Iconic star of stage and screen, Dame Julie Andrews, will be returning to the UK in May and June for a tour of speaking engagements, where lucky fans will enjoy a special evening with the much loved legend from the world of entertainment. “An Evening with Julie Andrews,” will be hosted by multi-platinum selling singer and popular…
A team of over 20 apprentices from Siemens and the South West Trains-Network Rail Alliance took part in a two-day team-building event at Swanage Railway, dismantling a Class 101 DMU (diesel multiple unit) before it is scrapped.
The BPCSU Summer Games have become an annual fun filled charity day, with last year’s successful fundraiser seeing £265.21 taken in donations for the foundation
Last week Colehill Evening WI Walking Group enjoyed a walk through the wonderful bluebells at Pamphill. The weather was sunny after all the rain, but it was certainly very wet and slippery underfoot. Wellies at the ready and with much laughter they squidged through the woods with only one slip up which resulted in muddy…
The fourth CashUnity prize draw for £1,000 was carried out in Ringwood by the Mayor of Ringwood Cllr Steve Rippon-Swaine in the presence of the MP for New Forest West, the Rt Hon Desmond Swayne, on Friday 9 May
The Andrew Simpson Sailing Centre (ASSC) was today officially launched at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA), with a poignant introduction by Andrew Simpson’s close friends and Olympic sailing partners, Sir Ben Ainslie and Iain Percy OBE. Peter Allam, Chief Executive of the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, sees the ASSC as…
Bournemouth police officers are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following an attempted robbery on Friday 2 May at 9.20pm in Pokesdown, Bournemouth. A man entered One Stop on Seabourne Road and waited at the counter. A female member of staff approached the man and he demanded that she opened the…
The FitSteppers of Wimborne and Verwood are once again raising funds for their two local charities, Julia’s House Children’s Hospice and the Bournemouth Multiple Sclerosis Centre. The Wimborne event is on Tuesday 13 May, 6.15pm, at the Community Learning Centre, (opposite the Model Village). The Verwood event is on Monday 19 May, 7.30pm, at Hillside…
As part of International Compost Awareness Week which is being held from 5 to 11 May 2014, Borough of Poole is encouraging more residents to get composting with a special ‘Share and Save’ offer promoted in partnership with getcomposting.com. The Buy One Get One Half Price offer on the already discounted compost bins means residents…
Garden lovers in Dorset will be able to step back in time and see a newly-restored Victorian orchid house which re-opened today 9 May at Kingston Lacy. The orchid house was an important part of the kitchen garden at the house over 100 years ago but had tumbled into ruin over time. It has now…