The full Council meeting of Christchurch Borough Council has agreed a small increase in its element of the Council Tax for 2014/15. The Borough Council’s element of the Council Tax will see an increase of less than seven pence per week for a band D property. In his speech to the council, Cllr Mike Duckworth,…
Christchurch and East Dorset Councils are working with two local organisations to offer residents free advice on energy efficiency and water efficiency during Climate Week, which takes place from Monday 3 to Sunday 9 March. Two ‘Savings Surgery’ drop-in sessions have been arranged where representatives from Sembcorp Bournemouth Water and Dorset Energy Advice Centre (DEAC)…
Lewis-Manning Hospice is urgently looking for volunteers to help in its shop in Blandford. The Poole-based community charity, which offers free specialist palliative nursing care to around 650 people a year in Dorset living with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses, is looking for people who can give up a bit of their time to help…
At its full council meeting East Dorset District Council has set the budget for 2014/15, to include a modest increase to its share of the Council Tax. The 2014/15 budget approved by members will see a 1.95% rise in the district council’s share of the Council Tax. This small increase amounts to 7p per week…
Residents are being encouraged to have their say over the future of counter services at police stations in Dorset. Dorset Police and the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner have been examining all areas of the Force to identify and deliver savings in the face of ongoing cuts to the policing budget. As part…
Wimborne Town returned to winning ways last Saturday with a 2-1 victory over Calor League Division One South & West leaders Merthyr Town at Cuthbury.
Lady Luck smiled on the Magpies as Jason Harvell saved a first half penalty, but Wimborne dominated much of this hard fought encounter.
A Dorset company has come to the aid of animal owners hit hard by the floods in Somerset.
Parley-based Eco Sustainable Solutions has donated 60 bales of its ComfyBed animal bedding.
With the recent celebrations to welcome the Chinese Year of the Horse, it is a cruel irony that Britain’s horses and ponies are likely to be facing the worst 12 months in living memory. This warning comes from The British Horse Society, one of Britain’s leading horse charities. With more equine welfare officers than any…
Take your unwanted toy cars to Sainsbury stores* and help Beaulieu beat the Guinness World Record for the ‘longest line of toy cars’. The current record of 9,795 was set in Guatemala last December. The attempt at Beaulieu will take place on Bank Holiday Monday, 5 May and will be held in the grounds of the attraction…
A 20-year-old man from Sutton in Surrey has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for manslaughter. Lewis Gill pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced on Friday 21 February 2014 at Salisbury Crown Court. He was given a four year prison sentence for manslaughter and a further six months’ imprisonment for other matters committed outside…
