Over 500 objections have been sent to East Dorset District Council to protest at what could become the second largest solar farm in Dorset and the third biggest in the UK, saying it will ruin the landscape and lead to the ‘industrialisation’ of the countryside.
Everyone who joined in the Great Pink Bake Off at Ferndown Leisure Centre came away a real winner.
Louise Golbey will be a support artist for one of the best-known Philadelphia soul groups of the 1970s when they appear in Bournemouth. The Stylistics are touring the UK in November and will be at the Pavilion Theatre. For Louise, who grew up in Bournemouth, it’s a ‘homecoming’ gig. As well as the Stylistics, she’s…
Two 11-year-old sisters who have been together all their lives, are now looking for a retirement home. If Storm could talk, she would say: “Being labradors we are quite happy to walk when you want to walk and we do walk very well together, Molly and I are willing to please and would settle in…
Lawrences of Crewkerne held its quarterly jewellery auction on 17 October, as part of the firm’s Autumn Fine Art sale of 2200 lots. Four hundred lots were on offer and buyers were keen to buy, with some unexpected prices helping to raise the total.
Karen Wiltshire of Poole-based company KW Photography has been recognised by the national organisation The Guild of Photography and has achieved the distinction of becoming a ‘Craftsman’ of the trade; a highly-coveted accolade shared with fewer than 20 industry professionals throughout the UK. She has also become the UK’s only Craftsman of ‘Children photography’.
Get in the festive spirit and take part in the inaugural Jingle Jog in aid of Dorset’s disability charity, Diverse Abilities Plus, on Sunday 8 December. This fun event is great for all the family as mums, dads, and grandparents can take part in a 3k and 6k, while children can take part in a…
Officers in Poole are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a burglary at a football club in the town. The incident happened some time between 6pm on Monday 7 October 2013 and 7pm on Tuesday 8 October at Poole Town Football Club along School Lane but was only reported two…
Detectives in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forwards after an alleged sexual assault in the town centre. The incident happened at around 2.50am on Sunday 13 October in the area of Horseshoe Common. It is alleged that the victim, a 32-year-old Bournemouth woman, was inappropriately touched by a man…
Detectives in Bournemouth investigating an assault in the town have released a picture of a man that they would like to speak with. The incident happened at 1.10am on Sunday 13 October in Aruba Restaurant and Bar on Pier Approach. A man accidentally backed into another man on the dance floor and was pushed away.…
