The Chairman of East Dorset District Council, Cllr Robin Cook, has launched a prize draw for a unique piece of artwork of Dorset’s Jurassic coast by local silk weaver, Debby Kirby.
Based at Walford Mill Crafts in Wimborne, Debby takes her inspiration from a catalogue of images taken by her husband Jez who cycles around the Dorset countryside capturing the changing seasons.
Officers investigating the theft of a vacuum cleaner from Sainsbury’s supermarket on Ringwood Road, Ferndown have released a CCTV image of a picture of the suspect. The incident took place between 3.45pm and 4.15pm on Tuesday 12 August 2014. A woman entered the store and bought a vacuum cleaner. She then returned about 30 minutes…
Police in Wimborne are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following shoplifting from a store in Colehill. They have also released images of a man they would like to speak with. The theft happened at around 2.40pm on Tuesday 19 August 2014 at the Co-operative store on Smugglers Lane. A man…
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is holding a sand sculpture competition on Weymouth Beach and is inviting families to create life size marine giants from sand.
Annette Brooke, MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole has joined the fight against breast cancer by taking part in Breast Cancer Campaign’s flagship fundraiser, wear it pink day.
Butterflies, ear trumpets and a giant white hare will put the South Dorset Ridgeway in a whole new light this weekend. Ridgeway Responses is a free, family-friendly arts extravaganza centred around the village of Littlebredy, in west Dorset, from Friday- Sunday (19-21 September). Part of this month’s Inside Out Dorset festival, it will feature the…
Police have arrested and charged two people on suspicion of slavery and servitude offences in the Wareham area. A 60-year-old woman and a 63-year-old man, both from Wareham, were arrested in February 2014 on suspicion of benefit fraud offences. On Friday 12 September 2014 they were charged with servitude and fraud offences and will appear…
The Purbeck Marathon goes from strength as it celebrated its highest number of entries and highest number of finishers for its unique race on 14 September. Announced as the UK’s best marathon in Runners World last February, a strong wind at the start meant that no course records were broken although the sun shone for…
“What was promised has not transpired,” said Trevor Davies, headteacher at Pamphill First School when talking about the hot school meals being provided, or not as in Pamphill’s case, under new legislation from the start of term.
“We are now only receiving cold packed lunches,” he continued. “Parents have expressed their frustration and some have even reverted back to providing their children with a packed lunch.”
Verwood man Tim Richards was overjoyed to win £1,000 in the latest CashUnity prize draw. When he told his wife Helen, she thought he was joking, but gradually the news sank in. “We don’t usually win anything,” said Tim, who was encouraged to enter CashUnity after spending just £13.50 in Xerocad in Ferndown. He is…
