Category: Dorset

If you are a senior citizen and you live in or around Parley then why not take up the local Rotary club’s invitation to join them for afternoon tea?

Until its new headquarters is ready, the Friends of the New Forest Airfields is out and about on the road taking the story of the airfields to the public. On October 20, the Friends will be in the Ann Rose room at the Greyfriars Community Centre, 44 Christchurch Rd, Ringwood.

Officers investigating a shoplifting offence in Wimborne have released a CCTV image of a woman they would like to speak to in relation to the incident. At 12.40pm on Sunday 13 September 2015, a woman entered the Superdrug store in The Square, selected a large quantity of make up before leaving without paying. Police Constable…

More than 130 medical staff, patients and keen cyclists have raised over £5,000 for heart equipment at Bournemouth Hospital Charity’s cycling event Pedal Power.
The money will go towards an electrocardiograph (ECG) machine for the Royal Bournemouth Hospital’s Heart Unit. ECG machines play an essential role in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease and around 50,000 ECGs are carried out in the Heart Unit each year.

A man who drove his National Express coach into the back of a police car which had stopped to help another motorist has been disqualified from driving for 12 months.

David William Read
David William Read
David William Read, 38, of Bournemouth, was sentenced on Monday 12 October 2015, at Bournemouth Magistrates’ Court after being found guilty of dangerous driving on Friday 18 September 2015 following a trial.

Step into autumn at the New Forest Walking Festival from this weekend (17 October) with 80 guided wildlife walks, history hikes and family adventures. Autumn in the National Park is a wonderful place for a stroll, with landscapes filled by fiery foliage and free roaming pigs and ponies. Held over a fortnight from 17 October…

The Mayor of Poole formally congratulated Poole Pirates on making Elite League history this year during a ceremony at the Civic Centre.
Riders joined the Mayor of Poole, Cllr Ann Stribley for a Civic Reception in recognition of their outstanding success this year in a season that saw the Pirates victorious in the Elite League Championship for the third year in a row, a feat not achieved in 43 years since the Belle Vue Aces.

Work at Parley Golf Centre, which aims to turn it into the finest practice facility in the region, is well under way.