Work to turn Bytheway Field off Leigh Road in Colehill into a Suitable Alternative Natural Green Space (SANG) has been marked with an official opening. The Chairman of East Dorset District Council, Cllr Lucy Clark performed the ceremony by planting an oak tree watched by users of the field. The 37-acre field was bought by…
A brand new wheelchair accessible Mk III Wheelyboat, specially designed to provide disabled people with hassle-free and independent access to waterborne activities is being launched at Wareham Boat Hire, Dorset on Wednesday, 10 April. The new Wheelyboat will enable disabled adults and children to participate in a wide range of water based activities on the…
Wimborne Town enjoyed what must have been one of the swiftest comebacks in Southern League football last Saturday. Striker Tom Jeffes had made what was supposed to be his last appearance in a Magpies shirt in the Easter Monday victory over Winchester after taking a new job in London. However, he surprised Wimborne fans by…
Anyone interested in finding out about places of interest and events in key market towns and out in the Dorset countryside will discover all the information they need in a colourful new guide, available from Wimborne Tourist Information Centre. ‘Rural Dorset Days Out 2013’ is an attractive free publication celebrating the wonderful selection of attractions…
Dorset residents are being warned not to use a paid-for service to register to vote in the upcoming local elections. On Thursday, 2 May, Dorset County Council will be asking residents to elect the authority’s members for the next four years. It is free to register to vote, but the Electoral Commission has been alerted…
Lawrences’ Spring Fine Art auction in Crewkerne will comprise 2200 lots and there are sure to be eye-catching delights for every pocket. The sale begins with 820 lots of Silver and Vertu on Tuesday, 23 April. An Art Deco caddy spoon by the celebrated designer and silversmith Omar Ramsden dates from 1927 and is expected to…
The Year 3 and 4 pupils at Hillside Community First School in Verwood have been learning about the Celts and Romans this term. Their learning culminated by having a Roman Day in school and by visiting Fishbourne Roman Palace at Chichester. For their Roman Day the children and staff dressed up as citizens, slaves or…
Three men who killed a Boscombe man and buried him in a shallow grave have been handed life sentences. Stuart Raymond Wareham of Bournemouth, aged 26, his half brother Lee Raymond Wareham, 33, and 22-year-old Benjamin Henry Walter, both of no fixed abode, killed Geoffrey Reed in his flat on Cecil Road in Boscombe on…
The official opening of the new Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA) by the town mayor, Cllr Simon Gibson will take place at Verwood Recreation Ground on Saturday, 4 May at 11am. Everyone is welcome. Verwood Concert Brass Training Band will be playing and Rossgarth junior footballers will be using the targets and goals to demonstrate this…
The successful association cemented between the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu and the Surrey Sculpture Society (SSS), sees the famous motor museum’s historic Palace House and gardens hosting the society’s Summer Sculpture Trail for the third year running.
