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Volunteers helping out at Holes Bay beach clean

Holes Bay Gets A Clean Up

A team of 20 local volunteers has helped turn the tide on litter. Volunteers filled 49 refuse sacks with waste collected from Holes Bay shore and cycle path on 27 April as part of the 26th annual Great Dorset Beach Clean. Items found included a bathtub, a boat door, bottles, sweet wrappers, bits of polystyrene,…

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Bob Walter MP to visit Langside School

North Dorset MP Bob Walter is visiting Langside School in Poole on Friday. The school is run by disability charity Diverse Abilities Plus and Bob will be finding out more about the programmes they are currently running to support local children with special educational needs. He last visited the charity-run special school, for pupils aged…

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Man trapped in grain silo

A farm worker was rescued by fire fighters after becoming trapped in a grain silo on Monday morning. Quick thinking workers at the farm near Shapwick attached a strop underneath the man’s arms and secured it to a ladder, to prevent him from sinking further into the grain. He was approximately 4m inside the silo…

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Horse rescued by specialist Poole firefighters

Firefighters from Poole trained in large animal rescue were called out on Monday just before 11am after a horse became trapped and suspended over a bar inside a horse box on the B3165 Birdsmoor Gate north of Drimpton, West Dorset. Retained firefighters from Charmouth joined them and worked with the owners and a vet. The…

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Caught on camera

Detectives in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following an attempted robbery at the Co-op store in Bearwood. A man entered the shop on Ringwood Road on Saturday 19 April at around 7.45pm and approached a female member of staff who was behind the counter. He bought a scratch…

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Sherborne – A History through the Archives

Dorset Archives Trust, the charity which supports and promotes the archival heritage of Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole will be holding its annual ‘archives discovery day’ on Saturday 10 May at Dorset History Centre. This year the focus is on the rich heritage of Sherborne with speakers covering subjects such as Sherborne School, the castle and…

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