When Dorset Cancer Care Foundation popped into the Co-op in Lilliput in search of donations, it got more than it had bargained for. Supermarket worker Eugene McQuinn was so impressed by the work of the local charity, he offered to throw himself out of a plane. Eugene, who has worked at Co-op Food in Lilliput…
Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward after two motocross bikes and a bicycle were stolen from a property in Gillingham.
An overwhelming vote against a pan-Dorset unitary council has been made by East Dorset District councillors. They voted 8 for, and 20 against the proposal to examine the financial implications of the options put forward for the reorganisation of local government in Dorset. Hours before East Dorset made its decision, leader of the council, Ian…
Get in tune for the festivities at Verwood Concert Brass Christmas Concert. The concert, on Saturday 19 December, will be the usual big affair with all of the bands taking part, from the principal band (the newly crowned Wessex Champions), the excellent Town Band and the simply wonderful Training Band. Music will range from the…
High value lifesaving equipment has been stolen in Poole. The theft took place between 3pm and 3.30pm on Tuesday 8 December in the Branksome area. The equipment, which belonged to the Branksome Lifesaving Club, was stolen from a storage container located between Pinewood Road and Beach Road. Among the items stolen was an orange lifesaving…
St Mary’s Church, Sturminster Marshall once again hosted its popular Christmas Tree Festival last weekend.
Detectives are renewing their appeal for witnesses to come forward following an alleged fail-to-stop collision in Bournemouth – with two men being arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. At around 3.45pm on Sunday 22 November, emergency services were called to Tyrrell Gardens in the Townsend area following a report that a man had been struck…
Earlier in 2015, Coda Music Trust was awarded a grant by ‘Music For All’ to purchase essential equipment for The Coda Fiddle Orchestra. The Coda Fiddle Orchestra (CFO) is a participatory community music project based in Boscombe that works with children, young people and their families from across Bournemouth. The Orchestra is open to children…
Staff at Rossmore Library in Poole were kept busy this week when Manorside Academy’s entire year three signed up as members. The excited children walked from their school in Evering Avenue to the library in Herbert Avenue with their teachers and teaching assistants. Library assistant Toni Giles then gave them a tour of the impressive…
It’s thought the Wimborne Rotary’s seventh Great Santa Fun Run has raised between £5,000 and £6,000 this year for the runners’ chosen charities. Held at Badbury Rings point-to-point course on Sunday13 December, the event was sponsored by the Rotary club’s business partners and saw 115 Santa’s taking part. Following a cheerful warm-up session entrants assembled…