Patients will benefit from state-of-the-art new X-ray facilities following the completion of a major revamp project at Blandford Community Hospital. Dorset HealthCare has invested £250,000 to transform the hospital’s radiology department, installing new digital X-ray equipment and creating a dedicated clinical ultrasound room.
Officers are appealing for the public to help identify a man who is suspected of stealing alcoholic spirits from the Tesco superstore in Blandford Forum. The offence took place at around 11.45am on Wednesday 10 February. The suspect was caught on CCTV leaving the store with four bottles of spirit that he hadn’t paid for.…
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…
Detectives have launched a murder investigation following the death of a woman in Blandford Forum. – with one man having been arrested. At around 6.10pm on Thursday 7 January, officers were called to reports of a serious assault at an address on East Street in the town. A woman was pronounced dead at the scene.…
A 24-year-old woman from Verwood suffered serious leg injuries when the red Audi A4 she was driving was involved in a serious three vehicle road traffic collision on the A350 at Kites Hill, Blandford at around 3.10pm on Monday 9 November 2015. A black Peugeot 3008 and a silver Ford Galaxy were also involved. She…
Dorset HealthCare staff at Blandford Hospital have come together to help one couple ‘walk down the aisle’ by organising and celebrating their wedding with them.
A highly regarded Dorset funeral directors has opened its first new branch in over 100 years in Blandford. Douch Family Funeral Directors now has eight funeral homes across the county and the new Lesley Shand branch has already exceeded the company’s expectations.
Five people have been arrested for alleged money laundering after an ongoing Dorset Police investigation into alleged drugs supply in Blandford Forum. Officers executed a warrant under the Misuse of Drugs Act at an address in the town on Wednesday 25 February. Four men and a woman, all from the Blandford Forum area, were arrested…
A North Dorset man has been jailed for six years for causing the death of a 68-year-old man by careless driving while unfit through drink.
Robert Walter MP (North Dorset) paid a visit to Blandford Foodbank on 23 October to meet staff and learn more about issues surrounding foodbank provision.
At the invitation of Blandford Foodbank Steering Group Chairman, The Rev Brook MacCallam, Bob met with Rev MacCallam himself, Alistair Doxet-Purser, Chief Executive Officer of Faithworks Wessex, volunteer Jacquie Dakin and Foodbank Manager Gail del Pinto at Blandford Forum Methodist Church to find out more about the operation of this local foodbank and hear staff views on the challenges surrounding foodbank provision.