Category: Dorset

Police investigating a number of recent deer killings in the Purbeck area are urging the public to come forward if they have any information.
The carcasses of nine deer were discovered by members of the public during the last week in April 2015 in two locations.

Improving the awareness and understanding of dementia is the focus of free public information sessions at Colten Care homes.
The ‘Dementia Friends’ meetings feature among a range of activities the family-owned provider is staging in support of Dementia Awareness Week (Monday 18 May to Friday 22 May).

Karen Wiltshire of Poole-based KW Photography, a specialist in newborn portraiture, is aiming to raise awareness among parents across the region of the need to choose a professional, safety-trained photographer following a spate of incidents in which babies, aged just days old, have been put in unnecessary danger during newborn photo shoots.

A Dorset law firm is urging other companies to follow its lead and enter a team for this year’s Bournemouth Race for Life.
Ellis Jones Solicitors is fielding its largest ever contingent in the three races which take place on Sunday June 14.

To celebrate its 60th anniversary, Diverse Abilities, Dorset’s disability charity, is offering the chance to win a £5,500 diamond pendant, with an 18 carat white gold chain, thanks to a Bournemouth jewellers. Franses Jewellers is pleased to back Diverse Abilities, the charity that supports over 600 children and adults with disabilities in Dorset, during its…

Officers in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after an assault in a bar in the town – with CCTV images of two suspects being released.

Pupils and staff from St Mary’s CE First School in West Moors travelled to London last week to take part in an Election Special at the Houses of Parliament. As the votes of the 2015 General Election were still being counted, Year 4 pupils experienced a ‘mini’ election of their own. Political party lines were…

Tots have honoured nurses at the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch hospitals with thank you cards in celebration of International Nurses’ Day. The class of three and four-year-olds from Tops Day Nursery in Bournemouth presented the cards to Director of Nursing Paula Shobbrook, Deputy Director of Nursing Ellen Bull and members of their nursing teams on…