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Dorset Fire and Rescue Service is recruiting

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…

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Artists support Dorset’s wildlife

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…

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  Tributes paid to Corfe Castle campaigner

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…

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Plane Cuisine begins its ascent

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…

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Bob Walter

MP supports ‘Skip2Bfit’ session

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…

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Sleeping street lights

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 &…

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Navitus Bay Wind Park – public consultations

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…

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Wolf Boy or Wolf Girl Wanted

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…

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A toast to Elizabeth Boast

Champagne lover Elizabeth Boast was the toast of residents and staff at a Poole care home after celebrating her 102nd birthday. The former master butcher marked her special day with a tea party at Colten Care’s The Aldbury home in Parkstone. Her daughter, Christine Phillips, 82, said, “During our time mum and I have drunk…

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