Verwood CE First School enjoyed potted sports on Tuesday (7 May). The sun shone and parents came to cheer as the whole school took part in 20 different activities. The children were divided into groups of 20 children with animal names. They participated in lots of different games including hurdles, water games, hoopla and skipping. The…
The Duke of Kent has officially opened the ‘Academy’ on Ferndown Industrial Estate in Wimborne. The substantial refurbishment project for Superior was completed by Bennington Green and includes a classroom for the Superior apprentices, a technology office and state of the art meeting and presentation facilities. Bennington Green, the lead consultant for both the original…
“For many years I believed that the loss of eye sight is the faculty that we would all miss the most. It certainly would be the one that I would least wish to lose,” said the Mayor of Ringwood, Cllr Steve Rippon-Swaine as he handed a cheque for nearly £300 to his nominated charity. He added,…
The South West Coast Path Association’s Great South West Walk has come to a grand finale, raising over £500,000 for 90 planned improvement projects to the entire South West Coast Path covering Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset. On May 7, the north and south coast relays, which had been travelling from Poole on the south…
Cllr Lucy Clark, Chairman of East Dorset District Council will officially open the extension to the popular BMX and skate park at Potterne Park in Verwood on Sunday 12 May. The day will feature a Skatejam for skateboarders and BMX bikers from 10am to 5pm. The event promises to be an exciting one with a…
Police in Swanage are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following a series of burglaries and car crimes in the town. The incidents happened some time overnight between 5pm on Tuesday 7 May and 7.30am on Wednesday 8 May. A number of cars, garages and sheds were broken into on Bon…
A topping out ceremony for a new development of 17 family homes in Christchurch saw Councillor Ray Nottage, Leader of Christchurch Borough Council, don a hard hat and high visibility jacket to lay the first roof tiles. The recent event marked the final phase of construction at Connect at Hyde Mews, a collection of new,…
Seventeen town criers and their escorts in splendid costumes were joined by the Dorset Youth Marching Band to parade through the town of Wimborne Minster on 6 May. They arrived to compete in the Southern England Town Criers Championship. Before the cries began, the Wimborne Militia fired a volley from their muskets to scour the…
An iconic 1960s express locomotive named after a Scottish army regiment is to carry a poignant wreath during the Swanage Railway’s three-day Diesel Gala in memory of three soldiers killed in Afghanistan. Two men serving with the Royal Highland Fusiliers – part of the Royal Regiment of Scotland’s 2nd Battalion – were tragically killed…
Detectives are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following a burglary at a pensioner’s address in Award Road, Stapehill. The incident happened between 7pm and 11pm on Tuesday, 7 May. Detective Sergeant Mark Fossey, of Dorset Police’s Priority Crime Team, said, “I believe that two men are responsible for this crime.…
