Following the success of a pilot project that helped older drivers’ confidence and gave practical driver refresher sessions, Dorset County Council is offering older residents across Dorset more chances to take part. The council is offering drivers aged 70 and over, a chance for just £5 to take part in a friendly discussion session about…
The Haskins Garden Centre at Ferndown has announced the dates for the two most popular events annually held for its charity of the year.
This year the Halloween evening to be held on Thursday 30 October and the Kids Christmas Evening on Thursday 4 December will see proceeds from ticket sales and donations go to the Dementia Society.
David House, 72, of Poole, has pleaded guilty to causing smoke nuisance at Frenches Farm, Watery Lane, Poole. Mr House entered his plea of guilty at Bournemouth Magistrates’ Court for three incidents in 2013 which caused a smoke nuisance contrary to the Environmental Protection Act 1990. On July, 2012 Purbeck District Council issued an Abatement…
Four young children from the Mini Jitsu group at Ferndown Ju-Jitsu Club were promoted on Wednesday 8 October.
Chairman John Hanrahan said, “It’s great giving out the awards to our youngsters from Ferndown and we are all very proud of their promotion to their third Mon.”
Airways Aviation’s Managing Director Ollie Pennington and Nick Bird, Operations Manager of the Bournemouth based fixed wing and helicopter training company, flew their recently acquired £1.7 million AS350 Squirrel helicopter, to Milton Abbey School to provide a presentation covering careers in airlines and the helicopter industry.
Guests visiting Tower Park this winter will be awed by a new, giant Christmas tree designed especially for the complex by festive experts.
In the early hours of Saturday 11 October 2014, two bicycles were taken from the bicycle rack in the Square. The first was a red Raleigh Chopper and the second a white, black and blue Carrera. Two males were seen acting suspiciously in the area at the time. Please contact the police via 101 quoting…
The Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) ‘Go wild in your garden’ event, in partnership with Haskins Garden Centre in Ferndown, will be held on Monday 27 October, to help local people to learn about wildlife friendly gardening.
England international Hayley Davis, from Ferndown, shot two-under par to win her second title on the US women’s college circuit in the annual Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational in Texas.
The Borough of Poole’s Safer Communities Team and Dorset Police have been successful in obtaining anti-social behaviour orders on three young men who have been involved in anti-social behaviour and criminality in Poole and Bournemouth. The court heard how Karan Patel (aged 19), Bodrul Miah (aged 19) and Sahil Baadkar (aged 17) acted together as…