Officers are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a man was bitten by a dog in Poole. The victim, who lives locally, was walking along Sandy Lane in Upton between 9am and 10am on Friday 15 January when a dog jumped up and bit his ring finger. He suffered serious…
Barrington Theatre, Saturday 16 January Review by Janine Pulford Seeing the Beach Boys Band at the Barrington Theatre in Ferndown was a dose of nostalgia I’d been looking forward to and what a superb tribute act it was, immortalising the sound I remembered from my youth. A few well-positioned palm trees and short-sleeved, stripy shirts…
INSIDE THIS ISSUE… Changes imminent to youth services in Dorset – Congestion fears over road closure
Police in Dorchester are appealing for witnesses to come forward after nine clay pigeon traps were stolen. Sometime between 5pm on Thursday 7 January and 8am on Friday 8 January, thieves stole nine clay pigeon traps from the Southern Counties Shooting ground at Wardon Hill. Each of the traps were bolted to a wooden pallet…
Diverse Abilities, Dorset’s disability charity, has been supporting Ian Downton, now age 50, since he was three years old. Without the provision of the charity and its support workers he would not have the fulfilled life that he does now.
Police investigating an attempted robbery in Poole are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward. At around 6.35am on Thursday 14 January, a teenage boy was walking out of the subway footpath which joins Dolbery Road North with St Brelades Avenue in the Alderney area when he was approached by a man…
Two local volunteers have been recognised for their work with a pioneering mental health surf project for young people, at an annual awards ceremony hosted by the UK Pro Surf Association.
Amateur photographers are being asked to submit their best photographs of Dorset to help the county’s cancer sufferers.
Julia’s House, the Dorset and Wiltshire children’s hospice charity is asking for donations of unwanted Christmas presents and good quality clothes, household items, toys and furniture to help raise the funds to run its free service in 2016. The charity is also in need of unwanted, unopened chocolates and bottles of alcohol to use in…
Holocaust Memorial Day 2016 will be marked in Christchurch at the site where a Holocaust Memorial was unveiled in 2015. An event will be held to mark the occasion on 27 January at 10am at the site on Christchurch Quay. The programme will include prayers by the Vicar of Christchurch, The Reverend Canon Charles Stewart…
