Robert Walter MP (North Dorset) issued advice on preparing for overseas travel this summer. With the summer holidays starting, Bob is encouraging his North Dorset constituents and particularly students planning a gap year, to prepare fully before travelling abroad. Bob recommends that his constituents follow the Foreign Office’s simple steps to ensure a safe and…
Two teams of girls from Allenbourn Middle School in Wimborne recently toured to Shropshire to take part in a competitive netball tour. This is the first time the school has taken part, and the results were very promising. The 18 girls, all from Year 8, were competing against 37 other school teams from all over…
Pupils from Year 7 at Allenbourn Middle School managed to get past the gates at the end of Downing Street, and pose for a photo outside the famous black door. The annual visit to London gives pupils the chance to find out about life in a huge multicultural city. Head of Year 7, Mrs Catton,…
Wimborne Minster Bellringers rang a peal on 23 July to celebrate the royal birth. The 505 changes of Cambridge Surprise Major composed by Charles Middleton took almost three hours. Pictured is the rector, the Revd Vanessa Herrick with Flick Warwick, captain of the tower (far left) with other ringers before the peal was rung.
Cecilia Barbosa, aged 43, was last seen at her Abinger Road address at around 11.15am on Wednesday 24 July. She left her home address driving a pea green Renault Clio with the registration number R17 CEE.
Three children from Tops Day Nursery, based in Poole, have presented a ‘royal’ bear to the first baby born at St Mary’s Maternity Hospital three minutes after Prince William and Kate Middleton’s baby boy arrived.
“Don’t dream, girl! Get a job in a call centre” Samantha Stevens remembers being told at school.
AFC Bournemouth took to the pitch at Goldsands Stadium to play Spanish giants Real Madrid on 21 July. The visitors won and put on an excellent show, winning 6-0 during the friendly. Despite the defeat, manager Howe delighted in the occasion that epitomises the remarkable turnaround in Bournemouth’s fortunes.
The Great Dorset Steam Fair, which takes place from Wednesday 28 August to Sunday 1 September in Tarrant Hinton, is celebrating its 45th anniversary!
Detectives in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a woman was robbed in Boscombe.