Category: Dorset

Anyone who says that if you remember the sixties you weren’t really there has clearly not met Jenny Boyd. Jenny was not only there, she practically WAS the sixties and she remembers it all in graphic detail. On Friday (November 7) she will be a guest at Wimborne Literature Festival and in an interview at…

More than 70 business people from Christchurch and East Dorset have attended the first of three events to launch Christchurch and East Dorset Councils’ plans for economic growth. This first event took place at Highcliffe Castle where the attendees heard from a successful local businessman, Jimmy Cregan, founder of Jimmy’s Iced Coffee, based in Airfield…

Pop Up Poole is the ideal setting for new start-up businesses, budding entrepreneurs and social enterprises who are considering trading in the high street to gain valuable experience of selling their products without the financial burden of paying rent and business rates

Christmas is an important time for many who harbor the ambition to learn to fly

Report by Janine Pulford Attended by Angus Campbell, the Lord-Lieutenant for Dorset and guest celebrity Michael Medwin OBE, a moving concert that combined traditional variety and remembrance took place at the Hub in Verwood on 2 November. Variety Remembrance led the audience on a journey through the last 100 years to commemorate those who gave…

YELLOW Buses will be observing a two-minute silence on both Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day as a mark of respect for Britain’s war heroes.

Bournemouth hotelier Rosie Wallace ‘took the plunge’ for a charity close to her heart – launching herself off the 820ft pier zip wire, dressed as a witch.
Rosie, the general manager of the Days Hotel Marsham Court in Russell Cotes Road, took to the skies on Halloween, raising £468.75 for the children’s mobility charity STEPS.

Wimborne Town notched up their fourth straight victory in all competitions with a memorable win at Dorchester Town in the FA Trophy last weekend. Unavailability of key central defenders meant Wimborne entered the fray with a remarkably youthful back line, pitched up against higher level opposition.

Well done to Isabella Gibson (red belt) on gaining her first medal in Birmingham at the National Junior Ju-Jitsu championships held on Saturday 25 October, Isabella from Ferndown Ju-Jitsu Club aged six said, “This was my first National competition and it was very hard work also I have made lots of new friends.”