Category: Dorset

Ferndown Sports FC’s refurbished clubhouse and changing room facility at King George V Playing fields was vandalised recently when graffiti including foul words were daubed over the exterior walls.

Ultrasonic sound waves are being used to kill off algae at an East Dorset reservoir.

Officers in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following a robbery in the town – with an e-fit of the offender being released. The incident happened at about 9.30pm on Sunday 11 May as the victim was walking through King’s Park. The victim, a 45-year-old man, was chased by…

Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is asking for donations of unwanted art to raise money for wildlife in Dorset

Hundreds of cyclists assembled at Watchet Harbour on the Somerset coast to take part in the 4th annual Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Coast to Coast (C2C) Cycle Challenge on Sunday (18 May). Not designed as a race, the event saw cyclists of all ages and abilities set off on a ‘gruelling but gloriously sunny’…

Help is on hand for people living with dementia.
More than 40 per cent of people affected by dementia have kept concerns about the condition bottled up, according to a poll carried out by Alzheimer’s Society, which has experts ready to give advice in Dorset.

Witchampton First School, just five miles from the centre of Wimborne and seven from the centre of Blandford, is undersubscribed this year. A treat for the parents and children at this Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ school who enjoy the benefit of small class sizes – the largest year group has 10 pupils – and high pupil to…

Bournemouth’s Castlepoint Shopping Park has, over seven years, focused on recycling waste and last year achieved a milestone by achieving zero waste to landfill.