Staff and children from Allenbourn Middle School dressed up as their favourite book characters for World Book Day on Thursday 7 March. Amongst the staff were three Mary Poppins, as well as the sinister hooded Doctor Kalmenius from Philip Pullman’s Clockwork. Within the classes there were wizards, witches, princesses and spies, not to mention some…
Residents are invited to a flood advice drop-in session at the Civic Offices in Christchurch on Thursday 20 March. The session will be jointly hosted by the Environment Agency and Christchurch Council and will take place in the Council Chamber between 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Residents can call in at any time during the session and…
Verwood’s two brass bands triumphed over the weekend of 8 and 9 March when competing with over 70 bands in the West of England at Torquay.
Dorset Police and the Police and Crime Commissioner are continuing to review counter service provision across the Force – with no changes anticipated until at least September 2015. The decision to delay implementation of the proposals – which include the withdrawal of some station desk offices and reduced opening times at other locations – has…
Wimborne Town produced one of their best displays of the campaign with a 2-1 victory over North Leigh at Cuthbury last Saturday.
General maintenance will be carried out to the retaining rock wall from Whitecliff Recreation Ground to the sluice gate channel, from Poole Park Lake. The work is planned to begin on 10 March 2014 and is likely to last a week. The retaining wall was first constructed in the early 1970s when the Park was…
Officers in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after an alleged theft of a bag in the Winton area. The incident happened at approximately 12pm on Wednesday 26 February 2014 on Wimborne Road. It was reported that a woman in her twenties had her bag snatched by a man…
A pair of cycling siblings have raised an impressive £7,240 for charity -including £2,800 for the Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH) – by completing a gruelling 1,150 mile bike ride.
It was a full turn out from the ladies of Ferndown Inner Wheel plus the welcome presence of Pauline Reynolds, the Mayor of Ferndown, for the presentation of a sack truck to the team involved in the Sheltered Work Opportunities Project (SWOP) at the Cherry Trees Nursery at Northbourne.
Following three years of hard work, Ferndown Town Plan was officially handed over to the Mayor of Ferndown, Cllr Pauline Reynolds, by the Town Plan Steering Committee on 7 March at the Barrington Centre.
