Wimborne Folk Festival with an international flavour
With the Wimborne Folk Festival fast-approaching, the huge line-up of dancers, Tibetan monks and musicians are preparing to descend on the town for next weekend’s big event.
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Fire safety reminders issued after fire devastates three caravans in Holton Heath
Caravan owners are being encouraged to install smoke alarms and check them regularly after a caravan fire at a holiday park in Holton Heath on 24 May.
Centenary Summer Fayre at St Peter’s Parkstone
Possibly Parkstone’s longest-running community event, the St Peter’s Parkstone Summer Fayre, is back this month celebrating its centenary year and who better to open the milestone event than the Mayor of Poole, Cllr Sean Gabriel.
New commercial vehicle production launches in Dorset with Easy Movers
When businessman Dave Wolfenden launched Horton Commercials Ltd on the Ferndown Industrial Estate in 1985, the ambition to create a £2m production centre to manufacture his own range of vehicles for general sale across the UK would not have seemed realistic.
Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty welcomes Gove’s plans
In a recent announcement, Environment Secretary Michael Gove committed to conserve and enhance England’s finest landscapes as he launched a review of England’s National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Official FIFA World Cup mascot on his way to Poole
The Dolphin Shopping Centre in Poole will be welcoming the official FIFA mascot, Zabivaka, on Saturday 9 June, following Sunseeker announcing its sponsorship of the FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Man jailed for dealing drugs in Bournemouth town centre
A dealer who was twice caught supplying class A drugs in Bournemouth town centre has been jailed for a total of three years.
Most westerly record of the rare smooth snake in Dorset
A rare, native species of snake has been spotted at Black Heath in Thorncombe wood, near Dorchester during a regular reptile survey being carried out by Dorset County Council’s countryside rangers.
Driving Dorset’s verges towards becoming mini ‘nature reserves’
Rural highway grass verges are currently cut twice a year, but trials have taken place to reduce the number of cuts, help conserve wildflowers and improve the biodiversity of our rural verges.
Works begins at the Heatherlands Centre in Ferndown
This week saw the commencement of major refurbishment works at the Heatherlands Centre in Ferndown, which will see the popular facility modernised throughout.