Forced marriage will become a crime in England and Wales on Monday 16 June. Dorset Police is encouraging those who believe they are victims or those who suspect an offence is about to take place to come forward and report it.
A drugs house closure order has been enforced by police at a flat in The Crescent in Boscombe following drug-related activity and anti-social behaviour at the property. The closure order was issued by Bournemouth Magistrates’ Court on 6 June under the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003. It came after complaints from local residents about drug-related activity…
Described as ‘a hidden gem’, the garden of a local couple in Poole is being opened once again to the public to help raise funds for Lewis-Manning Hospice. The charity, which offers free specialist palliative nursing care to local people living with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses, is delighted that hospice supporters, Alan and Sylvia…
Not many 90-year-olds want to learn to use an IPad, let alone use one, but for one Ferndown resident, his online expertise has paid dividends.
The newly elected Mayor of Verwood, Cllr Pat Morrow was guest speaker at the latest Verwood Business meeting at Plane Cuisine on 10 June. Pat used to run a big community centre in Belfast and said her term in office as mayor would be a ‘community year.’ She is currently spearheading a campaign to get…
Tag It, Track It, Trace It! That’s the message being given by Neighbourhood and Homewatch members. Too often police are unable to reunite stolen property to its owners, because without a mark, or in the case of a bike a frame number, it can be difficult for the police to prove that it has been…
History was brought to life for a group of New Forest students when they toured four of the UK’s most ancient and important monuments.
Annette Brooke, MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole highlighted that over 8,000 dogs euthanised each year because their owner cannot be found could be saved if dog owners ‘Chip it, Check it’.
The Friends of the New Forest Airfields will host an exhibition about The New Forest Airfields on D-Day on Saturday 14 June. On 6 June 1944, the New Forest Airfields reached the pinnacle of their operational existence. Ten of the airfields were the scene of frantic activity from first light to late twilight. The countryside…
Residents and community groups in Canford Heath have come together to help to sow seeds on the newly created soil embankments at Verity Park. The embankments have been created as park of works to protect six open spaces and parks in Poole against unauthorised encampments. Soil embankments are considered an effective method of preventing unauthorised…
