Category: Dorset

Competition was fierce as teams gathered at the Old Thatch on 29 June for the inaugural Ferndown Pram Race organised jointly by the Town Council and the Chamber of Commerce.

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…

Verwood Carnival took place on 29 June with a scaled down procession of walking floats only followed by arena events in the carnival field. There were plenty of stalls to visit, including one run by Pam Smith who was fund-raising for Macmillan Cancer Support in Dorset and Hampshire. Pam said, “It was a lovely sunny…

Hundreds of celebrations took place throughout the UK on 29 June to mark the fifth annual Armed Forces Day.

On Saturday 29 June, Hinton Martel held its annual village fete.

The weather was ideal, with not a cloud in the sky. Jez Barfoot, a finalist in TV’s Masterchef and the proprietor of the Tickled Pig in Wimborne, was on hand to open the event and to judge the hotly-contested Victoria Sponge competition. A meal at the Tickled Pig was the prize for the winning baker.

A rare piece of Dorset’s history has been brought to Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Kingcombe meadows nature reserve in the form of a living van, which has been restored by Piddlehinton based hut makers, Plankbridge. Living vans were used up until the 1950s and were often towed behind steam engines by road workers who needed to…

“Just look at those little faces. It’s great to see them so happy as they all put in a lot of hard work to reach this level,” said the Chairman of the Ferndown Jitsu Club.

  A special day excursion train from London to Corfe Castle and Swanage – bringing in 300 passengers to boost the Isle of Purbeck economy – is to make history this weekend, thanks to the volunteer-run Swanage Railway working in partnership with SouthWest Trains and UK Railtours. It is the first time that SouthWest Trains…

Lord Coe was Guest of Honour at Sherborne Girls’ Candlelight Ball on Saturday June 22, which raised £31,548 for the Candlelight Bursary Fund, a new scheme that works in partnership with the SpringBoard Foundation and Kids Company. It offers fully funded places to girls for whom a boarding education at Sherborne Girls would be a life-changing experience.