The family and friends of a former patient at Lewis-Manning have raised over £4000 for the hospice following his death last year.
Tyrone ‘Ty’ Mills, who was 47 and had cancer, had been a regular patient at the hospice in the months leading up to his death in December.
Students studying design, illustration, interior design or CAD specialists, as well as budding artists from the BH Postcode and Dorset area, are being called to take part in a very special competition in association with THAT Group. THAT Group are the developers of the new £85 million Hilton Hotel in Bournemouth and they have partnered…
Police officers in Dorchester are appealing for the help of the public after a selection of valuable poems were recovered in the town.
Approximately 50 representations of Thomas Hardy poems were seized by police in Dorchester on 2 January 2014 – the owner has not been identified.
The Board of Directors of the Regent Centre in Christchurch are pleased to announce the appointment of a new Manager, Greg Rawlings, who has grown up in the area and now lives in Ensbury Park. Greg Rawlings comes from the LifeCentre in Winton near Bournemouth, where he oversaw the conversion of the former Moderne cinema…
A local supermarket team has begun their community work in 2014 by putting their Christmas decorations to good use.The team at Sainsbury’s Ferndown have provided Heatherlands Community Centre, Parley First School, Ferndown First School and Little People’s Child Care r with a selection of colourful decorations which were hung over the store’s shop-floor throughout December.…
David’s deep-seated interest in animals and birds goes back to childhood days spent in the New Forest with his grandfather, the well-known forester Len Witt, who lived in Frogham.
Visitors to Wimborne Model Town will have a brighter welcome thanks to the generosity of local paint manufacturer Farrow and Ball and kind hearted helpers from Wimborne Waitrose.
A Wimborne man has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for a distraction burglary in Strouden Park. On Thursday 16 January 2014 John William Turner, 49, was convicted and sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court for the offence of burglary at premises on Mount Pleasant Drive. The court heard evidence that Turner attended the property and…
Allenbourn Middle School’s grounds are next to the River Allen, which burst its banks some weeks ago and shows little sign of subsiding.
“It’s and exciting year for Ferndown in Bloom,” says chairman of the committee Cllr Jean Read. “Haskins Garden Centres, our long term sponsor, is celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the opening of the centre at Longham and has donated £800 worth of prizes this year.” As well as the increased prize money, the committee is inviting…
