Yellow Buses receive national recognition
The South East Dorset Quality Bus Partnership that includes Yellow Buses has just missed out on a major accolade at the National Transport Awards.
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Parley’s fabulous tea party takes off
Parley Rotary had such a good response to its last ‘Fabulous Tea Party’ held before Christmas, that the club has already fixed the next.
Meet St Cuthburga at Wimborne Minster
Come to Wimborne Minster Church and meet St Cuthburga, the smuggler Isaac Gulliver, Lady Margaret Beaufort, the Man in the Wall, a stonemason and a carpenter and listen to their fascinating and entertaining stories as you move around the historic setting of the Minster. There may even be a few deathwatch beetles. Saturday 23 January,…
Wimborne in Bloom invites you to AGM
The annual meeting of Wimborne in Bloom will be held on Monday, 25 January at the town hall at 37 West Borough. It starts at 7.30pm and following a report on the activities of 2015 and the presentation of accounts, there will be discussions about the plans for 2016. Coffee and biscuits will conclude the…
Blandford murder victim named
The victim of a murder investigation in Blandford has been named by her family as 44-year-old local woman Katrina O’Hara. Police were called to Jock’s Barbers on East Street at around 6.10pm, last Thursday (7 January), and discovered a woman’s body with serious injuries. She sadly died at the scene. A murder investigation was subsequently…
In memory of Ed Stewart
Broadcaster and presenter Ed Stewart who died on Saturday (9 January) had been looking forward to presenting a major light classical concert in Bournemouth.
‘Mr Selfridge’ features scenes set at Highcliffe Castle
The second episode of the new series of ITV’s Mr Selfridge, being aired on 15 January at 9pm, will feature some scenes set at Highcliffe Castle.
Invitation to Westminster Abbey thanksgiving service for Lord Montagu
A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of Edward, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu will be held in St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey at noon on Wednesday 20 January. Lord Montagu, who died on 31 August 2015 aged 88, was the devoted custodian of his family’s 7,000-acre Beaulieu Estate in Hampshire. He was also a…
Invitation to Britten Sinfonia concert at Canford School
The prestigious Britten Sinfonia is to perform at Canford School on 21 January with the concert open to everyone. The ensemble will present a concert of chamber music from their ‘At Lunch’ series, first given earlier in the month in London’s Wigmore Hall. Four principal string players from this leading chamber orchestra are being joined…
Staff threatened with gun during robbery in Bournemouth
Detectives investigating the armed robbery at the Esso Service Station on Charminster Road in Bournemouth have released a CCTV image of the incident . At around 2.50am on Thursday 7 January a man wearing a black hooded top, grey tracksuit bottoms and a black scarf around his face, entered the shop and threatened staff with a hand…