Leaders from tourist attractions across Dorset gathered to celebrate 30 years of the Best of Dorset Attractions Group (BOD). Their special lunch, AGM and seminar was held at Athelhampton House, the home of their founding meeting. Among the guest speakers were Dr Bruce Grant-Braham, tourism, leisure and hospitality champion and communications lead at Dorset Local…
Detectives are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after three separate alleged attacks in Bournemouth and Poole which may be linked. Officers were called to an alleged robbery on a 21-year-old woman on Bengal Road in Bournemouth at around 11.55pm on Wednesday 20 November. The victim was on her driveway when…
Two men have been sentenced to a combined 22 and a half years in prison after more than £110,000 worth of drugs were found at a property in Bournemouth.27-year-old Kyle Joseph Smith and 29-year-old Stuart McGill, both from Bournemouth, were arrested on Monday 21 May 2012 following a search of their house by police. Officers…
Health professionals are encouraging people across Dorset to get themselves tested for HIV. As part of national HIV Testing Week, which runs from 22 to 29 November, Public Health Dorset is renewing calls for people to take a HIV test. In the UK, there are about 100,000 people living with HIV, with roughly one in…
Two Dorset men who prevented a major fire after an oil tanker crashed into a house have won a National Police Public Bravery Award.
Click to view video Detectives in Poole are appealing for information following a shed burglary – with CCTV of a man police would like to speak with being released. The burglary happened at an address in Kinson Avenue in the Newtown area of the town at around 12.10am on Thursday 7 November 2013. The offender…
From 30 November 2013 responsibility for Wimborne Tourist Information Centre is transferring from East Dorset District Council to the Priest’s House Museum and a number of volunteers are now needed to help run the Centre. Earlier this year East Dorset District Council announced that, following a reduction in central government funding, it was no longer…
Father Christmas will arrive in style at Moors Valley Country Park and Forest, near Ringwood this Saturday – riding on a Segway. His visit, at 10am on 30 November, marks the opening of the Forestry Commission Christmas tree shop and the ever-popular Christmas market, the first of a host of festive events this year. Alongside…
Singing students from Studio One (Dorset’s Centre for Performing Arts), Ferndown, have recently released a Christmas single – ‘Love From Home’ – to raise money for the Help for Heroes charity. The single was written for the 14 strong children’s choir by local song-writing team Dave Thomas and ex-paratrooper Luke Turner and was recorded at…
The results of this year’s Christchurch Writers Competition were announced at a special ceremony at the Regent Centre in Christchurch on Sunday 3 November. The prestigious Christchurch Quill Trophy was awarded at a separate ceremony at the Civic Offices on Thursday 14 November.
