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The Dolphin Shopping Centre is searching for unique retailers, who have revitalised the shopping experience for customers in Dorset, to enter the Dorset Business Awards.
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Jon Egging remembered
The Mayor of Bournemouth, Cllr John Adams tied a red ribbon around the central trail of the Jon Egging Memorial sculpture on Thursday 20 August.
Intruder in Bovington: witness appeal
Detectives are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after an intruder entered two properties in Bovington. The incidents happened between 2.30am and 3.30am on Friday 21 August, at two separate addresses in the Andover Green area. On both occasions a man entered the homes and ran off when the victims woke…
Gift of lifesaving equipment to RBH
The family of a patient who received dedicated, attentive care whilst being treated in the Acute Medical Unit (AMU) at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH) have funded a lifesaving pacing defibrillator in her memory via Bournemouth Hospital Charity. Susan (Suki) Roberts endured a progressive disability and had very complex medical issues. The family put aside…
Hairy experience helps Little Princess Trust
Trainee solicitor Annie James, 25, proved she’s a cut above the rest by donating 10 inches of hair to the Little Princess Trust.
VJ Day: Ferndown’s lasting legacy
Ferndown commemorated VJ Day and the final ending of World War Two with a service in the town’s Garden of Remembrance in Church Road.
More than 100 species discovered at Knoll Gardens
It took just five hours for Dorset Wildlife Trust staff and volunteers to identify over 100 wildlife species recently at Wimborne’s Knoll Gardens.
Local wine maker’s Ochsenfurt wine wins first prize
During a visit to Wimborne a few years ago, a party from Wimborne’s twin town of Ochsenfurt in Germany presented a couple of vines as a gift, which were planted by the Wimborne-Ochsenfurt Twinning Bed in Park Lane.
Broadstone Cricket Club’s winning month
Broadstone Cricket Club’s first XI won July’s Team of the Month award in the Dorset Funeral Plan Dorset Cricket League, after a successful four weeks.
Talented students shine
Sixth form students from Bournemouth’s LeAF Federation – Oak Academy and LeAF Studio – celebrated an excellent set of A-level results on 13 August. 95% of them achieved A* to E grades in the academic subjects studied and a further 100% in vocational courses. Executive Principal, Gill Blanshard, said: “Our post-16 students have done incredibly…