Organisers of Ringwood Armed Forces Day have their head in the clouds following news from the RAF events team that they will have a flypast at the Ringwood event in June. A Dakota aircraft from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight will circle the show ground at Carvers Playing Field while the ‘Load Master’ waves…
With pancakes at the ready, 80 runners entered the pancake day races around Wimborne Minster on Shrove Tuesday. From toddlers to traders, the Wimborne community came out in force to keep the annual tradition alive. Twenty races later – with the remnants of pancakes adorning the course – winners were declared for the five categories…
Tourism and business trade judges as well as sponsors have spent days deliberating over hundreds of entries and nominations to select the top companies who have made the prestigious finalist shortlist in The Bournemouth Tourism Awards. All of the public votes have also been cast which also resulted in thousands of votes. The finalists can…
Knoll Gardens, near Wimborne in Dorset has announced its event programme for 2016.
Dorset County Council has welcomed the announcement of the local government finance settlement by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Greg Clark MP, yesterday (8 February). The deal for distributing government grants to local authorities will see the county council receive £4.1m of transitional support from the Government in 2016/17. The news…
Simon Hoare, MP for North Dorset has welcomed the additional funding he has helped secure for Dorset. Simon, together with council leaders and fellow Dorset MPs met the Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Secretary of State for Local Government to make the case for additional funds to come into the county for the next two years.
Officers in Bournemouth are appealing to the public to help identify a man who went on a spending spree after finding a vulnerable man’s wallet on a bus. The victim, a local man aged in his 50s, lost his wallet when he was travelling on the number 24 bus toward Westbourne on Thursday 7 January.…
Nineteen teams from businesses across Christchurch gathered in the cobbled street in front of Christchurch Priory on Pancake Day for the annual Christchurch Food Festival pancake races.
People in Corfe Mullen and West Parley are being asked for their views on proposed Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) in their area. In Corfe Mullen the order is for a public thoroughfare between Phelipps Road and Rushcombe Way while the other order covers West Parley Amenity Area, off Christchurch Road, West Parley. The PSPOs…
Bournemouth’s Castlepoint Shopping Park has relaunched their popular website to help their shoppers’ plan their visits. The new web site includes an engaging new design that enables visitors to access details of the latest special offers, new product arrivals and competitions – all from the home page.
