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Get funny for money

Interested in flash mob Strictly Dance Fit Steps, getting your face painted, wearing something red or dying your hair, beard or moustache red to raise money on Red Nose Day  whilst you are visiting Sainsbury in Ferndown?  If not, then you could sponsor the store manager Richard Lockett to don his red Mohican for the day. You…

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New fishing licences are works of art

The Environment Agency has unveiled its new design for this year’s rod licences. Designed by renowned angling and wildlife artist, David Miller, the new rod licences go on sale today. The image on this year’s coarse fishing rod licence is a crucian carp (Carassius carassius) and the non-coarse is a salmon (Salmo salar). Last year…

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Appeal after collision near Ashley Heath

Officers in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a collision on Verwood Road. The incident happened at approximately 7.30pm on Monday 2 March 2015. Police attended the area of Ashley Cottages following the concern for welfare regarding a male driver of a green 51 plate Ford Mondeo estate,…

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Snowdrop tree blooms early

A rather unusual tree has just come into flower in Wimborne’s Knoll Gardens heralding the spring with its delicate scent and a mass of velvety cream flowers. Not often seen in the UK, the Southern Sassafras, (Atherosperma moschatum) is a native to the warmer climes of Australasia. Having come into flower several weeks earlier than…

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Woman disturbs burglars in Shaftesbury

A 57-year-old woman arrived home last Saturday around 11.30am at her address in the East Orchard area of Shaftesbury to see two men loading items from her garage into a white transit van. She attempted to stop them from driving off by clinging onto the windscreen wipers but one of the offenders got out of…

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Toy Swap Success

Children at Oakhurst Community First School in West Moors had a successful afternoon of swapping their toys and books. This was organised by the school’s Eco-Pirates to help remind children about ways to reuse as a way of recycling.

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Bat friendly school boosts roosts

Wild animals will find that Allenbourn Middle School is a good place to nest and roost from now on. Children and staff at the school have developed the wildlife garden by improving the pond and putting up boxes for bats, birds, hedgehogs and voles.

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