Martin McLeman has been appointed as the new headteacher for Queen Elizabeth’s School in Wimborne Minster. The current headteacher, Andy Puttock, will be leaving to become the principal of the British School of Beijing in China and Mr McLeman will take up his new post in September 2013. He joins QE from Tewkesbury School in…
Fans lined the streets to watch AFC Bournemouth’s ‘We are going up!’ parade celebrating the Cherries promotion to the Championship. Manager Eddie Howe was aboard the open top bus alongside the squad and backroom staff as it wound through the streets reminding everyone of the clubs achievements of the last season. The open top bus…
Bournemouth students have gone where no Bournemouth students have gone before. Teenagers from Harewood and Avonbourne colleges were given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of taking photos of Earth, by linking up with the International Space Station (ISS). On Friday (April 26) the students made contact with the ISS as it moved above the northern hemisphere to…
A hedgehog hunt, children’s story time and sweet treats in the form of hedgehog cakes are some of the activities that will take place on Hedgehog Day on Saturday 15 June from 9.30am–3pm at Castle Gardens, Sherborne.
Ferndown Junior Jitsu Club had a resounding success at the Jitsu Foundation Judo Championships in Birmingham last Saturday (27 April). Students scooped 11 Gold, 9 Silver, 6 Bronze, 6 Special Awards and 28 medals. To top off the medal rush, Scott Bishop also passed his 1st Kyu Brown Belt grading. Around 300 competitors took part…
Get ready for the Broadstone song. Written and performed by local musician Owen Moor, the unique song is one of the attractions to be seen and heard at Broadstone’s special event this Bank Holiday Saturday, 4 May. The event, the first of it’s kind for Broadstone will showcase what is on offer every day in…
A team of young offenders had the chance to tackle Dorset Police on 27 March at Portland.
The rugby scrum down took place at the Young Offender Institution and was played in good spirits.
Christchurch household recycling centre (HRC) will close shortly for essential cleaning and maintenance. The Wilverley Road site will be shut on Tuesday 30 April until Thursday 2 May inclusive and will re-open as usual at 9am on Friday 3 May. During this time local residents can use any of the Dorset Waste Partnership’s 10 other HRCs or hang on…
Relay for Life organisers and supporters gathered to promote the next 24-hour event to raise money for Cancer Research UK which will take place locally at Ferndown Leisure Centre on Saturday 29 June from 12 noon.
Police are stepping up their appeal for witnesses and information after a man was assaulted during a Dorset hunt. The incident happened last December on Wednesday, 19 December at around 3.25pm during a Portman Hunt in the Crate Hill area in Fifehead St. Quintin. A 63-year-old Somerset man was watching the event when he was…
