Last year’s entries in the mags4dorset Creative Writing Awards were so outstanding that as well as the winner of the short story competition, the judges, Carol Rivers and Martin Baum, chose two highly commended stories. Here is one of them: ‘In Sickness and in Health’ by Phyllis Higgins from Frome. In Sickness and in Health…
INDIANA JONES wants a prestigious estate car to whisk his priceless antiques away from glory hunters and into museums – but which one? I suspect he goes weak at the knees for the top of the range Volkswagen Passat Alltrack. Why? Because its cargo capacity is 603-litres rising to 1,731-litres when the rear seats are…
Flagship store raises standard Costa Coffee in Wimborne was opened in February 2007 and has just undergone a major refurbishment. The Wimborne store was opened by local Costa franchisees Mark and Jane Brown. At the time it was their third Costa store and the business has now grown to 11 locations throughout the area, from…
mags4dorset Charity of the year – The Osborne Centre Dear Readers, Hi again from the Osborne Centre and our branch at West Parley. Last month I told you about the facilities available to people whose lives are affected by MS, and also about our eight wheelchair adapted vehicles that transport our members to and from…
East Dorset District Council is warning residents to be aware of a potential scam where people are being asked to pay for parking fines that they don’t owe. The warning comes after a local woman received a telephone call from a person claiming to be from East Dorset District Council and asking her to pay…
Police investigating the tragic accident which took the life of Ringwood teenager Jade Clark, are appealing for the driver of a Volvo XC90 motor car that was involved in the collision to get in touch. Traffic Inspector Matt Butler said, “We know from our investigation so far that a number of vehicles were involved in…
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has condemned a potential badger cull in the county, announced by Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson MP, as a reserve pilot cull area in case of problems with either of the proposed cull areas in Gloucestershire and Somerset. DWT is keen to find an effective, long term solution to the problem of Bovine TB (bTB), but urges the Government to put more effort into an effective vaccine instead of a cull.
Last year’s entries in the mags4dorset creative writing awards were so outstanding that as well as the winner of the short story competition, the judges, Carol Rivers and Martin Baum, chose two highly commended stories. Here is the first one by Mary Macarthur from Frome. Taking a Cut by Mary Macarthur I did it for…
Community Service by Marianne Ashurst ‘No one over eighty is happy or useful.’ Bill overheard the woman’s terrible statement in the hospital waiting room where he sat holding Alice’s hand. At seventy-nine, Bill fervently hoped she had got it wrong. Alice was quietly slipping away from him and he was fearful for the future. A…
