‘Sense of freedom’ for visually impaired kayakers The chance to mess about on the water made a real splash with members of Dorset Blind Association at Blashford Lakes, near Ringwood recently when some were able to try kayaking for the first time. Under the watchful eye of instructors from Spinnaker Sailing Club, the visually impaired…
Following the Verwood Rustic Fayre on Bank Holiday Monday with a flypast by a Hurricane and a Spitfire that turned heads skywards, plus the Bournemouth air festival about to be unleashed this weekend, (29 August–1 September), the interest in aircraft in the area is running pretty high.
Not content to leave it to others to raise much-needed funds, visually impaired members of Dorset Blind Association put their backs into it to row 10,000 metres on rowing machines in Bournemouth Square earlier this month.
Three people are £459 worse off having been convicted of littering offences in Christchurch. The three – Marcus Eaton from New Milton and Siobhan Sims and Bethany Sims both from Christchurch – were each fined £100 and each ordered to pay costs of £339 and a victim surcharge of £20 at Bournemouth Magistrates Court on…
The Great Dorset Steam Fair is ‘show ready’ in plenty of time for opening day tomorrow, Wednesday 28 August. Visitors are being advised to prepare for warm weather. The day before the Great Dorset Steam Fair opens to the public there are already over 5,000 caravans and tents covering 170 acres of the 600 acre…
Police in Poole are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a serious incident occurred in the Rossmore area. At 3.30pm on Monday 26 August 2013, a 53-year-old man from Poole sustained serious, life threatening, injuries in the alleyway between Belben Road and Bremble Close. Detective Inspector Stewart Dipple, of Bournemouth…
This year’s Rustic Fayre at Potterne Park Verwood didn’t disappoint. The bank holiday extravaganza has grown over the years to become the biggest event in the locality. Each year seems to top the previous one and 2013 could well have been another record-breaker. Dog agility, Sunshine dance and fitness, Mountainbike aerial display, a Tae Kwondo…
The 14th Wimborne in Bloom August Bank Holiday Weekend Duck Race raised over £1,000 towards ‘In Bloom’ funds and in particular the autumn planting. After being launched into the River Allen by the mayor, mayoress and Wimborne in Bloom committee, and despite low water levels, the first duck took only 15 minutes to cross the…
Agreements have been completed for the refurbishment of the square, malls and former medical centre building at Saxon Square and the opening of a new hotel there. The news means that the next phase – the on-site works to carry out the £4m plus improvements – can go ahead. Work is likely to start soon…
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has launched a project to raise awareness about the unique eco-system at Studland Bay, which supports rare species such as the endangered undulate ray.
