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 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.
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,…
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…
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 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.
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…
One of the busiest commuter routes to and from Bournemouth, the A347 New Road in West Parley will be closed for three weeks from 2 March and will cause disruption during peak commuter hours when extra traffic is forced onto the diversion route.
Bournemouth man Alexander Angus, who was reported missing on Sunday 8 February, has been found safe and well in the Bournemouth area. Alexander, 48, left his home in Queen’s Park Avenue at 9am on Tuesday 3 February. However, he did not attend work and had not been in contact with his family. Police have thanked…
Police investigating a serious assault in Bournemouth have released CCTV images of the incident and are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward.