Plans for the new junior school at Fourways in Poole are being put on display to members of the public at a drop-in information event on Wednesday 16 April. With a total capacity of 360 pupils aged 7 to 11 (Years 3 to 6), the new school will help meet the growing need for Key…
Dorset Police have secured a Confiscation Order to take thousands of pounds from a criminal who ran a cannabis factory in Ferndown. Last month, a 47-year-old former Ringwood man was ordered to pay £125,248.07 under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 following his conviction for production of cannabis in 2012. He was handed a three-year…
Julia Brown is the winner of the design a map competition run by the West Moors Parish Council.
Launched in November 2013, entrants were invited to hand draw, paint or generate their map of West Moors on a computer and they were asked to show all the major features of the village.
“I’ve always wanted to abseil so I thought why not take on an 85ft cliff in my 85th year,” said Joan Dampney, a trustee of Autism Wessex. Joan completed the abseiling challenge to raise funds for Autism Wessex and said, “I have been involved with the charity since 1972 so when I saw this opportunity…
The third winner of CashUnity, Mrs Michelle Gerchen from West Moors has decided to put her £1,000 prize towards a family holiday.
There were a few tense moments after Michelle was told she had won the March draw because she thought she had lost her receipt, but as luck would have it, she had pinned it safely to the entry card after entering online.
Ben Pulford, one of mags4dorset’s directors crashed Hiker & Co’s Saturday Bash on Forest FM 92.3 on 12 April to talk about CashUnity. Hiker was intrigued when he heard that his co-presenter Michelin Mike had scooped £1,000 prize in CashUnity and wanted to find out more. Hiker (foreground) is pictured with Michelin Mike and Ben…
As part of Bournemouth’s Bishop Of Winchester Academy’s £14.5 million investment in teaching facilities, the new 6th Form Centre is due to be completed for the first cohort of 6thFormers starting in September. Vice Principal, Paul Holman, and Head of 6th Form, Caroline Kurtulan, took some of the students who will become the Academy’s first 6th Formers in…
Wimborne Town ended a seven-game winless run with a 2-0 victory over visitors Thatcham Town at Cuthbury last Saturday.
To mark the end of combat operations in Afghanistan three pilots from RAF Brize Norton will run 448 miles, a mile for each member of British service personnel killed during the conflict. They will run over 17 marathons in 17 days and they set off today. Flt Lts Rob Platt, Tom Mountney and Graeme Hunt…
Thanks to the outstanding grant of £2.7 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and £2 million from local fundraising, Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) and its partners have now purchased 20 lots (almost 1500 acres) of outstanding wildlife habitat as part of the major new conservation project in east Dorset, Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch, ‘The Great Heath Living Landscape’.
