An army regiment paraded through Wimborne on Sunday, 21 April. The Rifles were exercising their freedom of Wimborne Minster, granted to them by the Mayor Cllr John Burden in 2010. The Freedom Parade, led by the Rifles band, started in Allenview Road car park and proceeded to the square where the mayor, by coincidence – Cllr…
Cherry Tree Nursery, a Sheltered Work Opportunities Project, celebrated its 23rd birthday on 18 April. The project now has over 150 volunteers with severe mental health problems, having started in 1990 with just four. The Westbourne Rotary Club very kindly and generously provided the barbecue for the function which was marked by the unveiling of…
News just in from Dorset Wildlife Trust says that the destruction caused by the South West PIB spill has now reached Dorset. Dead birds have been washed up on Chesil Beach today (19 April 2013). The total stands at 58 birds from Chesil Cove – 46 guillemot, 6 gannet, 1 shag, 1 fulmar, 1 razorbill, 1 skua species, 2 juvenile gulls.
A week after the first reports of birds covered in a sticky glue like substance being washed up on South West beaches, wildlife charities have today confirmed that the number of dead has passed 1000. This is in addition to the 200+ birds in the care of RSPCA and South Devon Seabird Trust.
Officers in West Moors are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after an assault that occurred in a betting shop in the village – with a CCTV image of a man they wish to speak with being released. The incident, in which a male member of staff was assaulted by an…
Wimborne Town FC will play Arsenal’s under 21 team on Tuesday, 7 May in order to raise funds for Kevin James and Andy Culliford. Both footballers were playing in March 2011 away at Bishops Cleeve when Kevin suffered a horrific break in three places of his leg and subsequently had to retire. Three months later…
Police in Poole are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of a missing man – with a picture of the man being released. Richard Gibbons, 54 years old, was last seen at his home address in the Alderney area in the early hours of Thursday, 18 April. He has been upset recently and his family…
An elegant great-grandmother with a passion for fashion has celebrated her 100th birthday with family and friends.
Iris Brain was centre of attention as Colten Care’s Fernhill home in Ferndown held a party in her honour and presented her with a bouquet of flowers.
Wimborne Rotary Club is relaunching its successful Business Partners scheme. The club’s future plans for adding value to the scheme and its benefits to Partner members were outlined at a meeting at the Allendale Centre on 18 April, chaired by Club President Roy Salmon and John Gully the club’s new Business Partners’ officer. Roy Salmon…
Mel Sellings AKA ‘the Jammy Bodger’ from Swanage is celebrating after winning gold for her Seville orange marmalade at the World’s Original Marmalade Awards. Over 1000 jars of marmalade from as far afield as Australia and the Philippines were judged by -amongst others- Pam Corbin of River Cottage fame, Tim Came, MD of Thursday Cottage,…