An estimated 2,000 people attended the Fern-tastic Fete on the Field on 20 June. Opened by local MP Chris Chope it included live acts, a magician, characters from Enchanted Parties, pony rides, paintball, stalls and a dog show. Ferndown town clerk Vanessa Ricketts led a cavalcade of classic cars around the showground and the mayor,…
Newspapers written at a German prisoner of war camp in the New Forest are being translated for the first time thanks to a new crowdsourcing website.
The newspapers written by Second World War soldiers include handwritten illustrations, songs, puzzles, football match reports and lessons to ‘Brush up your English’.
Having played DCI Burnside in The Bill for five years, actor Christopher Ellison is used to catching crooks, but he’ll be on the other side of the goodie/baddie divide when he plays Captain Hook in Peter Pan at Lighthouse, Poole’s centre for the arts. On a lightning visit to Poole to get a handle on…
Detectives in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a girl was sexually assaulted in the Kinson area of the town. The incident occurred at around 8pm on Monday 22 June 2015 in Cuckoo Woods. An 11-year-old girl was walking home alone when she was approached by a man who…
Young readers in Poole are being encouraged to sign up to the Summer Reading Challenge 2015 and help set a new Guiness World Records title on Saturday 11 July in all Poole libraries.
With a great reputation for their interpretations of contemporary 20th century music, the Vocal Fusion Choir is performing its main fundraising concert of the year for the Wimborne Stroke Support Group (formerly the Phoenix Stroke Survivors Support Group). David Saxton, events and topics co-ordinator of the group says, “This choir of which I am so…
A woman who died from stab wounds in Bournemouth over the weekend has today been named by her family.
At 4.12pm on Saturday 20 June, officers were called to an address in Colehill Crescent after 25-year-old Jennifer Williams, of Bournemouth, sustained serious stab wounds.
A new flag is flying over Christchurch splashpark courtesy of a six-year-old student from St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School. Bethany Westlake was the winner of a competition organised by Christchurch Borough Council to find a new flag to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the opening of the facility at Christchurch Quay. Primary school pupils in…
Almost 70 dogs and cats in Somerford, Christchurch benefited from free services provided by the RSPCA, Bournemouth Cats Protection, Christchurch & East Dorset Councils and Sovereign Housing. The services, which included micro-chipping, neutering, worm and flea treatments, were carried out by experts at a Dog and Cat Action Day held at Somerford ARC in Southey…
Christchurch Culture and Learning Arena (CAL), whose activities focus on the heritage of the ancient borough of Christchurch, have commemorated the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta thanks to a grant of £7,388 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). King John was a frequent visitor to Christchurch Priory and the celebrations included a…
