The Priest’s House Museum & Garden in Wimborne Minster is holding a ‘Faces of the First World War’ public appeal event on Saturday 20 February, 11am to 3pm.d Entry to the museum will be free for visitors attending the event to share their information or for research assistance. The museum is appealing for photographs of…
Police are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following a burglary at Christchurch Hospital. The incident occurred sometime between 9pm on Monday 1 February and 8.40am on Tuesday 2 February on a wing of the hospital that is currently undergoing refurbishment. The wing is situated on the east side of the…
John and Liz Norman, the winners of the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation competition to win a Silverstone Porsche Driving Experience recently collected their prize at the Porsche Centre Bournemouth. Porsche Centre principal, Neil Lines (left), and marketing co-ordinator, Evie Fox (right), presented the couple with their fabulous prize to drive a Porsche for the…
Team CB has announced a cavalcade of cosmic treats to keep rocketeers and space people dancing all weekend long this coming July 28-31.
Thousands of children and adults from across England will be singing and signing to a song written by a Poole student this week as they take part in sign2sing, a national campaign organised by the Deaf Health Charity SignHealth. Hollie Williams, age 12, entered into a national competition at the end of last year to…
Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a car was stolen during a burglary in Merley. Between 4am and 6am on Tuesday 2 February, offenders gained access to a property in Huntingdon Drive while the elderly occupants were asleep. They carried out a search of the kitchen and lounge before leaving the property…
Nearly 10,000 motorists were caught speeding in the New Forest when a police camera van was used in a bid to stop animals being killed on the roads. Last year was a record low for animal accidents in the New Forest with 55 Forest animals killed and 21 injured on the roads. But campaigners say…
Fraudsters are sending out virus infected emails that claim a package has been seized by HM Revenue & Customs upon arrival into the United Kingdom. The official looking scam emails claiming to be from Royal Mail contain a link to a document which will install malicious software on your computer designed to steal credentials like…
Nine budding young chefs from Ferndown Upper School (FUS) took part in the Rotary Young Chef competition on 14 January and prepared a two-course meal in one-and-a-half hours. Judging was carried out by Richard Burnett from Westbourne Rotary, who has been in hotel management and catering for many years; John Perry from Wareham Rotary, the…
Following a three week consultation, the Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner has received overwhelming support from residents to raise the policing element of the council tax to provide extra funding to police the county. The commissioner asked whether residents would be prepared to pay an extra £3.74 per year (based on a band D household)…
