Category: Dorset

Swanage Railway volunteers and staff are celebrating after their heritage line carried a record-breaking 216,267 passengers during 2014 – that’s more than the combined populations of Bournemouth, Wimborne and Bridport. And there is further cause for celebration because the year’s festive ‘Santa Special’ steam trains carried a record-breaking 9,205 passengers, more than the combined populations…

Wimborne Musical Theatre will begin rehearsals for its next production The King and I on Thursday 22 January and are looking for local talented people to join the cast. The show has a number of different roles in a variety of ages; also several parts for children. Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1956 musical is set in 19th-century…

After over 30 years’ trading on the High Street in Wimborne, The Square Corner is to close its doors for the last time at the end of January. Owners Graham and Katrina have run the shop for over four years and are blaming increasing costs and decreasing footfall in the town: “The problems started the…

A leading Dorset and Somerset law firm’s charitable trust has awarded a record £95,065 to good causes. Young sportsmen, women and arts lovers were among those to benefit from the bumper boost in 2014. Battens Solicitors, which has offices in Weymouth, Dorchester, Sherborne and Yeovil, set up the charitable trust in 1985 to support community…

Although most dog owners visiting Cogden and Hive Beach do the right thing by either taking their dog’s poo home or by using one of the bins provided, a new National Trust dog walking group has been set up to spread the words to others through the group named Pooo Pin (Poo out people in).…

For the third year running, St Mary’s Ferndown brought Christmas cheer to local residents who would otherwise have spent Christmas alone

Do you have an old banger in your garage? A clapped out car in your garden? A rusty old run-around you hardly use? It’s time to let it go and recycle for research!

A visit to Poole’s Household Waste Recycling Centre had devastating consequences for Beacon Hill couple Les and Gill Sherlock.

Officers in Beaminster are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following a burglary in Mosterton.

Volunteers are being sought for the Knoll Gardens Foundation, the Wimborne-based garden charity. Knoll has championed the naturalistic style of gardening for many years believing it to be of benefit to gardeners and wildlife alike. The garden is owned and run by Neil Lucas, Chelsea gold medal winner and RHS council member and senior judge.…