The Gardening Committee at Ferndown’s Royal British Legion has been donated £100 worth of vouchers to buy plants and products for the war memorial garden located outside the Church Road hall. Simon Morris, General Manager of Haskins Garden Centre and Outdoor Manager Kevin Holmes presented the gift vouchers to Ferndown RBL’s Chairman Pat Birch after…
A rapist who committed a string of offences while on the run in Dorset and Hampshire has been handed nine life sentences at Bournemouth Crown Court.
32-year-old Dean James Frederick Goodwin, of Blackburn Road in Poole, sparked a huge police manhunt after brutally raping a woman in her Poole home on 23 November 2012.
On 23 April, two of Hall & Woodhouse’s directors – Anthony Woodhouse and David Hoare – attended a reception at No 10 Downing Street. The function was held for major supporters of Naomi House and Jacksplace (hospices for children and young adults) and was hosted by Samantha Cameron. The teams and guests of Hall…
A day of nostalgia – returning the Isle of Purbeck to the Swinging 60s and the Summer of Love – will be marking the 25th anniversary of the end of push-pull slam door trains between Bournemouth, Poole, Dorchester and Weymouth. Push-Pull Day will be staged as a nostalgic prelude to the Swanage Railway’s popular annual three-day…
John Tweed, the Chief Executive of the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) is to retire later this year. John has been involved in the Academy since its inception and now feels the time is right to be handing over the helm. John said, “It has been a privilege to work with a team engaged in…
A silver Kia Ceed crashed through the barrier on the top level of Tesco’s car park in Ferndown and plunged to the ground yesterday afternoon. (29 April 2013). The elderly couple inside escaped with minor injuries. Two fire crews cut the roof from the car and the man and the woman were taken to Poole…
The new multi-use games area now installed in the Verwood Memorial Recreation Ground is proving popular with all ages and also with the local Opportunities Group for the less able who are able to access the area with their wheelchairs. Active Games For All (AGFA) planned and fund raised for the MUGA. When work started…
Martin McLeman has been appointed as the new headteacher for Queen Elizabeth’s School in Wimborne Minster. The current headteacher, Andy Puttock, will be leaving to become the principal of the British School of Beijing in China and Mr McLeman will take up his new post in September 2013. He joins QE from Tewkesbury School in…
Fans lined the streets to watch AFC Bournemouth’s ‘We are going up!’ parade celebrating the Cherries promotion to the Championship. Manager Eddie Howe was aboard the open top bus alongside the squad and backroom staff as it wound through the streets reminding everyone of the clubs achievements of the last season. The open top bus…
Bournemouth students have gone where no Bournemouth students have gone before. Teenagers from Harewood and Avonbourne colleges were given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of taking photos of Earth, by linking up with the International Space Station (ISS). On Friday (April 26) the students made contact with the ISS as it moved above the northern hemisphere to…