On Monday 9 December, Robert Walter MP (North Dorset) will visit two Royal Mail delivery offices in his constituency to see how postmen and women in North Dorset get Christmas sorted. Bob will take a tour of Shaftesbury and Blandford’s delivery offices next week to see how Royal Mail staff deal with the mountains of…
Lewis-Manning in Poole has said ‘a great big thank you’ this week to its volunteers who gave up their spare time to work tirelessly for the hospice in 2013. The charity, which supports over 650 local people living with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses, organised a Christmas Party at Church House in Wimborne for its…
In order to support local businesses in Highcliffe, Christchurch Council is offering free parking for a two-hour period during the day at Wortley Road car park. The free period, identified by local businesses as the best time, is from 1pm to 3pm each day from Tuesday 3 December to Monday 31 March. Cllr Trevor Watts,…
Pupils at Buckholme Towers School and Nursery in Lower Parkstone, Poole got festive at this year’s Tree of Lights ceremony hosted by Lewis-Manning Hospice on Friday November 29. The school choir sang Christmas carols ‘O Little Town of Bethlehem’ and ‘I Saw Three Ships’ as part of the memorial event at Ashley Cross Green. Fiona…
Radio Solent presenter Steve Harris pushed the button to illuminate Ferndown’s Christmas tree lights on Saturday (30 November).
He was helped by Dawn Egging, co-founder of the Jon Egging Trust, a charity set up following the death of her son, the Red Arrow pilot who lost his life after completing an aerial display in Bournemouth.
People in their thousands flocked to Christchurch in beautiful winter weather on Saturday (30 November) for the annual Christmas Festival, with the later lights switch-on giving more time for Christmas shopping. Due to concerns of overcrowding in previous years, this year Father Christmas and his reindeer paraded down the High Street at 4.30 with the…
Fordingbridge lights switch on was a real festive family event. The high street was closed to traffic and chestnut, soup and mulled wine stalls positioned along the roadside offered warming treats. While the brass band played, hundreds of families sang carols around the Christmas tree at the top of the town. The children waited with…
Ringwood CE Infant School’s parents and children have been busy sewing away and have created two beautiful patchwork quilts to raise funds for the school. Janice Kline, whose daughter Sophie is in Year 2, organised the fundraising event. She said, “We thought it would be a good way to bring the school community together and…
Aleia Mountassir had a real surprise when Santa helped wrap up her Christmas tree at Moors Valley Country Park near Ringwood. Father Christmas had made a special visit to the Park on Saturday 30 November to help launch the opening of the Forestry Commission’s Christmas tree shop.
After many years planning, campaigning and fundraising Swanage Sea Rowing Club (a registered charity) has generated over £350,000 to build a striking new boathouse which will be officially opened on 7 December. The building, faced with local Purbeck stone and set into the hillside with an environmental green roof, will house the club’s gigs and…
