The Rotary Club of Bournemouth North presented volunteers at Cherry Tree Nursery with a cheque for £600 to pay for a new cover for the polytunnel (seen in the background of the photograph). The tunnel cover was lost in the strong winds during the winter, and the replacement cover was very badly needed. The Rotary Club…
An £800 income tax cut for people in Mid Dorset and North Poole is the real budget boost, Annette Brooke MP said yesterday. The budget revealed plans to increase the personal allowance from April 2015 and put an extra £100 back in taxpayers’ pockets. Lib Dems have already delivered on a £700 tax cut for…
The ladies of the Oakmedians rugby club: inclusive of mothers, aunts, sisters, partners and indeed their very own ladies team were treated to a slap up meal and a game of rugby when the 1st XV team played Blandford RFC on 8 March at Meyrick Park. They were celebrating International Woman’s Day with their own…
The Chairman of East Dorset District Council, Cllr Malcolm Birr, has visited the winner of his year-long raffle to present them with their prize, having drawn the winning ticket at his gala dinner. Glenys Hazlehurst, who lives in Ashley Heath, won a framed oil painting of Wimborne Minster. The painting was specially provided by local…
Four young chefs from Christchurch restaurants have gone to head to head in the Christchurch Food & Wine Festival’s annual Professional Young Chef of the Year competition sponsored by Chef’s Mate. The four – Ryan Carpenter from The Captains Club Hotel, Harry Fry from Splinters Restaurant, Jimmy Pang from The Nelson Tavern and Jordan Garland-Wood…
Detectives in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after an arson attack in the Kinson area of the town. The incident, in which a fire at the front door of a house was started deliberately, happened at around 3am on Tuesday 18 March 2014 at premises on West Howe…
Eleven new beach huts at Gundimore Beach, near Mudeford Quay in Christchurch, have all been sold in two working days. The beach huts, which were priced at £24,000 each, have direct access to the beach. Marketing began on them on Friday 14 March and the last one was sold on Monday 17 March. Neil Farmer,…
Eight children from from Hillside Community First School in Verwood, accompanied by school secretary, Mrs McAleer and senior teaching assistant, Mrs Kemp represented their school at The Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey. The service took place on 10 March and was attended by Her Majesty The Queen and other members of the Royal Family. There were representatives from the Commonwealth Countries, the Royal Commonwealth Society and of the Faith Communities
Many cheerful members of the Ferndown Allotment Association gathered at Longham Allotment Gardens on Saturday 15 March to witness the official opening by Ferndown Mayor, Cllr Pauline Reynolds and Richard Dean, Chair of Ferndown Allotment Association (FAA).
A man from Bournemouth has been sent to prison for a total of five years and four months for possession with intent to supply class A and class B drugs with a street value of over £300,000. Adam Roberts, 32, pleaded guilty to the offences at Bournemouth Crown Court on Monday 10 February 2014 and…
