A new visitor centre celebrating Thomas Hardy and bringing together his cottage and the landscape which inspired his writing, has been opened by Lord Julian Fellowes. The timber-built visitor centre – a joint project between Dorset County Council and the National Trust – is in Thorncombe woods, at Higher Bockhampton, near Dorchester, a short walk…
Netball fever has hit Allenbourn Middle School in Wimborne. For the first time ever, three year groups have qualified for the netball county finals. Girls in Years 6, 7, and 8 have been dodging, marking and shooting their way through the area events to gain qualification for Dorset finals. “We are really proud of them,”…
Officers are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after an arson attack at Oakdene Forest, St Leonards. The incident happened around 12.30pm on Saturday 7 March 2015 when an area of around 30 square metres was set on fire. A witness saw flames coming from the undergrowth and spotted two boys…
It was back to winning ways when the Wimborne Civic Society took the honours at the Annual Wimborne in Bloom Wine and Wisdom ‘Fun’ Quiz Evening held in the Allendale Centre on Friday 6 March.
Almost 200 people have signed up to Bournemouth Hospital Charity’s March for Men which will raise money for state-of-the-art prostate cancer diagnosis equipment. The event, taking place from Bournemouth Pier on 22 March, will help buy prostate template biopsy equipment which will reduce waiting times for patients at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital, improve the speed and…
Don’t panic! Allenbourn children have not been up before the beak, but rather finding books for the school library. At the end of last year the School Library Service moved from their previous base at Blandford Camp to occupy the former Wimborne Magistrates’ Court. The Year 6 book group, together with school librarian Rosalind Jensen,…
Boreholes will be drilled into Bournemouth’s beaches this month as part of investigative work for the Bournemouth Beach Management programme of timber groyne replacement. Using a cable percussion drilling rig, each borehole will be drilled to a depth of 15m and is expected to take two days to complete. The purpose of the boreholes is…
Annette Brooke, MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, gave her support to the NSPCC’s new ‘Share Aware’ campaign earlier this year, which aims to get families talking about socialising safely online.
Detectives are appealing for witnesses and anyone with any information to come forward following an attempted sexual assault in Bournemouth. The incident happened along a footpath on heathland between St Brelades Avenue and Scott Road around 3.30pm on Thursday 5 March. A teenage girl was approached by a man, who grabbed hold of her and…
The Borough of Poole joined more than 730 locations throughout the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, UK Overseas Territories and Commonwealth countries to raise the Commonwealth flag on Monday 9 March.
