Consultation at Highcliffe Castle
Highcliffe Castle in Dorset, is set to receive a grant of £2.9m from the Heritage Lottery Funding (HLF), including an initial development grant of £233,100.
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Dorset law firm MJP Law appoint Jeremy Channon to reel in new commercial customers
Jeremy Channon has been recruited by MJP Law to start up their new corporate and commercial department. He will be based at the Wimborne office.
CCTV appeal after assault
Police officers are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after an assault in the Rising Sun Inn on East Street, Wimborne. The incident happened on Friday, 16 January between 10pm-10.30pm when a 50-year-old female member of staff was attacked by a man. A group of five men had entered the pub…
Dorset and Hampshire crews fight thatch fire in Sopley
Fire crews from Hampshire and Dorset battled a fire at Sopley near Christchurch yesterday evening (12 February). A thatch roof was well alight when they arrived and firefighters tackled an intense fire. Officer in charge Station Manager Thompson said, “The firefighters did a fantastic job in salvaging most of the contents of the house whilst fighting the…
Swanage Railway manager makes tracks for Yorkshire
Swanage Railway General Manager Richard Jones is to leave the Dorset heritage line and become the new Operating Officer for the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway in Yorkshire.
Road closures as flood improvements at Wick near completion
The Environment Agency is about to start work on the final phase of a flood improvement scheme in the village of Wick near Christchurch that will include some temporary road closures. Contractors have been busy, since December 2014, raising and extending existing flood embankments at Wick Farm. Improvements to earlier defences, built in the 1990s,…
Freeze on Council Tax bills recommended for Poole
Borough of Poole Cabinet members have agreed to recommend no increase in Council Tax bills for Poole residents in 2015/16. It would mean the annual charge for council services on a Band D property in Poole would remain unchanged at £1,209.60 – the fifth consecutive year that Borough of Poole has not raised Council Tax. The council’s budget for 2015/16, including the…
Bournemouth residents foiled no longer
Foil can now be collected for recycling at the kerbside by Bournemouth Council’s Recycling teams. Residents are being encouraged to put washed foil and foil trays into their Big Bin which will be recycled back into foil packaging or other metal products such as cans Councillor Michael Filer, cabinet member for waste, said: “We’ve been…
Poetry by Heart
Poetry lovers rejoiced as some of the best loved poems in the country came to life at Dorset County Council’s chambers.
The event was part of the regional championship for the national ‘Poetry by Heart’ competition, designed to encourage young people to get passionate about poetry.
New emergency angles covered at Beaulieu
The ambulances that featured in episode three of the latest BBC Top Gear series, are now on display to the public at Beaulieu’s World of Top Gear. Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May conducted a valuable piece of consumer research with their attempts to improve and enhance the ambulance. Starting with a belief that current…