Category: Dorset

Ben Ainslie’s challenge for the America’s Cup has been given a helping hand from Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service.

Documentary wildlife photographer Nick Upton treated his audience to a selection of his work with British wildlife at the official opening of the British Wildlife Photography Awards exhibition on 19 March. The exhibition, at Moors Valley Country Park near Ringwood, features the best of thousands of stunning entries to these annual awards, all celebrating the…

Dorset Police are warning owners to keep their dogs on leads when walking near livestock after incidents of sheep worrying have been reported in the Wimborne and Weymouth areas.

Poole Museum will join over 1,400 museums and galleries from over 50 countries across the world on Twitter next week for the second annual #MuseumWeek, a project that will connect people to artwork, culture, history and science in new and interactive ways. #MuseumWeek takes place from 23-29 March and gives Twitter users direct and access…

There are days when this area has the highest numbers of hours of sunshine – but predictably when we needed the sun, it was cloudy. The solar eclipse was largely uneventful in Ferndown because of the thick cloud but it didn’t mean people weren’t prepared. Ferndown Tennis Club member Shirley Jenner turned up to play,…

Chairman of Ferndown & Heatherlands Soft Play Group said, “The group gives a massive thank you to Ferndown Town Council for the very generous grant of £250 to buy new large play dice and soft play animals for the children and parents that attend the play group every Thursday.

Officers investigating a shoplifting offence in Wimborne have released CCTV images of two suspects. A man and a woman entered Waitrose at Rowlands Hill on Monday, 9 February, around 6.20pm and looked around the wine and spirits aisle. The woman selected a number of bottles of sprits and placed them in her shoulder bag. The…

Poole’s oldest medieval domestic building needs volunteers to help maintain its beautiful historic gardens.
Scaplen’s Court Herb and Physic Garden, seen as an oasis of calm by many who visit, was originally designed in the 1900s by renowned garden architect, George Dillistone.