Author: Dorset View

West Street took the opportunity to use their Community Window to inform people of the history of The Rifles as well as a programme showing the timings of the whole event.

In the early hours of Monday 22nd April 2013, a commercial premise was broken into on Wimborne Road West in the Ferndown area. Offenders smashed their way through a side gate and gained entry to the rear of the property. An untidy search then took place and a safe was removed. If any residents witness…

It has cost the Dorset Waste Partnership (DWP) around £10,000 to clear nearly two tonnes of rubbish dumped along the A338 Spur Road.The DWP coordinated the work together with Bournemouth Borough Council.  They took five nights – two more than expected – to clear the five-mile stretch between Ashley Heath roundabout and Blackwater junction. Among the…

Work to protect Christchurch’s coastline will begin on Monday 29 April. The work forms part of Christchurch Borough Council’s annual programme of maintenance to coastal structures. The work will include a local sand recycling exercise, where excess windfall material will be removed from in front of Mudeford Quay and Gundimore Beach and delivered to depleted…

Manager of Bournemouth AFC, Eddie Howe, spoke of his pride after leading the club back to the Championship for the second time in its 114 year history. The Cherries sealed promotion on the 21 April, with a 3-1 win over Carlisle, while Doncaster and Brentford dropped points to confirm the club’s place in the second…

Autism Wessex is looking for local people celebrating their 45th wedding anniversary in 2013 to come and celebrate with them on 29 June. Hosting their inaugural Ball to mark the 45th anniversary of the regional charity, a Sapphire themed occasion, the charity would like to gift two VIP tickets to attend the Ball to a local couple…

An army regiment paraded through Wimborne on Sunday, 21 April. The Rifles were exercising their freedom of Wimborne Minster, granted to them by the Mayor Cllr John Burden in 2010. The Freedom Parade, led by the Rifles band, started in Allenview Road car park and proceeded to the square where the mayor, by coincidence – Cllr…

Cherry Tree Nursery, a Sheltered Work Opportunities Project, celebrated its 23rd birthday on 18 April. The project now has over 150 volunteers with severe mental health problems, having started in 1990 with just four. The Westbourne Rotary Club very kindly and generously provided the barbecue for the function which was marked by the unveiling of…

News just in from Dorset Wildlife Trust says that the destruction caused by the South West PIB spill has now reached Dorset. Dead birds have been washed up on Chesil Beach today (19 April 2013). The total stands at 58 birds from Chesil Cove – 46 guillemot, 6 gannet, 1 shag, 1 fulmar, 1 razorbill, 1 skua species, 2 juvenile gulls.

A week after the first reports of birds covered in a sticky glue like substance being washed up on South West beaches, wildlife charities have today confirmed that the number of dead has passed 1000. This is in addition to the 200+ birds in the care of RSPCA and South Devon Seabird Trust.