Recently 13 children from Key Stage 2 at Hillside Community First School in Verwood went to Emmanuel Middle School for a football tournament. They played five matches of 5-a-side football. Both Hillside teams won three matches each and drew two, leaving Hillside 1 in first place and Hillside 2 in joint second place. All the…
The pupils of Hillside Community First School in Verwood recently had a visit from Simon Bushby of The Black Belt Academy, a local Karate club. Each class had a session with him to learn not only some Karate moves, but also about the ethos of respect that the martial art promotes. The children enjoyed learning…
More than 100 residents attended a flood advice drop-in session at the Civic Offices in Christchurch jointly hosted by the Environment Agency and Christchurch Council. Officers were on hand to provide advice and guidance on flooding issues and also make people aware of the government grants available if their properties were flooded and government loans…
Bournemouth-based national charity Round Table Children’s Wish has undergone a rebrand – and after ten years its clown has retired.
A special evening to fundraise for the Alzheimer’s Society has been announced which will be organised and hosted by the Haskins Garden Centre at Longham, Ferndown on Wednesday 26 March as part of the centres’ 20th anniversary celebrations. Models will parade the latest new ranges of indoor and outdoor clothing on the catwalk and many…
Poole Grammar School was awarded the Silver Award for Best Fairtrade Food Outlet in the Fairtrade Business Awards held in Bristol.
Pupils from a Poole school saw for themselves how their garden waste is turned into top quality compost when they visited a Dorset organics recycling firm.
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is delighted to launch the new red squirrel membership campaign, complete with illustrations and words by Rachel Bright, creator of the multimillion-selling gift and card brand, ‘The Bright Side’.
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…