Category: Dorset

Dorset Police is warning motorists of the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs as the summer drink and drug drive campaign gets underway.

Celebrating 50 years of its coastal fundraising campaign, the National Trust has made its first coastal acquisition in the South West this year. It will now care for almost 23 acres of Black Down heathland below the Hardy Monument in Dorset – an area of great natural and historical importance.

A former Bournemouth schoolteacher who downloaded indecent images of children has been sentenced to ten months in prison.

The chewed end of a fat cigar that Winston Churchill smoked in his hospital bed is to go under the hammer at auction and could fetch £1,000. In 1962 the great war leader who enjoyed a drink was recuperating from a fractured hip after tumbling from his bed. Unrestricted by health and safety legislation he…

A woman whose friend was recently diagnosed with cancer has raised over £1,300 for Bournemouth Hospital Charity.

Ferndown Leisure Centre will be hosting a Zoggs ‘Oceans of Fun Day’ on Saturday 13 June to encourage and inspire more children to get involved in aquatic sports.

To celebrate Wimborne Minster Folk Festival, the Priest’s House Museum & Garden in Wimborne Minster will be open on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14June, 10am to 4.30pm, for the special admission price of £1 (children free). Visitors can discover the stunning Roman wall paintings, the fascinating childhood gallery and a unique Victorian Valentine card collection…

More than 450 walkers have signed up to take part in Bournemouth Hospital Charity’s Twilight Walk for Women tonight (Friday 5 June). The Klaxons’ bass guitarist and singer, Jamie Reynolds, will officially start the event at 8pm, raising money for medical equipment for the new Jigsaw Building at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH). The building…

Matt Black and his manager Jon Cox completed their mammoth fundraising three legged bike ride from John O’Groats to Lands End between 4 and 25 May.