Award-winning family attractions, The Ark, and sister restaurant The Kitchen, in Poole Park, are going green with the installation of state-of-the-art solar electricity systems. Following significant investment, the family-owned business has installed the renewable energy systems as part of an ongoing environmental strategy. Supplied by local family run company NGPS Ltd, the new solar PV…
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Dorset, Martyn Underhill, met with vulnerable individuals who have been the victims of cuckooing to talk with them about their experience during his recent community day held in Weymouth. Cuckooing is the term used to describe how a persons’ home can be taken over by drug dealers to provide…
Police in Poole are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following a fail-to-stop collision where a motorcyclist collided with a teenage boy. The incident happened at around 4.25pm on Thursday 21 January along Methuen Road. The 13-year-old boy was knocked off his bicycle during the incident. He suffered injuries to his…
Drum legend Ginger Baker, and top singer Jacqui Dankworth are just two of the names featuring in an expanded 2016 Bournemouth Jazz Festival launched earlier today (25 January) at the Miramar Hotel.
Chairman of East Dorset District Council, Cllr Steve Lugg, has planted a tree to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day. The tree, a locally-grown Acer Palmateum Suminagashi, was planted on the green near the junction of Martins Drive and Wimborne Road East in Ferndown. It was draped in black and yellow ribbons to denote ‘remembrance and hope’…
A successful event held in Wimborne’s minster church on Saturday (23 January) raised around £800 for its funds. The brainchild of Barry Glazier, chairman of the minster’s fundraising and events committee, the Minster Tales told of some of its history through the mouths of actors. Characters included Cuthburga, founder of the ancient abbey, Lady Margaret…
Detectives are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a man was assaulted in Poole Park, near the crazy golf. The incident happened between 6.15pm and 7pm on Saturday 23 January. A 59-year-old local man, was walking through the park when he was approached from behind by the offender who assaulted…
Football Foundation Ambassador and Sky Sports News anchor, Hayley McQueen, has announced that £1.5m of funding, designed specifically for grassroots clubs to start new teams and qualify more coaches to cater for under-represented groups, is set to open for applications.
Brittany Ferries has chartered a vessel to carry freight between Poole and Bilbao, in northern Spain. A pure RoRo craft, Pelican has the capacity for around one hundred unaccompanied trailers and 12 drivers and will begin service with the company in early February. She comes from shipping company Maritime Nantaise and will operate two round-trips…
Planners have recommended the granting of permission for a wooden sculpture of Stonehenge built in Worth Matravers.
