Category: Dorset

Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance is calling on the general public and those who work or volunteer within the sector to submit nominations for this year’s Air Ambulance Awards of Excellence.

Great grandmother Audrey Dormon was the toast of a Mudeford care home when she celebrated her 101st birthday. Audrey was the first resident at Colten Care’s Avon Reach home 20 years ago. Born in North London, Audrey was the youngest of five children. Regarded as ‘the sporty one’, she excelled at tennis, golf and skiing.…

The gardens of Wimborne Model Town have received attention with the help from Wimborne Waitrose.

An historic 25-year deal has been signed to strengthen the Swanage Railway’s locomotive fleet in a move that will see three classic 1920s Southern engines based on the Dorset heritage line – one of which ran in the Isle of Purbeck back in the 1950s.

Pupils and teachers at Poole’s Buckholme Towers School and Nursery donned their best camouflage and were put through their paces in a Camo Day to raise funds for military charity SSAFA on Friday 20 June. Camo Day is a worldwide non-uniform event raising funds and awareness for the charity which provides practical support and assistance…

Children at Parley First School had a ‘Bling Your Bike and Scooter’ day. The children were only allowed to use recycled objects, and some wonderful creations were ridden into school. A giraffe, horse (complete with sound effects), several football themed bikes and scooters, aliens and space themes were just some of their creations. The winners…

The first release of new homes at Gladstone Mews, Boscombe went to individuals with a local connection to Boscombe East and West wards. In the second release, which occurred at the weekend (23 June), the area for eligible applicants includes those with a local connection in the neighbouring wards: Springbourne and East Cliff, Littledown and…

Wimborne and Ferndown Lions Club have given the Barrington Centre, Ferndown a donation to pay for a new hearing loop for the theatre main hall. This new version of an induction loop, made by Ampertronics of Nottingham, enables people with hearing aids to hear clearly with no background noise. It works by creating a magnetic…