The Board of Directors of the Regent Centre in Christchurch are pleased to announce the appointment of a new Manager, Greg Rawlings, who has grown up in the area and now lives in Ensbury Park. Greg Rawlings comes from the LifeCentre in Winton near Bournemouth, where he oversaw the conversion of the former Moderne cinema…
A local supermarket team has begun their community work in 2014 by putting their Christmas decorations to good use.The team at Sainsbury’s Ferndown have provided Heatherlands Community Centre, Parley First School, Ferndown First School and Little People’s Child Care r with a selection of colourful decorations which were hung over the store’s shop-floor throughout December.…
David’s deep-seated interest in animals and birds goes back to childhood days spent in the New Forest with his grandfather, the well-known forester Len Witt, who lived in Frogham.
Visitors to Wimborne Model Town will have a brighter welcome thanks to the generosity of local paint manufacturer Farrow and Ball and kind hearted helpers from Wimborne Waitrose.
A Wimborne man has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for a distraction burglary in Strouden Park. On Thursday 16 January 2014 John William Turner, 49, was convicted and sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court for the offence of burglary at premises on Mount Pleasant Drive. The court heard evidence that Turner attended the property and…
Allenbourn Middle School’s grounds are next to the River Allen, which burst its banks some weeks ago and shows little sign of subsiding.
“It’s and exciting year for Ferndown in Bloom,” says chairman of the committee Cllr Jean Read. “Haskins Garden Centres, our long term sponsor, is celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the opening of the centre at Longham and has donated £800 worth of prizes this year.” As well as the increased prize money, the committee is inviting…
The New Forest will play host to the 2014 Ringwood Rabbit Run charity race, split into two races of 10km and 5km. This is an event for both the keen runner and those that just want to give it a try, and takes place on 16 March starting and finishing at the Red Shoot Camping…
A small team of dedicated and determined volunteers who spent 12 years planning and building a pioneering Dorset ball clay mine museum near Corfe Castle is celebrating after winning a prestigious national award for quality. Part of the Swanage Railway, the Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum at Norden has been granted the Heritage Railway Association’s…
The People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) and the British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS) are running a public survey to help determine whether climate change is having an impact on when hedgehogs emerge from hibernation and how this might be affecting their survival.
