New Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) are being sought in Dorset. PCSOs provide a valuable contribution to neighbourhood policing and are an integral part of over 70 Safer Neighbourhood Teams across the county. Responsible for high visibility policing, PCSOs can be found out on foot or bicycle engaging with members of the public, hosting Safer…
Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance has purchased three new simulation manikins as part of their vision to provide maximum patient benefit to the people of the two counties. The manikins, all realistic in size and weight, will have a large part to play in the training and development of the charity’s paramedics who began a…
Teaching the French to drink real English beer could be considered to be an impossible task. Not so. A recent visit to the Blandford brewery of Hall and Woodhouse proved revealing, not just for the members of the Rotary Club of the Cote du Nacre in Caen northern France but also to their hosts, the…
Competition was fierce as teams gathered at the Old Thatch on 29 June for the inaugural Ferndown Pram Race organised jointly by the Town Council and the Chamber of Commerce.
It has been reported to the Ferndown Central Safer Neighbourhood Team that a white male, approximately 5`8″ tall, slim build with sandy coloured short hair, clear complexion, tattoo on his left upper arm and wearing jeans and t shirt has been seen entering businesses in the Ferndown area. Whilst in the business or shop he…
Verwood Carnival took place on 29 June with a scaled down procession of walking floats only followed by arena events in the carnival field. There were plenty of stalls to visit, including one run by Pam Smith who was fund-raising for Macmillan Cancer Support in Dorset and Hampshire. Pam said, “It was a lovely sunny…
Hundreds of celebrations took place throughout the UK on 29 June to mark the fifth annual Armed Forces Day.
On Saturday 29 June, Hinton Martel held its annual village fete.
The weather was ideal, with not a cloud in the sky. Jez Barfoot, a finalist in TV’s Masterchef and the proprietor of the Tickled Pig in Wimborne, was on hand to open the event and to judge the hotly-contested Victoria Sponge competition. A meal at the Tickled Pig was the prize for the winning baker.
A rare piece of Dorset’s history has been brought to Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Kingcombe meadows nature reserve in the form of a living van, which has been restored by Piddlehinton based hut makers, Plankbridge. Living vans were used up until the 1950s and were often towed behind steam engines by road workers who needed to…
A picnic in the park with a huge amount of family entertainment. Traditional, all day, family event includes: Donkey Derby, Dog Show, Vintage Car Show, Live Music, Raffle, Face Painting, Cake and Food Stalls Date: 14 July 2013 Time: 11am – 5pm Venue: Broadstone Rec, Plainfied Farm, Lower Blanford Road, Broadstone Contact: Tony Fisher bfitachairman@gmail.com…
