Bishop Samuel Peni, from Nzara in South Sudan, was recently guest speaker at Wimborne Rotary. He reported on the progress of improving the lives of local people in war-torn South Sudan and the recent formation of a new Rotary club there – only the second in the country.
A series of five talks about author Thomas Hardy and his work, taking place at Dorset County Museum, will begin on Thursday 30 April at 7.30pm.
Community choir Rising Voices Wessex which began as a successful rehabilitation bid from Dorset Cancer Network to aid recovery and support patients with cancer and their carers through singing, will join Russell Watson in concert at Lighthouse, Poole’s centre for the arts on 3 June. The UK’s best selling classical artist with four Classical Brits…
At a service held in Wimborne Minster the Revd Suzie Allen was licensed by the Archdeacon of Sherborne, the Venerable Paul Taylor as Associate Priest of Wimborne Minster and the Northern Villages
Ferndown Upper School’s first Film Festival event was a real success. Students from Years 12 and 13, and from the A Level Media Studies and BTEC in Creative Media Production courses, were involved. Students and staff nominated films for a range of nine categories, from Best Thriller Opening and Best Music Video, to Best Actor…
Drivers and visitors to Bournemouth and Christchurch are being reminded to allow extra time for their journey this weekend. One southbound lane will be closed between Ashley Heath and Blackwater at 8pm on Friday 24 April – stay shut all day Saturday and all day Sunday – and reopen by 6am Monday morning. This is…
The girls are going great guns at Dumpton School, Wimborne this year. The U13 girls became IAPS National Netball Champions in March, and Year 5 boasts both the European under-10s’ Dry Ski Slope Champion and an English, British and European Taekwondo Champion. In addition, of the 24 senior school scholarships awarded to Year 8 students…
Meritorious awards have been presented at Christchurch Council to two individuals and a group. One individual award went to Peter Allam, currently the Chief Executive of the Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy. He is the only Christchurch-born person to achieve an Olympic medal, winning one in 1984 sailing a dinghy which he and Jo Richards…
Mr Philip Jones (44) has been appointed headteacher of Ferndown Upper School from 1 September.
Do you know this couple? Dorset Police would like to speak to them in connection with the theft of five pairs of trousers from The Minster Boutique, West Street, Wimborne. At around 10am on Wednesday 15 April a man and woman went into the boutique and placed the trousers worth around £300 in total into…
