Detectives in Poole are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following reports that a firearm was discharged in the Turlin Moor. Dorset Police received two reports of ‘loud bangs’, believed to be the sound of a firearm discharging, in the vicinity of Junction Road between 10pm and 10.30pm on Friday 29…
The Bookerie Reading Garden at Oakdale Library is celebrating scooping second place at this year’s Dorset Wildlife Trust Awards.
Bournemouth Borough Council has been granted over £1.2million by the Government to repair storm damage caused last winter to its coastline at Hengistbury Head, with works due to start on 8 September. Councillor David Smith, Cabinet Member for Planning and Environment at Bournemouth Borough Council, said: “Securing this investment is great news for Bournemouth following…
Bournemouth Borough Council staff working at the air festival were feasting on tasty treats after one of them won a Yellow Buses competition.
Rosie Ryves-Webb entered the bus company’s T-time draw and had doughnuts, cookies and tea delivered to the Air Festival social media and PR team on the promenade.
Dorset Fire and Rescue Service are still attending a fire at a landfill site at Wareham which started at around 5pm on Sunday 31 August.
Works to improve pedestrian, cycling and traffic facilities on a busy main road in Poole have reached the next stage. Major improvement works will be carried out in the central area of Ashley Road, between Jubilee Road and Albert Road, from Monday 1 September. The works, costing approximately £500,000, are in response to last year’s…
Help is need by police after a theft from the Kings Head Hotel in Wimborne. The incident, in which two purses were taken, happened at approximately 9.40pm on Friday 1 August 2014. A man entered the hotel, on The Square, through the pub and continued to enter a private staff room. A member of staff…
Officers in Poole are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a burglary in the Broadstone area. The burglary took place between 12.30pm on Saturday 19 July and 7.00am on Monday 21 July 2014, on the building site of a KFC outlet at the Wessex Gate Retail Park in Poole. It…
The seventh annual Bournemouth Air Festival has been hailed a great success with a record-breaking number of visitors coming to the town to enjoy the event. Over the four days around 1.2 million people watched as the Red Arrows, Vulcan, Typhoon and many more took to the sky and wowed the crowds. Teams from across…
The Marine Conservation Society (MSC) is looking for people to join beach cleans around the Dorset coastline. The UK’s leading marine charity says it hopes people who love the coast around Dorset will take part in a nationwide beach clean event which includes clean-ups at Chesil Beach and Bournemouth. It runs regular beach cleans around…
