As part of his visit to all the Deaneries across the Salisbury Diocese, the Bishop of Salisbury, the Right Reverend Nicholas Holtam, visited the Wimborne Deanery meeting at St John’s Church, Wimborne on Thursday 19 February.
In what is a first in the history of East Dorset District Council, and could be the first appointment of its kind in any council in the country, the current vice chairman and Ferndown councillor, Cllr Steven Lugg is to be enrolled as a Yeoman of the Queen’s Bodyguard on Tuesday 3 March, before the State…
Officers in Poole are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following the destruction of a badger sett at the Bourne Valley Nature Reserve at Rossmore.
Police are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following a serious injury road traffic collision in Poole. It happened at around 10.15pm on Sunday 22 February on Wimborne Road at the junction of Bailey Crescent, close to Stanley Green Road. A blue Peugeot 206 was travelling along Wimborne Road when it…
The Haskins Garden Centre team and customers at Ferndown, through their charity wishing well, events and competitions, raised £4626 for their 2014 charity of the year, the Alzheimer’s Society.
A 23-year-old man from London has been arrested on suspicion of kidnap and grievous bodily harm with intent and is currently assisting police with their enquiries following an alleged kidnap and assault in Christchurch on Friday evening (20 February 2015). The incident, which officers believe was targeted, happened at 7.29pm outside One Stop Community Stores…
A 23-year-old man from London has been arrested on suspicion of kidnap and grievous bodily harm with intent and is currently assisting police with their enquiries following an alleged kidnap and assault in Christchurch on Friday evening (20 February 2015). The incident, which officers believe was targeted, happened at 7.29pm outside One Stop Community Stores…
This year’s Camp Bestival’s music line-up at Lulworth Castle is already bursting with the untamed brilliance of headliners Underworld, Clean Bandit and Kaiser Chiefs, plus lots more guaranteed crowd-pleasers like Professor Green, Wretch 32, Kate Tempest, Bob Geldof and many more. Chief Wild Thing Rob da Bank says: “Camp Besti’s creative team have outdone themselves once again with an absolute truckload of wild and wonderful…
Bournemouth Borough Council has teamed up with British Cycling to offer female residents a free chance to train as a Breeze ride leader and help inspire a new generation of active women. Breeze is British Cycling’s biggest ever programme to get more women riding bikes for fun. Led by women for women, it relies on…
A new report about Local Wildlife Sites around the UK has revealed that the habitat quality of 118 (9%) of Dorset’s Local Wildlife Sites have deteriorated significantly in the last five years.
