Regent Centre, Friday 31 May & Saturday 1 June Tickets £12.50 Concs £10.50, Child £5.00 (Under 12s. Box Office: 01202 499 199 Fresh from their award winning production of ‘Whistle Down The Wind’ at the Regent Centre come BBLOC (Bournemouth and Boscombe Light Operatic Company) with a new show that will play at the Regent…
The Strays of Greece Annual Family Fun Dog Show held at Mannington near Ringwood drew a record number of people on 28 April.
The show opened with a grand parade of around 100 rescued Greek dogs all proudly wearing their green rosettes.
The first cygnets have hatched at Moors Valley Country Park and Forest, near Ringwood, signalling the arrival of summer at the Park. Not only is this earliest hatching at the Park since records began, but the first of the cygnets to arrive is also believed to be the 100th hatching at Moors Valley since it…
Lawrences’ recent auction of jewellery in Crewkerne was another great success with scores of bids ensuring that many lots found new owners at prices above the auctioneers’ expectations. A small group of paste set buttons and buckles caught buyers’ eyes and were bought for £1400 and some lots containing amber beads also sold well with…
Moors Valley Country Park and Forest, near Ringwood, is looking for local acoustic talent to help mark its 25th anniversary. Twenty-five buskers are being sought to take part in a unique ‘Music in the Park’ event on 7 July – one for each year since the Park’s opening in 1988. The event is a flashback…
Residents with a passion for Hengistbury Head are being encouraged to volunteer their time to help support the brand new visitor centre – opening late summer 2013. The Council is looking to recruit more than fifty volunteers to provide a variety of services all year round at the new community-run facility, including: · Front of house…
Verwood Town Council has revealed its new mayor elect: Cllr Peter Richardson. Born in 1940 in Portsmouth, Peter was educated at the grammar school, leaving in 1957 to take up a position in the City Architect’s Department. In 1963, he entered the King Alfred College of Education, Winchester and trained as a teacher, specialising in primary…
On Tuesday 30 April the Annual Town Assembly of Verwood Town Council took place. Reports were received from the Mayor, the Chairmen of the Finance and General Purposes Committee, Amenities Committee and the Plans Consultative Committee. Grant Aid cheques were handed out to the East Dorset Citizens Advice Bureaux, Forest FM, New Forest Citizens Advice…
Detectives in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following a robbery in the town – with an e-fit of the offender being released. The incident happened at 4.50pm on Friday 26 April 2013 at Morlands locksmiths on Charminster Road in Charminster. The offender entered the store and threatened a…
Talented students at one Bournemouth school will soon have a new state-of-the-art centre to express themselves in. Avonbourne College has been awarded half a million pounds from the Government to build a new expressive arts block. This facility will be the base where all music, drama, art and dance students can perfect their skills. It…