Having just been awarded a five star hygiene rating by East Dorset District Council, Wimborne Model Town tea room had a surprise elf encounter with the cast of Storylight Theatre arriving for tea before their recent performance in the town’s illuminated Sensory Garden.
Big Lottery Fund, Dorset Community Action and Christchurch and East Dorset Councils are giving local organisations the opportunity to maximise the potential for funding at a ‘Dragons’ Den’ style event. The event is suitable for any organisations searching for funds, which would like to get first-hand expert advice on their project idea and its chances…
Bournemouth Hospital Charity is asking supporters to ‘help a heart’ by signing up to its Pedal Power event to raise money for the Royal Bournemouth Hospital’s Heart Unit.
The Friends of St Catherine’s Hill in Christchurch are holding a ‘History on the Hill’ day on Sunday 27 September from 10.30am to 4.00pm. The event is all about celebrating the rich history of this special site, and is suitable for all ages with plenty of child-friendly activities, including the making of bread, bricks and…
A £50,000 appeal to help carry out a major heavy overhaul of the only surviving 1920s Southern Railway ‘N’ class steam locomotive has been launched by a group of dedicated Swanage Railway volunteers.
A Bournemouth-based firm has become one of only 160 companies in the world to receive royal approval, for supplying a high quality laundry service to the family home of the Prince of Wales.
Dorset Police officially appointed Mrs Anthi Minhinnick as the new Special Constabulary Chief Officer on 6 September.
Following the completion of Debi Potter’s six-year tenure as the Chief Officer of the Dorset Police Special Constabulary, Anthi Minhinnick has now been formally attested to fill the prestigious voluntary position.
Bournemouth-based charity Round Table Children’s Wish celebrates its silver anniversary next month (October) and is seeking former ‘wish children’ to feature in a celebratory book.
Round Table Children’s Wish (RTCW) creates hand-crafted ‘wishes’ for 4-17 year old children with life-threatening illnesses.
The National Trust is holding a day of history activities at the foot of Hambledon Hill National Nature Reserve, near Child Okeford on 20 September, to celebrate this very dramatic Dorset hill fort.
Officers investigating shoplifting offences at a shop in Sherborne have released CCTV of the suspects. The offences all happened at Budgens store, Yeovil Road on four separate occasions on 16, 17, 20 and 22 August. Two men entered the store on each occasion and took items such as meat and cheese totalling hundreds of pounds…
