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Cream teas save lives

Over the Summer, the Old School Rooms in Sturminster Marshall will be serving cream teas in aid of charities. On the last weekend in July (Saturday 27 and Sunday 28) Friends of the Strays of Greece will be providing cream teas and cakes in this delightful village setting with proceeds going to help abandoned, sick and…

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TV celebrity to make impression this weekend

Local TV celebrity Debra Stephenson, star of Bad Girls, Coronation Street and The Impressions Show, will be joining the Mayor and Mayoress of Poole in opening Lewis-Manning Hospice’s first ever Village Show and Craft Fayre By The Sea this Sunday (7 July). The actress is a big supporter of the charity, which has a hospice…

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Dorchester’s spate of crime

Officers in Dorchester are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a spate of criminal damage to cars in the town. The five separate incidents happened between 1am and 2.30am on Saturday 29 June 2013 on Princes Street, West Walks Road, Louise Road, and two along Maud Road. In each individual…

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Stroke of art

“Vibrant and uplifting” artwork produced by students from Highcliffe School will be placed within the Stroke Unit at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH).

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25 vacancies for PCSOs – act fast if you’re interested

New Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) are being sought in Dorset. PCSOs provide a valuable contribution to neighbourhood policing and are an integral part of over 70 Safer Neighbourhood Teams across the county. Responsible for high visibility policing, PCSOs can be found out on foot or bicycle engaging with members of the public, hosting Safer…

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Manikins make a difference when saving lives

Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance has purchased three new simulation manikins as part of their vision to provide maximum patient benefit to the people of the two counties. The manikins, all realistic in size and weight, will have a large part to play in the training and development of the charity’s paramedics who began a…

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Vive la ‘Beer’

Teaching the French to drink real English beer could be considered to be an impossible task. Not so. A recent visit to the Blandford brewery of Hall and Woodhouse proved revealing, not just for the members of the Rotary Club of the Cote du Nacre in Caen northern France but also to their hosts, the…

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Business alert – suspicious man

It has been reported to the Ferndown Central Safer Neighbourhood Team that a white male, approximately 5`8″ tall, slim build with sandy coloured short hair, clear complexion, tattoo on his left upper arm and wearing jeans and t shirt has been seen entering businesses in the Ferndown area. Whilst in the business or shop he…

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