A popular section of the South West Coast Path, close to The Smuggler’s Inn at Osmington Mills in Dorset has been improved with the help of sponsorship from Badger Ales and the South West Coast Path Association. The project is one of 120 improvement projects that are taking place in 2013 along the 630 miles…
Local football legend Steve Fletcher will be making a special guest appearance at a sports and entertainment evening in aid of Coping with CHAOS, part of Dorset disability charity Diverse Abilities Plus, on Saturday 23 November at the Horse and Jockey pub in Bournemouth. Fletcher will be on hand to sign autographs and answer questions…
Dorset Police and its partners are encouraging victims of domestic abuse to come forward and seek help from specialist organisations and networks. Domestic abuse can be reported directly to the police or through various partner agencies who offer guidance and support. It is important that victims don’t suffer in silence; the cycle of abuse and…
Haskins Garden Centre at Ferndown has made thousands of Unwins poppy seeds available for schools and organisations who wish to plant the seeds next spring, ideally in bright areas of earth, to support the commemoration of the First World War Centenary next year. The war is estimated to have claimed over 16 million lives across…
Ferndown’s Deputy Mayor, Cllr Steve Lugg, launched this year’s Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal at the town’s Garden of Remembrance on Friday 25 October.
Almost 40 charities and organisations have answered Wimborne in Bloom’s call to come together for a Grand Charities Fair on Saturday 9 November between 10am- 3pm in the Allendale Centre, Hanham Road, Wimborne Minster. Each Charity/Organisation has been allocated a 6 ft table and an entrance charge of 20p is being made which goes to…
Police in Bournemouth are appealing for help after a woman was sexually assaulted at approximately 3.20am on Friday 25 October on Brassey Road in Moordown. The 20-year-old local woman got into the front passenger seat of a taxi on Holdenhurst Road and a man who she did not know, got into the rear of the…
Following the Mayor of Ferndown’s civic day lunch hosted by Ferndown Golf Club, the mayor, Cllr John Lewis presented club captain, Barry Vincent, with a plaque in recognition of the club’s centenary and its contribution to Ferndown life. One of the world’s top 1,000 golf courses, a moving presentation of its history was given by…
A much cherished original photograph that used to hang in the reception area of the old Griffin Hotel, adjacent to Wimborne Station, has disappeared from its perch in the railway room at Wimborne Model Town. Development Manager, Greg Hoar, said: “The donated picture dates from 1929 and shows the licensees of the time with their…
Police in Weymouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a tortoise was stolen from Bowleaze Coveway in Weymouth. Tucker the tortoise vanished from an insecure greenhouse some time between 10am and 12pm on Friday 18 October 2013. The female tortoise is thought to be 60 to 70 years old…
