Dorset Police and the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Dorset are launching ‘Your Dorset. Your Police. Your View.’ – a new way to make your views heard and to help shape the county’s policing in the future. Over the next six months, a series of in-depth features, events and activities will lift…
Children at an international summer school in the New Forest have gained the top mark in an independent performing arts exam.
The ‘theatre camp’, run by the Lewis School of English and hosted at Ringwood Waldorf School, was part of a three-week programme of music, drama, arts, crafts and English language classes.
Are you thinking about getting a dog or puppy in the next few months? Perhaps you’re unsure about whether to go for a pedigree pup or a rescue dog? Or maybe you have no idea which of the hundreds of breeds and crossbreeds might be right for you. You may even already have your perfect…
From elite athletes to performing arts students, the wonderful wealth of talent which can be found at Bournemouth’s LeAF Studio was celebrated at a special awards ceremony. The school provides a unique education and training for the area’s most talented young sports stars and performing arts students aged 14 to 19.
Yesterday saw the launch of ‘Have Boots will Travel’, a revealing adventure story / autobiography by Verwood man Brian McIntyre.
Held at Wimborne Town Football Club, the launch attracted a great deal of interest from the footballing world and was attended by Harry Redknapp, Taffy Richardson (firefigher and the captain of Wimborne Town FC when the club won the FA Vase), and firefighter and ex semi-professional footballer Andy Culliford who will receive the profits from the book.
Dorset’s disability charity, Diverse Abilities, recently held a special 60th anniversary celebratory skydiving day with 28 people taking part and raising over £29,000. Those who took part skydived 10,000ft or 15,000ft to raise money for the charity that supports over 600 adults and children with disabilities in Dorset. Dean Daniels, one of the charity’s fab…
With the Jurassic Coast filling with visitors for the busy summer season, new deckchairs, windbreaks and beach shelters are appearing on the beach at near the Hive café, Burton Bradstock in West Dorset.
The Wimborne BID welcomed back the Action Sports Show Experts into the Square on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 July. The weekend saw them entertain crowds with their incredible skills, balance, power and aerial styles of trials riding, BMX, MTB dirt jumping, free-running, scooter riding, flatland BMX and rollerblading and gave the audience the opportunity to…
A doorman has been jailed for 18 months after being convicted of a violent assault on a man in Weymouth.
Former winners GH Podiatry reclaimed their crown in a thrilling finale to the Battens Solicitors charity beach volleyball tournament in Weymouth.
They battled it out with defending champions Team NewBody to take the honours in an 18-12 victory at the eighth annual extravaganza.
