VIEWPOINT magazine August 2018 – Your Independent Local Magazine INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Silver Rustic Fayre – Catastrophic fire destroys Ferndown Common – Brave soles wanted for charity Fire & Ice Walk – Boat trip with Chris Packham – Rupert Barrington takes up reins of the centre named after his grandfather – Ferndown mourns death of its…
Detectives have launched an investigation following a report that a woman was raped near Wareham on 7 August between 10.30 and 11.30am.
In July, Paul Hilliam, the manager at Stewarts Christchurch Garden Centre, confirmed that he is now “all clear” after two major surgeries and embarking on an extensive course of radio and chemotherapy on head and neck cancer.
A fire at Upton Heath nature reserve near Corfe Mullen was attended to by 30 fire crews (roughly 100 firefighters) from Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service on Sunday 5 August.
Demonstrating first-class aeronautical innovation, the record-breaking Gravity Jet Suit Display Team will be flying not one but two pilots across Bournemouth seafront later this month.
The first southern migrant hawker dragonflies ever recorded in Dorset have been seen on Dorset Wildlife Trust’s (DWT’s) nature reserve, Lytchett Heath, which is part of The Great Heath Living Landscape project in east Dorset.
Brenden Howard, general manager at The Grove Bournemouth Hotel, has abseiled down Portsmouth’s Spinnaker Tower raising over £500 for Macmillan Caring Locally.
CPR demonstrations and how to help someone who is choking are just two of the new interactive activities on offer at the Hospital Open Day.
Frettens Solicitors celebrated the official opening of their Ringwood office on 12 July with a launch party, attended by local business reps, at Framptons.
