Despite the wet weather, the children of Trinity CE VA First School, Verwood have been walking, scooting or cycling to school. The walk, scoot or cycle to school week was organised by the school council and launched the school’s involvement with ‘Sustrans’, which encourages people to use other modes of transport rather than cars. School council…
Apprentices from the aerospace industry took part in a rocket launching competition last week (6 November) next to the House of Commons.
An immaculate 1950 Silver Wraith Rolls-Royce could be the star of a forthcoming auction. Originally owned by Lancastrian comedy actor and singer-songwriter, the ukulele-strumming George Formby, the vehicle will go under the hammer at Historics in Surrey. A prolific buyer of motorcars, Formby owned no fewer than 26 Rolls-Royces and Bentleys over the years, parting…
Friends and families throughout the region joined together with the armed forces, dignitaries, clubs, societies and other organisations to offer their respects during the Remembrance Day services held in towns and villages on Sunday, 10 November. In West Moors, part of Station Road was closed to allow hundreds to gather at the Memorial in safety.…
After the recent dinner meeting of the Inner Wheel Club of Ferndown, members welcomed two speakers from the Royal Bournemouth Hospital who spoke of matters of the heart.
The biggest and most expensive Christmas decoration ever placed on sale in the Ferndown Haskins Garden Centre has created great interest in the newly opened Christmas Department.
Four large, bronze, deer statues have disappeared from the rear garden of a house in Thornicombe, Blandford.
They were stolen sometime between 5pm on Tuesday 29 October and 8am on Wednesday 30 October from a property on Thornicombe Hill.
The nearly new children’s warehouse, TEDS Emporium, in Ringwood is losing its home at the end of November. The toy exchange and donate scheme has grown from a nearly new clothing outlet, to a ‘community hub’ where parents and children get together for various activities, tea and coffee. TEDS lady Dana Elsworth says, “Becoming homeless…
Annette Brooke, MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, will be hosting ‘Dorset Day’, an upcoming event in Parliament on 12 November to showcase the county’s local food and produce. Annette will be hosting the event, taking place in the Jubilee Room of the Houses of Parliament between 11.30am and 3pm, alongside Conor Burns MP, Tobias…