To celebrate Easter the Ringwood and Fordingbridge Club for the Blind held an Easter Bonnet Parade in the Activities Centre of the Greyfriars Community Centre in Ringwood on Thursday 28 March. The winners were Bernard Bennett and Dorrie Green with their beautifully decorated hats and were awarded prizes for their efforts. The runners up were…
The electrifying final of Burgate’s Got Talent 2013 took place in Fordingbridge on 22 March. The glamorous Miss Proctor took to the stage once more to the host the evenings’ entertainment. The ten acts pulled out all the stops and the judges had an incredibly difficult decision to make. The winner, Alex Crossley in Year…
YOUNGSTERS explored groundbreaking astronomers and scientists to wow their audiences at the Ringwood Waldorf School.
Class 7 at the Steiner school performed ‘The Order of the Heavens’ to packed houses.
Police in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a large number of allotments have been criminally damaged in Winton. Since 12 March 2013 around 50 incidents have been reported at allotments along Cornelia Road. The damage consists of greenhouses having been smashed, sheds pushed over and plants damaged.…
History has been made with SouthWest Trains running its first passenger train from Bournemouth to Corfe Castle and Swanage – to show dignitaries and stakeholders the progress being made towards re-introducing a regular amenity train service from Swanage to Wareham.
Archaeology students from the University of Southampton will take a step back in time at Buckler’s Hard to the days of Britain’s most famous Royal Navy flag officer, Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson. They will spend the Bank Holiday weekend (4-6 May) at the historic village, where ships for Nelson’s Trafalgar fleet were built, getting hands-on…
Detectives in Bournemouth continuing to investigate a serious assault that occurred outside a fast food takeaway shop in Bournemouth – have released moving CCTV footage. The incident, in which an 18-year-old man from Poole was attacked by two unknown men, happened outside Snappy Tomato Pizza on Exeter Road at around 4.05am on Friday 14 December…
Following Verwood Concert Brass’ annual general meeting on 25 March, the musical directors each awarded a trophy to their player of the year. For the Training Band there was a joint award to Callum Moran (Trombone) and Rhys Pegoraro (Soprano Cornet). Robert Graves (Eb Bass) received the B Band award and the A Band award…
Badger ales is delighted to be helping the South West Coast Path Association to celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2013, by sponsoring the Lulworth Cove to Osmington Mills section of the walk and submitting a team to walk it on Friday, 5 April 2013. As part of the day Badger ales will also be sampling three…
A man convicted of money laundering, possession of criminal property and an offence under the medicines act has been issued a £110,000 confiscation order. The 55-year-old man, from Bournemouth, was convicted of the offences on 27 November 2011. His trial followed an investigation by Dorset Police which found he was selling perfumes stolen from the…
