Forty years ago the term garden centre was virtually unknown in the UK when Warren Haskins, who had just taken over the family retail nursery business after his father’s death, decided to open a small garden centre shop at Tricketts Cross in Ferndown. As the concept of a ‘one stop shop’ for gardening grew in…
The recent revelations concerning horse meat being identified in various meat products has highlighted concerns about meat traceability and equine welfare according to The British Horse Society. The UK’s largest equine charity believes that a number of serious food hygiene issues need addressing as a matter of urgency. The 2012 Defra decision to withdraw funding…
Firefighters across the county are looking for new recruits to join the on-call crew; do you think you can cut it? Local residents are being asked to consider a career as an on-call (retained) firefighter. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, 19 of Dorset’s 26 fire stations are crewed…
An exhibition by two Dorset artists has raised £2,000 for the county’s wildlife. The money was donated by sculptor Sally Derrick and painter Adrian Whittlesea following their ‘Living with Landscape’ exhibition of works featuring birds, animals and landscape at Southover House in Tolpuddle. The two Dorset based artists, donated 10% of all sales to Dorset Wildlife…
Tributes are being paid to a determined woman who formed a pressure group preventing a by-pass from being built on the disused railway track-bed through Corfe Castle during the 1970s and 1980s. Monavyn Moss – who has died at the age of 94 – ensured that the Swanage Railway could be steadily rebuilt through the…
Staff at Plane Cuisine at The Gables, Ringwood Road, Verwood are thrilled to announce that at 10am on Saturday, 19 January, the Mayor of Verwood, Cllr Simon Gibson will officially name the café. As part of the celebrations, staff will also be running a ‘guess the soup’ competition with a fabulous framed Concorde picture for…
On Friday, 11 January, Robert Walter MP (North Dorset) joined pupils and teachers from St James’ C of E First School at Park Lane in Alderholt for a fun ‘Skip2Bfit’ session. Bob’s visit to St James’ First School follows an earlier trip to Wimborne First School, where he was first introduced to the work of…
As a cost saving measure, the part-night street lighting regime started in Corfe Mullen, West Moors, Ferndown and West Parley on Monday, 14 January. The lights will be extinguished between 12am-5.30am GMT, and 1am-6.30am BST. Over 1,000 street lights will still remain lit across the four areas. Cllr Peter Finney, Cabinet Member for Roads &…
The next round of public consultations on the proposed Navitus Bay Wind Park will provide the background and details of the recent changes Navitus Bay Development Ltd have made, alongside new images of how the wind park would look from the mainland and an interactive computer simulation from which you will be able to view…
The Circus of Horrors is looking for a new act to feature in its upcoming show which started touring the UK on 10 January 2013. The outrageous show which stormed into the finals of Britain’s Got Talent had lined up a wolf boy from Mexico but have come across new government legislation that stipulates that all jobs…
