D-Day Remembrance on Poole Quay
The Mayor of Poole, Cllr Peter Adams, attended an Act of Remembrance and thanksgiving on Poole Quay on Friday, the 70th Anniversary of D-Day.
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CashUnity £1,000 prize won by West Parley man
A ninety-one year old West Parley man is the latest winner of £1,000 in the mags4dorset CashUnity shop local prize draw. Mr William Revill entered the free prize draw through Freedom Mobility in Ferndown after having some repair work carried out by the shop. He was thrilled to have won so much money at his…
Dorset prepares temporary traveller site
Work to prepare a temporary site so it can be used by gypsies and travellers in Dorset is being completed in the coming week. Dorset County Council’s planning committee gave permission for the temporary transit site at its meeting on 9 May and the council received the formal notice of the decision on 5 June.…
Walk to remember D-Day in Bournemouth
Two special commemorative walks in Bournemouth proved popular as a way of marking the 70th anniversary of D-Day.
Royal Garden Party crowns work of East Dorset charity
To her “total surprise,” Susan Sutherland, Project Manager of the Turbary Resource Centre in Ferndown received an invitation to the recent Royal Garden Party in the grounds of Buckingham Palace.
Truck pullers pull a truck 27 miles for charity
Congratulations to Daryl Price and his Marathon Charity Truck Pull Team, who pulled a 2.5 tonne truck a distance of 27 miles. You may think that this was a crazy challenge and you’d be quite right, but they did it! They started off at Wareham Quay, then headed to Corfe, Sandbanks via Studland, over the…
Red Arrows on display at Bournemouth Airport
Local photographer Kay Browning spotted the Red Arrows at Bournemouth Airport over the weekend showing off their newly decorated tail fins, especially designed to commemorate their 50th display season.
Kookaburra and raccoons’ fundraising appearance at Care fair
From Buttons to Brownies and cakes to a kookaburra, all the fun of the fair helped a Dorset care home raise more than £600 for a children’s cancer charity.
D-Day Memorial Service attended by brother of man who led glider mission from Tarrant Rushton
The brother of a brave soldier who led a vital and dangerous mission to Normandy just minutes into ‘D-Day’, 1944, joined 300 people for a poignant commemorative service at the former Dorset airfield from which the army officer flew in a wooden Horsa glider 70 years ago. Major John Howard led the men of…
Knockout Charity Challenge – few places remaining!
Dorset disability’s charity, Diverse Abilities Plus, has two places left for enthusiastic teams to take part in its second ‘It’s a Knockout’ competition on Sunday 22 June at Lodmoor Country Park in Weymouth to relive the magic of TV’s greatest tournament while raising money to support children and adults with disabilities in the whole county, and their…