Crowds gathered on Ferret Green in Verwood on Saturday, 13 December to welcome Santa and Snow White during the town’s annual Christmas extravaganza.
Market stalls, mulled wine and mince pies, carol singing and a fun fair all added to the atmosphere and children queued in excitement waiting to see Santa in his grotto.
Crowds lined the streets of Wimborne Minster to admire colourful floats beautifully prepared by local clubs, organisations, schools and nurseries in the 26th annual Save the Children Parade on 13 December. Father Christmas and the snow princess, dancers, bands and vintage cars made the afternoon spectacle even more thrilling. The day’s event started early with…
The mother of missing man Paul Smith is appealing for anyone with information about her son’s whereabouts to contact Dorset Police.
The 49-year-old, of Saltburn-by-the-Sea in Cleveland, was last seen at his parents’ home on Portland on Friday 7 November when he said he was going to find somewhere to live in the Bournemouth area.
Over £1500 was given away by mags4dorset in the bumper CashUnity prize draw held at John Brown’s Garden Centre on 6 December and hosted by Petals Florist. Free bubbly and mince pies were given away by mags4dorset’s directors Ben, Janine and Louis Pulford and company secretary Nick Pulford. Jayne Oliver from Petals Florist surprised one…
The annual Haskins Garden Centre’s Christmas Kids’ Evening at Ferndown raised over £455.88 for the Alzheimer’s Society. Over 110 children visited Santa in his grotto and enjoyed activities including face painting, storytelling, competitions a charity raffle whilst tasty food and drink tasting demos were held. Special seasonal meals were also served by the restaurant.
Bournemouth airport based pilot training centre Airways Aviation has announced its first charity of the year. The choice is the successful John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation (JTYAF), founded by parents Peter and Linda Thornton, in memory of their son Lt John ‘JT’ Thornton RM, from Ferndown, who was killed in southern Afghanistan on 30 March 2008.
Major works to repair the Shopping Centre roof-top car park, located near Poole railway station, have now been completed. Repairs have been carried out to the car park in Serpentine Lane to provide a permanent solution to a long standing problem of rainwater leaking into the shops below. The leaks were mainly caused by the deterioration…
Poole’s beaches will soon benefit from a range of brand new beach huts to help reduce the waiting list and extend the range of huts available. The huts, which will cost £1.35m to build, will be at three locations: Branksome Chine (East), Branksome Chine (West) and Flaghead Chine. In total 88 new beach huts will…
Heartless thieves have stolen the Christmas lights from the front garden of Julia’s House children’s hospice. Care staff arriving at the hospice were devastated to discover that lights that had been set up for the enjoyment of the poorly children attending sessions this week and staying over this weekend, had gone. Two men pulled up…
The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch hospitals’ Sunshine Midwifery Team has been highly commended for providing excellent care for parents and babies in their first 1,000 days. The Sunshine midwives are employed by the hospital Trust and have a base at the Providence Surgery in Boscombe. They provide care to vulnerable women, including victims of domestic…
