A generous donation of £5,000 from Haskins Garden Centres Ltd has enabled Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) and its partners to reach the match-funding target for a grant of £2.7 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the Great Heath Living Landscape project.
Planning permission has been agreed for a temporary transit site for Gypsies and Travellers in West Dorset – on condition that 24-hour security is provided. Dorset County Council’s planning committee approved a site in Piddlehinton, near Dorchester, to help tackle the impact of unauthorised encampments around Dorset during the spring and summer months. The same…
Dianna Wiseman and Aaron O’Donnell from London and their two daughters were amongst the first families to show their support for the New Forest by hiring bikes from Forest Leisure Cycling in Burley – and making a donation to the New Forest conservation charity, the New Forest Trust. From April this year customers booking bike…
The annual spring coffee morning held at the home of Anthony and Christine Oliver on Saturday morning,17 May, raised £461 for Wimborne In Bloom. On a fine sunny morning around 80 people attended and they were able to sit out and enjoy the garden. A bring and buy stall, a plant sale and a raffle…
ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent star and freestyle motocross (FMX) extraordinaire, Dan Whitby of Norfolk, is set to become the first ever rider to jump Bournemouth’s historic pier as part of town’s new Wheels Festival taking place on 24-26 May 2014, 10am-10pm. The UK’s biggest FREE family wheels-themed event will be a Festival of firsts. Not…
Poole’s beaches continue to keep the Blue Flags flying high with four awards as this year’s winners are announced.
The Ark’s resident penguin, Tux, is braving new heights and taking on the Diverse Abilities Plus ‘Harbourview 110ft Abseil’, overlooking Poole Harbour, on Sunday 8 June. Tux is encouraging more local people to join him and take part to raise vital funds for the services the Dorset charity runs supporting over 600 children and adults…
Diverse Abilities Plus has launched its first ‘Thank You Awards’ to acknowledge the inspirational people who are connected to the Dorset-based charity that supports children and adults with profound learning and physical disabilities in the county. The Thank You Awards took place at Barnabas, the charity’s adult opportunities service in Poole with special guests – children’s TV presenter Chris…
A beautiful rare fern will be amongst the many unusual plants available at East Dorset’s first specialist plant fair on 24 May. Called the Upside-down Fern as the fronds look as though they are growing upside down, the evergreen Arachniodes standishii thrives in containers and can survive even the worst winters as it is hardy…
A new vehicle for the Osborne Centre in West Parley costing £32,000 was handed over by Red Kite last week
