Ferndown Upper School are East Dorset Badminton champions after beating Queen Elizabeth and Canford School teams, and are now through to the county finals. The doubles and singles tournaments took place on 2 December and resulted in Ferndown collecting medals in both the boys’ and the girls’ categories. Individual highlights included Abi Wheetman winning her…
Award-winning author Sue Hampton visited King’s Park Academy in Bournemouth after being invited by pupil, and fellow alopecia sufferer, Molly Milligan. Year six pupil Molly wrote to Sue to ask for her help in raising awareness of alopecia, a condition which covers all types of hair loss from temporary loss to sudden and complete baldness.…
Children from Ferndown First School were treated to a ‘Bug Busters’ workshop courtesy of Nuffield Health Bournemouth Hospital and AFC Bournemouth, where they discovered how to stop the spread of germs. The campaign runs across schools throughout Dorset and is a joint partnership programme between Nuffield Health and AFC Bournemouth. In the sessions schoolchildren learn…
The Bournemouth-based national charity Round Table Children’s Wish (RTCW) is on the hunt for ladies’ shoes to raise funds to grant wishes for children with life-threatening illnesses.
Following a year of fundraising, members of Sturminster Marshall Golf Club have made a substantial donation to local blood cancer charity, Leaf.
A motorist who killed a cyclist on the B3147 near Dorchester has been banned from driving for two years.
Ladies dancing, lords a-leaping, pipers piping and drummers drumming all need time a-sleeping this Christmas – that’s according to The Sleep Council. And as the countdown to the big day is well underway, it has unveiled a sleep survival plan for feeling your best through the festivities. Said spokeswoman Lisa Artis: “Christmas is the one…
Last year when Santa decided to drop into West Moors, he got stuck on the top floor in the Elephant and Castle after fire broke out on the roof. In great panic, he lifted up the window and yelled for help. Imagine everyone’s relief, particularly the children, when the fire engine turned up to rescue…
Police in Dorchester have arrested 10 people after executing drug warrants at four addresses in the town. Officers searched two addresses in the Great Western Road area, one property in the Mariners Parade area and another in the Ivel Close area yesterday morning, Thursday 3 December. The drug warrants were executed under the Misuse of…
Bournemouth University student Ferris Attia can now use Yellow Buses’ online app after winning himself a smart phone in the bus company’s selfie competition. The business studies student took part in the freshers’ week competition organised by the Bournemouth-based company. He used as many props as he could to create the eye-catching selfie that he…
