breast cancer patients’ voices to be central to decisions about the availability of new medicines on the NHS in England. Patients affected by breast cancer were on hand to share their experiences with MPs and…
85 at 85
Trustee of Autism Wessex, Joan Dampney, is taking on an abseiling challenge to raise funds for the charity. Joan is a long term supporter of the charity and is taking this opportunity to do something she has always wanted to do whilst raising money. Joan Dampney comments, “I’ve always wanted to abseil so I’m taking…
Verwood paedophile jailed for 5 years
A specialist unit of Dorset Police detectives have successfully convicted a paedophile following an investigation in conjunction with US Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in London, the National Crime Agency (NCA) and Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP). Mark Luscombe a 29-year-old man from Verwood was sentenced to a total of five years imprisonment on…
Ty’s friends raise funds
The family and friends of a former patient at Lewis-Manning have raised over £4000 for the hospice following his death last year.
Tyrone ‘Ty’ Mills, who was 47 and had cancer, had been a regular patient at the hospice in the months leading up to his death in December.
Artists can enter THAT competition
Students studying design, illustration, interior design or CAD specialists, as well as budding artists from the BH Postcode and Dorset area, are being called to take part in a very special competition in association with THAT Group. THAT Group are the developers of the new £85 million Hilton Hotel in Bournemouth and they have partnered…
Help trace the owner of valuable poems
Police officers in Dorchester are appealing for the help of the public after a selection of valuable poems were recovered in the town.
Approximately 50 representations of Thomas Hardy poems were seized by police in Dorchester on 2 January 2014 – the owner has not been identified.
New manager at the Regent Centre
The Board of Directors of the Regent Centre in Christchurch are pleased to announce the appointment of a new Manager, Greg Rawlings, who has grown up in the area and now lives in Ensbury Park. Greg Rawlings comes from the LifeCentre in Winton near Bournemouth, where he oversaw the conversion of the former Moderne cinema…
Decorations Find New Home
A local supermarket team has begun their community work in 2014 by putting their Christmas decorations to good use.The team at Sainsbury’s Ferndown have provided Heatherlands Community Centre, Parley First School, Ferndown First School and Little People’s Child Care r with a selection of colourful decorations which were hung over the store’s shop-floor throughout December.…
Snapshot of David Bailey
David’s deep-seated interest in animals and birds goes back to childhood days spent in the New Forest with his grandfather, the well-known forester Len Witt, who lived in Frogham.
