Diverse Abilities, Dorset’s disability charity, is in need of volunteers to take part in the charity’s Christmas tree recycling collections on 9 and 10 January 2016, while helping the charity to raise funds to further support children and adults with disabilities across the county. Volunteers with or without a van are required and will work…
Officers are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following a serious injury collision in Poole. At 8.26pm on Friday 2 October 2015, Dorset Police were called to a single vehicle road traffic collision on the westbound carriageway of the A35 Upton bypass. A black Saab 9-3 Aero travelling from Poole had…
The Priest’s House Museum & Garden in Wimborne Minster welcomes Doppelganger Production’s play about Robert Louis Stevenson on Tuesday 27 October, 7pm in the Hilda Coles Open Learning Centre. ‘The Weevil in the Biscuit’ is a 70-minute play written by award winning local playwright John Foster, followed by an after show Q&A with the writer,…
The Verwood Distribution Centre of Ringwood Foodbank is running a competition with the support of the Verwood and District Chamber of Trade to find a poster that best shows how the Foodbank helps local people in need. Ringwood Foodbank provides emergency food aid as well as information and support for local families at its three…
The new multi-million pound Jigsaw Building at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH) received its first patients on Monday, 14 September. The new Jigsaw Building is situated between the hospital’s Eye Unit and Derwent building. The ground floor houses state-of-the-art facilities for the treatment of cancer and blood disorders, while the upper floor is home to…
West Moors Parish Council Legacy Award is offering the opportunity for a young person to receive an award of up to £1,000 in 2015/2016.
The award was set up three years ago, to commemorate 2012 as a special year celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympics.
The construction of new extra care apartments on Rossmore Road in Poole is continuing to move forward, with the development on schedule to welcome its first residents in summer 2016.
A 28.5m high crane has become a feature of the local skyline as work continues on the block of 54 apartments with communal facilities. Once complete, Trinidad Village will provide much-needed extra care housing in Poole, as well as becoming a focal point for the Rossmore community.
Gardener, broadcaster and novelist, Alan Titchmarsh will be presenting an evening of gardening prose, poetry and anecdotes at The Crown Hotel in Blandford on Thursday 19 November at 7pm. Sponsored by The Gardens Group, this special event will raise money for the Army Benevolent Fund (ABF) The Soldiers’ Charity, which was set up in 1944…
St Mary’s Church, Ferndown celebrated the official opening by the Bishop of Salisbury, the Rt Revd Nicholas Holtam, of its new Beacon Centre on Saturday 3 October.
Dorset Police, Trading Standards Officers and partner agencies are working together to tackle the national issue of doorstep crime, which affects vulnerable and elderly people across the county, in a countrywide week of action. Wednesday 30 September was the UK’s national day of action, which involved representatives from Dorset’s authorities educating the public in how…
