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Sycamore children(year 1) at Verwood CE First School

Lulworth visit

Sycamore children(year 1) at Verwood CE First School enjoyed a day out at Lulworth Castle on 9 May. The visit was organised as part of their castles project. They climbed the tower, looked for bats, secret passages and  picnicked in the beautiful parkland. The children thought the trip was a winner, and loved imagining they…

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Children enjoying potted sports at Verwood CE First School

Potted Sports

Verwood CE First School enjoyed potted sports on Tuesday (7 May). The sun shone and parents came to cheer as the whole school took part in 20 different activities. The children were divided into groups of 20 children with animal names. They participated in lots of different games including hurdles, water games, hoopla and skipping. The…

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'Academy' on Ferndown Industrial Estate in Wimborne

Duke of Kent opens Bennington Green’s Superior project

The Duke of Kent has officially opened the ‘Academy’ on Ferndown Industrial Estate in Wimborne. The substantial refurbishment project for Superior was completed by Bennington Green and includes a classroom for the Superior apprentices, a technology office and state of the art meeting and presentation facilities. Bennington Green, the lead consultant for both the original…

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Talking newspapers cheque presentation

Mayor supports talking newspapers

“For many years I believed that the loss of eye sight is the faculty that we would all miss the most.  It certainly would be the one that I would least wish to lose,” said the Mayor of Ringwood, Cllr Steve Rippon-Swaine as he handed a cheque for nearly £300 to his nominated charity. He added,…

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Great South West Walk Passes Half Million Mark

The South West Coast Path Association’s Great South West Walk has come to a grand finale, raising over £500,000 for 90 planned improvement projects to the entire South West Coast Path covering Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset. On May 7, the north and south coast relays, which had been travelling from Poole on the south…

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Dorset news

Crime Spree in Swanage

Police in Swanage are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following a series of burglaries and car crimes in the town. The incidents happened some time overnight between 5pm on Tuesday 7 May and 7.30am on Wednesday 8 May. A number of cars, garages and sheds were broken into on Bon…

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Toppin’ Out

A topping out ceremony for a new development of 17 family homes in Christchurch saw Councillor Ray Nottage, Leader of Christchurch Borough Council, don a hard hat and high visibility jacket to lay the first roof tiles. The recent event marked the final phase of construction at Connect at Hyde Mews, a collection of new,…

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Crying for the South

Seventeen town criers and their escorts in splendid costumes were joined by the Dorset Youth Marching Band to parade through the town of Wimborne Minster on 6 May. They arrived to compete in the Southern England Town Criers Championship. Before the cries began, the Wimborne Militia fired a volley from their muskets to scour the…

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Royal Highland Fusilier loco carries poignant wreath

  An iconic 1960s express locomotive named after a Scottish army regiment is to carry a poignant wreath during the Swanage Railway’s three-day Diesel Gala in memory of three soldiers killed in Afghanistan. Two men serving with the Royal Highland Fusiliers – part of the Royal Regiment of Scotland’s 2nd Battalion – were tragically killed…

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