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Help Wimborne bloom for regional judging

With judging day for the Small Town Category of the Regional South and South East in Bloom Competition being held on Tuesday 8 July,  Wimborne in Bloom is holding two litter picks, on Sunday 6 July at 10.00am and on Monday 7 July at 7.30pm. Volunteers should meet  at 34 Park Lane, Wimborne. Anthony Oliver, from Wimborne in Bloom…

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Wi-Fi All Hours At Castlepoint

Bournemouth’s Castlepoint Shopping Park has introduced free Wi-Fi for visitors. Sarah Ryan, marketing manager at the park says that they have kept the registration quick and simple for mobile phone and tablet users to log in fast to take advantage of the facility.

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Neighbourcar’s 1000th trip

Only 21 months after the launch of Wimborne area Neighbourcar, the chairman and co-ordinator, Eric Burton, has announced that the volunteer car service has completed 1,000 journeys. Launched on 1 September 2012 to take older and vulnerable people to appointments with the doctor, hospital, dentist, optician and more, the 1,000th trip was made by Mrs…

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Full circle with Bournemouth Helicopters

In 2006, Jim Hammett began his career in the Helicopter industry by learning to fly with Bournemouth Helicopters. After years of study and training both in the UK and the USA, Jim’s first job as a flying instructor was offered by Bournemouth Helicopters in 2011 and he has now been appointed as the company’s chief flying instructor.

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Heartbreak as Amy’s body found

The search for missing teenager Amy Latham has ended in the heartbreaking discovery of her body in woods near her home in Wimborne. On Tuesday day police had said they were ‘gravely concerned’ about 18 year old Amy who had been missing from her home in since Monday. She had last been seen at her…

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Wimborne open gardens successfully branch out

This year there were six new gardens participating in Wimborne in Bloom’s Open Gardens Day on 29 June, with a couple returning from earlier years amongst the total of 21. The gardens attracted 450 visitors, some from as far away as Holland. Richard Nunn, Chairman of Wimborne in Bloom speaking after the event thanked all who…

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West Moors Family Fun Day

West Moors Fun Day

The annual fun day in West Moors has moved. This year it will be held at Sturts Farm, West Moors Road on Sunday, 13 July. It begins at 11am with Mix ‘N’ Mingle balloon modelling and comedy and Krazy Kev’s live magic show with rabbit. A gun dog display team, dog agility and display by Andrea Knowles Dance Academy will be in the main…

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Men jailed for Christchurch murder

Two men have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Rico Dardis last year.

Paul Gerlach, 52 and of no fixed abode, and Louis Borzoni, 50 and from Bournemouth, were found guilty of murder and sentenced on Monday 30 June 2014, at Winchester Crown Court. Gerlach will serve a minimum of 17 years and Borzoni a minimum of 15 years.

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