Oscar the 5-year-old African grey parrot sparked a rescue operation when he was spotted landing on the shoulders of shoppers at Bournemouth’s Castlepoint Shopping Park.
He had escaped from his Ferndown home two days’ earlier and his relieved owners Mark and Julie Hanna were contacted by Castlepoint after their ‘missing parrot’ notice was found on Gumtree.
Bournemouth Council has today been informed by the Home Office that they expect that the asylum seekers being accommodated in the town will have left by next week. Council Leader, Councillor John Beesley said: “Today, the Chief Executive, the Deputy Leader and I met with Home Office officials to discuss the issue of asylum seekers…
Councillors at Christchurch Borough Council have voted unanimously to object to the proposed wind farm application by Navitus Bay.
At a specially-convened meeting of the full council, members were presented with a Local Impact Report which detailed the key issues affecting the Borough of Christchurch which would arise from the wind farm.
Three men went into Long Johns in Leigh Road, Wimborne and scammed cash out of the fish and chip shop. One man asked for change for various denominations several times in a row. He confused the member of staff into handing over change that was of a greater value than the amount he presented. The…
A new visitor centre that brings together Thomas Hardy’s cottage and the surrounding landscape has been officially opened.
The centre is a joint project between Dorset County Council and the National Trust and was constructed by contractor Morgan Sindall. Visitors will be able to find out more about Thomas Hardy and the nearby landscape that influenced his work.
Raising hundreds of pounds proved a piece of cake when Colten Care homes in Dorset took part in this year’s Macmillan World’s Biggest Coffee Morning.
Chef Anita Vine baked more than 40 cakes for sale at the family owned company’s Avon Cliff home in Bournemouth, including chocolate and guinness, lemon drizzle and carrot cakes.
Paula Henley has been appointed as chairwoman at Wimborne Town Football Club. A director of Henley’s Response Limited, Paula will take over from the current acting chairman Ken Stewart, who stepped back into the role after the resignation of Paul Miller earlier this year. Paula has had football in her life from an early age,…
An investigation has been launched by police officers following the death of a man in Westbourne. Dorset Police received a report at 8.40am on Sunday 28 September that a man had collapsed in a communal hallway of a premises in Commercial Road. Officers attended together with the ambulance service and discovered 44-year-old local man, Daniel…
The Reverend Canon David Price, former rector of Wimborne celebrated the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the Priesthood on Sunday 28 September. He presided over the Parish Eucharist service at St John’s, Broadstone by kind invitation of the vicar, the Rev’d Canon Nigel Lloyd. A small group of parishioners from Wimborne Minster attended along…
Seven people have been sentenced for drug offences following one of the biggest operations in the county in recent years. Dorset Police pro-actively targeted street level drug dealers in the Boscombe area of Bournemouth where there was a suspicion that drugs offences were being committed.