Category: Dorset

Detectives in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following an armed robbery at a bookmaker in Winton. The incident happened at approximately 5.25pm on Tuesday 22 April at Coral on Wimborne Road. A man entered the shop with his face and head covered and approached a member of staff…

Samantha Hetreed from Oxley Sports Centre in Sherborne and a team of Master Swimmers from Wincanton Swim Club (WSC) have completed a five-kilometre relay in one hour and three minutes and raised £1,235 for Sport Relief. Samantha, along with Philippa O’Grady, Adele Parham, Julia Hendrie and Caroline Law, challenged themselves to raise £1,000 for the…

Dominic Keeley is undertaking four challenges for four charities.

There’s a clutch of new arrivals at Moors Valley Country Park and Forest near Ringwood this spring with birds flocking for attention across the park. Thirteen ducklings were sighted on Moors Lake as the first raft took to the water – the highest single hatching figure recorded at Moors Valley. Chiffchaffs (Phylloscopus collybita) are being…

Football manager Harry Redknapp took time out from coaching duties at promotion-chasing Championship club QPR, to launch a 5-A-Side World Cup Tournament charity fundraiser, organised by local estate agent Leader & Co in aid of Lewis-Manning Hospice. The tournament is the brainchild of Ryan Woolfenden, owner of independent estate agents Leader & Co in Ashley…

Detectives in Bournemouth and East Dorset are issuing advice to members of the public after a number of elderly people have been targeted by distraction burglars. So far, Dorset Police have received reports of five similar offences across the Easter weekend – all involving a man stealing, or attempting to steal, money after deceiving his…