Following the government’s announcement in December last year regarding the funds to be made to local councils for 2016/17, a large amount of disquiet has been expressed across Dorset.
Bournemouth Hospital Charity’s March for Men event is returning to Bournemouth Seafront on 20 March and aims to raise thousands of pounds for a new piece of imaging equipment that will benefit men with prostate cancer at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH). Money raised from the event will be used to fund men’s health projects…
AFC Bournemouth has teamed up with the town’s brightest bus company to drive safety lessons into schools.
Police investigating a wallet theft at a store in Weymouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward. At around 2.22pm on Sunday 20 December, a man left his wallet on the counter at McColls newsagents in Portland Road. He returned to discover the wallet, which contained a large quantity of cash,…
A 17-year-old sportsperson who wants to play netball for England has impressed West Moors Parish Council for the second year running. Miss Abi Bedford is the latest recipient of the council’s annual legacy award. She was presented with an engraved glass trophy by the chairman of the council, Cllr Penny Yeo, on 17 December. Abi…
A Ferndown care home hosted an ‘Antiques Roadshow’ style valuation day with two potentially valuable items coming to light.
It’s all change at Wimborne’s St John’s First School with the appointment of Katharine Anstey as its new leader.
Detectives in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses to come forward after an altercation in the town on Christmas Day. The incident, which involved approximately 10 men, happened just after midnight on Friday 25 December. The affray started inside the Dancing Jug on Post Office Road and moved onto Richmond Hill. A 24-year-old Poole man sustained…
Lewis-Manning Hospice has announced details of its next two Wimborne EWE Group meetings, which will take place at The Olive Branch in Wimborne in January and February. The EWE Group, which stands for Events With Effects, launched last autumn as a monthly drop-in group designed for local people to get together, meet new friends and…
The John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation (JTYAF) is delighted to announce that £100,000 has been allocated for awards to local young people in 2016. This follows a tremendously successful fundraising year.