Work will start on Monday 17 March 2014 to carry out essential repairs to the structure of the ferry pontoon at Mudeford Sandbank. The work will take up to two weeks, although the contractors will make every effort to finish the job earlier. Inevitably this will cause some disruption to the ferry services which operate from the…
“I commend the people who are involved with this new Soft Play Group,” said the Lord-Lieutenant of Dorset, Mr Angus Campbell, when he officially opened the group at the Heatherlands Centre in Ferndown on 13 March. “it’s a wonderful facility for the community.”
Todays presentation of award (Thursday) to the students at Ferndown Upper School is the best day of the year for the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation (JTYAF). The successful award applicants are talented students with a whole range of aspirations for the future and the JTYAF is privileged to be able to give them the…
Becoming £1,000 better off overnight is something to celebrate with gusto, and indeed this was the case when our latest winner, Mr J M Womersley, received the news that he’d won the monthly CashUnity draw.
The second (February) CashUnity prize draw for £1,000 was been carried out by the Mayor of Fordingbrige, Cllr Malcolm Connolly in the presence of directors Ben and Janine Pulford (mags4dorset) and witnessed by Mr Perkins (CashUnity member) from Perkins Motor Accessories on 7 March. The winner is Mr J Womersley from Stuckton and he spent…
Staff and children from Allenbourn Middle School dressed up as their favourite book characters for World Book Day on Thursday 7 March. Amongst the staff were three Mary Poppins, as well as the sinister hooded Doctor Kalmenius from Philip Pullman’s Clockwork. Within the classes there were wizards, witches, princesses and spies, not to mention some…
Residents are invited to a flood advice drop-in session at the Civic Offices in Christchurch on Thursday 20 March. The session will be jointly hosted by the Environment Agency and Christchurch Council and will take place in the Council Chamber between 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Residents can call in at any time during the session and…
Verwood’s two brass bands triumphed over the weekend of 8 and 9 March when competing with over 70 bands in the West of England at Torquay.
Dorset Police and the Police and Crime Commissioner are continuing to review counter service provision across the Force – with no changes anticipated until at least September 2015. The decision to delay implementation of the proposals – which include the withdrawal of some station desk offices and reduced opening times at other locations – has…
