Staff at Moors Valley Country Park and Forest near Ringwood are celebrating after the Park received a silver award in the Large Visitor Attraction of the Year category at the 2014 Dorset Tourism Awards. This is the first time that Moors Valley has entered a tourism awards scheme of this type. The gold award went…
Two local clergy have been installed as Non-Residentiary Canons at Salisbury Cathedral. Pictured with the Bishop of Salisbury, The Right Revd Nicholas Holtam (centre) and the Dean of Salisbury, the Very Revd June Osborne (right) are the newly installed Canons (from the left) The Revd Canon Vanessa Herrick, Rector of Wimborne Minster, the Revd Canon Jean de Garis,Team…
Bournemouth primary school children are helping kick litter in their local community into touch.
Children from the Elm Academy have joined forces with AFC Bournemouth and Bournemouth Borough Council to help clear and recycle the rubbish people drop near their school.
The youngsters have been going out on weekly litter picks in West Howe with AFC Bournemouth players and mascot Cherry Bear.
Climate change campaign cards have been presented to Annette Brooke, MP for North Poole and Mid Dorset, on behalf of the congregation of Wimborne Minster asking her to ensure that tackling climate change is at the heart of her party’s 2015 General Election campaign.
Joan Davis, aged 66, was last seen at her home address along St Helens Road, Dorchester last night but was reported missing today, Wednesday 21 October. Incident Inspector Roger Robinson said: “Concern is increasing for Joan as we believe that she has been upset recently. “A thorough search is being carried out in the local…
The Royal Bournemouth Hospital and the Dorset Heart Centre have two reasons to celebrate this October. The Cardiac Rehabilitation service has reached its 25th anniversary and provided its 1,000th rehabilitation course. Dr Adrian Rozkovec, Cardiologist at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital, initiated the Cardiac Rehabilitation service in 1989, with the help of specialist Cardiac Rehabilitation nurse,…
While Lord Sugar catapulted into his 10th crusade to demolish a fresh round of apprentice egos, hopeful youngsters launched into Dorset’s Enterprise and Skills Challenge at VoIP Unlimited. A team of students from years 12-13 at St Edwards School, Queen Elizabeth School and Bournemouth School for Girls met VoIP Unlimited managing director Mark Pillow to…
On Monday 20 October, North Dorset MP Bob Walter visited key memorial sites at The Ypres Salient Battlefields in Belgium with British and Irish MPs to mark 100 years since the start of the First World War. Bob was honoured to take part in a memorial visit to Flanders yesterday to commemorate the sacrifices of…
Dorset firefighters and council staff are celebrating after the Safe and Independent Living (SAIL) project has been awarded the Partnership of the Year award at the Excellence in Fire and Emergency Awards 2014. The SAIL project, launched by DFRS and Dorset Partnership for Older People Project (POPP) in April 2010, offers residents of Dorset free…
The Priest’s House Museum & Garden in Wimborne Minster, Dorset is the place to be for all the family on Thursday 30 October, 10 to 4 (last entry 3pm). Visitors are welcome to dress up in their best scary costume and get creative with Halloween craft activities. The Victorian kitchen will be cooking up some…
