Category: Dorset

Dorset Blind Association knows just what it means to get a little help from its friends. T
he charity, which helps more than 1,000 people a month living with visual impairment, has just received a £3,000 donation from the Friends of the Bournemouth Eye Unit at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital.

Sea-users are being urged to keep a look out following the report of a sighting of a loggerhead turtle off Portland Bill. The last sighting of this species in Dorset was in 1938. Weymouth sailor, Jim Davies, said he was surprised to see the creature metres from his boat as he sailed around Portland Bill…

Lovetheforest, a scheme run by the New Forest Trust, is encouraging residents and visitors to tell them why they love the forest. The poll was kicked off at the New Forest Show where visitors wrote on heart-shaped stickers what it is that makes them love the forest and why they want to see the environment…

Bus users are being asked what impact planned changes to Dorset services will have on them. Dorset County Council will revamp subsidised bus services in 2014 in a bid to deliver better value for money. People who use the bus services are being invited to explain what the proposed changes would mean to them –…

Detectives are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after an elderly couple was targeted by fraudsters in Poole. The incident took place during the evening of Tuesday 20 August 2013 at an address on Guernsey Road in the town. The victims were at home when they received a telephone call from…