Motorists using the road across Holt Heath near Wimborne are being warned to take extra care after cattle and ponies which graze the heath were returned for the summer. A group of 50 cattle and 15 Exmoor ponies will be on the heath for the summer months, as part of a grazing scheme to improve…
Detectives in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following an attempted aggravated robbery in the Kinson area of the town – with an e-fit of the offender being released. The incident, in which a 19-year-old man was threatened with a meat cleaver at a property on South Kinson Drive,…
Friends of the Strays of Greece will be holding their Annual Family Fun Dog Show which, for the fourth year, will feature the acclaimed Solent Dog Display Team. The Show will be held on 27 April in its established venue at Burt’s Lane, Mannington (off the Horton Road), Nr Wimborne BH21 7JT and gates will…
Changes to the subsidised bus network will come into effect on Sunday 6 April. The amendments are being made following Dorset County Council’s cabinet meeting in December. Across Dorset, 39 routes will be changed, with 39 left unaffected. Ten routes have been completely withdrawn and twelve Saturday service have been removed. Initial proposals were drawn…
South Dorset Member of Parliament Richard Drax took to the coal shovel on a steam locomotive when he paid a visit to the volunteer-led Swanage Railway – to learn more about its £14 million annual contribution to the Purbeck and Dorset economy.
Mr Drax visited Dorset’s highly successful and award-winning five and a half mile heritage line on 3 April.
CCTV images have been released after an assault in Bournemouth. The incident happened on Poole Hill at approximately 4am on Thursday 27 March. It is alleged that the victims, a 43-year-old man and a 26-year-old man both from Bournemouth, were assaulted by three men. Both victims sustained injuries which required hospital treatment. One received severe…
Detectives investigating the death of Mashael Albasman, a 25-year-old Kuwaiti national who was studying in Bournemouth, have charged her father with her murder. Faleh Ghazi Albasman a Kuwaiti national is due to appear at Weymouth Magistrates Court today, (Friday 4 April). The 58-year-old was staying with his daughter in the flat they shared in St…
mags4dorset is continually being bombarded by hoax emails. Spam filters weed most of them out and as yet, there is no sign of the NICE email that is not nice at all. Dorset Police is advising the public to be wary of emails purporting to be from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).…
Donation buys Superscripts plays World Book Day was made extra special for students after the Ringwood & Fordingbridge Lions Club presented them with a cheque for £233.40. Year 8 students Molly Fairhead-Parsons, Sabrina De-Young Thompson, Samantha Long, Matt Sheehy and Brennan Stott met with Ringwood & Fordingbridge Lions Club Vice President, Geoffrey Kay during World…
Following the discovery of decomposed human remains at the Bournemouth and Meyrick Park Golf Club in Bournemouth on 31 March, officers are searching the area and a cordon is in place. The incident is being treated as unexplained and no arrests have been made. Some of the body parts were found in a hard to…
