Detectives in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses to come forward after an altercation in the town on Christmas Day. The incident, which involved approximately 10 men, happened just after midnight on Friday 25 December. The affray started inside the Dancing Jug on Post Office Road and moved onto Richmond Hill. A 24-year-old Poole man sustained…
Lewis-Manning Hospice has announced details of its next two Wimborne EWE Group meetings, which will take place at The Olive Branch in Wimborne in January and February. The EWE Group, which stands for Events With Effects, launched last autumn as a monthly drop-in group designed for local people to get together, meet new friends and…
The John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation (JTYAF) is delighted to announce that £100,000 has been allocated for awards to local young people in 2016. This follows a tremendously successful fundraising year.
Join archaeologists and computer game specialists on 16-17 January for an interactive weekend of gaming, history and cutting edge technology.
Singer Lulu still has plenty to shout about and is back with another fantastic tour which visits Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts on Saturday 16 April. The Grammy-nominated singer will be performing hits from her 50 year career, such as ‘To Sir With Love’, ‘The Man Who Sold The World’, ‘Relight My Fire’, and of…
The South East Dorset Quality Bus Partnership that includes Yellow Buses has just missed out on a major accolade at the National Transport Awards.
Parley Rotary had such a good response to its last ‘Fabulous Tea Party’ held before Christmas, that the club has already fixed the next.
Come to Wimborne Minster Church and meet St Cuthburga, the smuggler Isaac Gulliver, Lady Margaret Beaufort, the Man in the Wall, a stonemason and a carpenter and listen to their fascinating and entertaining stories as you move around the historic setting of the Minster. There may even be a few deathwatch beetles. Saturday 23 January,…
The annual meeting of Wimborne in Bloom will be held on Monday, 25 January at the town hall at 37 West Borough. It starts at 7.30pm and following a report on the activities of 2015 and the presentation of accounts, there will be discussions about the plans for 2016. Coffee and biscuits will conclude the…
The victim of a murder investigation in Blandford has been named by her family as 44-year-old local woman Katrina O’Hara. Police were called to Jock’s Barbers on East Street at around 6.10pm, last Thursday (7 January), and discovered a woman’s body with serious injuries. She sadly died at the scene. A murder investigation was subsequently…
