Twenty seven local charities and organisations took part in the Grand Charities Fair organised by Wimborne in Bloom at the Allendale Centre, Wimborne Minster on Saturday 14 November. Between them they raised over £4,000 for the various causes they represented. Money was raised for the Royal British Legion, Unicef, Friends of Wimborne Hospital and the…
Police investigating the theft of an engagement ring worth around £4,700 from Warren James Jewellers on Commercial Road have released a CCTV image of the suspect. The man entered the store on 28 October and enquired about a diamond ring on display in the shop window. He tried the ring on and ran off without…
The pupils and staff of Hillside Community First School in Verwood joined in the fun of raising money for Children in Need last Friday (13 November) by paying to come into school dressed in Mufti, many in Pudsey clothing, spots, or as super heroes. The school council, who had organised the day, also ran a…
The Chairman of East Dorset District Council, Cllr Steve Lugg has chosen a Christmas card designed by a Ferndown Upper School student as his official card. The student, 17-year-old Amber Turner from Verwood, is the winner of the Chairman’s Christmas card competition with her artwork depicting Christmas market stalls. The runner-up is 14-year-old Hollyann Stewart,…
A charity party night raised an impressive £3,000 for two local good causes – the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation and the Luke Woolner Foundation. Debbie Whittle and Lynn Rolls organised a hugely successful party night at Parley Country Club. The popular six piece band, Groovemeister, played to almost 300 party goes and with everyone…
A CCTV image of a suspect has been released by police following the theft of a bike in Christchurch. At around 2.30pm on Wednesday 21 October 2015, a high-value bike was stolen from Honeywell Aerospace in Enterprise Way on Aviation Park West. It was secured with locks and the suspect was seen to use bolt…
Yesterday’s Armistice Day service held at the cenotaph in Verwood was well attended and included many children. Those in the photographs are from Trinity School and Orchard Day Nursery. The nursery laid three wreaths and paper flowers and the Trinity children laid poppies with poems.
Sadly, the 86-year-old man from Shillingstone, who was traveling in the Peugeot 308, died from his injuries today (12 November). His next of kin have been informed and the coroner notified.
Police were called to a flat on Bath Street at around 8am on Sunday 8 November and discovered the body of a 23-year-old man. A murder investigation was subsequently launched by Dorset Police’s Major Crime Investigation Team. Yesterday, detectives named the man as Abdal Rahman Al-Rabia, from the London area and who is originally from…
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is delighted to announce the discovery of a waxcap fungi which is new to the Kingcombe Meadows Nature Reserve in West Dorset.