Poole born and bred Cate McGrath, age 55, is celebrating an impressive career milestone at Dorset’s disability charity Diverse Abilities this month. Cate’s main role at the charity has been as office administrator for the past 25 years, but her association with the charity is far more special because of her sister Sue and mum Marion Lawford.
Ten students from Christchurch secondary schools have been rewarded for their cooking skills by paying a visit to Lesley Waters’ Cookery School in West Dorset. The students were the finalists in the Junior Cook of the Year competition organised by Christchurch Food Festival Education Trust earlier this year. TV chef Lesley Waters was one of…
Poole Museum will be home to all things spooky with a series of Halloween themed activities this October half-term. The fun begins with a free family trail across the museum’s gallery floors, available from Saturday 24 October until Sunday 1 November. Make sure you have your wits about you to follow the clues and discover the…
Students at a Bournemouth school have taken a local children’s charity to their hearts and have raise thousands of pounds to support it.
The Oak Academy in West Howe has adopted Ashley’s Birthday Bank, which helps underprivileged children across East Dorset, as its charity for the year.
Officers investigating a driving incident in East Dorset are appealing for the pedestrian, who was allegedly almost hit by a vehicle, and any witnesses to come forward – with three men being arrested and a CCTV image being released.
Children wearing cheap Halloween costumes could easily turn into fireballs, according to an industry expert who is warning parents about the dangers.
Officers investigating bike thefts at a school in Wimborne have released CCTV images of two suspects they would like to identify. At around 1pm on Monday 19 October 2015 two bikes were stolen from Queen Elizabeth School in Wimborne Minster. The mountain bikes – described as a dark grey Saracen trufftrax with red writing and…
Civic leaders are set to dress up for charity in Wimborne. The Chairman of EDDC Cllr Steve Lugg and Mayor of Wimborne Cllr Shane Bartlett are amongst 20 models who will be strutting their stuff on the catwalk at M&Co, Wimborne at 7pm on Friday 30 October. The event is to raise much needed funds…
Carly Reeves, an insurance group worker from Bear Cross, was delighted to learn that she had won Castlepoint’s recent on line draw for a meal at Frankie and Bennys
Fifteen brave volunteers for Macmillan Caring Locally (Christchurch) raised over £5,000 by completing the ultimate challenge of a tandem skydive with GoSkydive, on 1 October. They jumped from an altitude of 10,000ft reaching speeds of up to 125 mph in freefall for approximately 30 seconds, facing their fears for a worthy cause. Macmillan Caring Locally…
