Plans for the redevelopment of facilities at Hamworthy Park Junior School in Poole have been approved by councillors.
They include the erection of a two-storey extension to accommodate four new classrooms and a single storey extension to the existing staff room. To accommodate the extension the existing timber framed external classroom and cycle stands are to be relocated.
Take a ship–load of brigands led by the cutlass-wielding King and looked after by Ruth, a piratical maid of all works. Add young pirate apprentice Frederic who espies winsome Mabel on the beach and, despite her protective Major-General Father, has romance in mind. Into this paradox mix a bevy of pretty daughters plus the inept…
Local teacher Steve Collins, 52, from Corfe Mullen is running the Bournemouth half marathon on Sunday 5 October to help beat blood cancer in spite of both back and knee surgery in recent years, Steve, from QE School, Wimborne in running in memory of his mum who passed away from cancer in December 2013. Of…
A new operation has been launched in Poole and Purbeck to reduce burglary and vehicle crime offences.
Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts will be showing a screening of global pop superstars One Direction in their epic ‘Where We Are’ world tour on Sunday 12 October, giving fans the chance to see the live show on the big screen for the very first time. Set to be released in over 50+ countries…
Detectives are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a boy was approached by a man in a car in Sturminster Newton at around 5.15pm on Wednesday (17 September) at the base of Rabin Hill. A car, described as an orange Ford Fiesta or Focus, pulled up next to the 9-year-old…
As the temperature starts to cool, Lewis-Manning Hospice is holding an autumn/ winter fashion show to showcase how the newest high street vogue can be replicated through charity shop attire. Taking place on 2 October from 7.30pm, the show will advise audience members on how to stay on top of the ever-changing fashion game, whilst at…
Following an extensive review of Dorset Police’s estates and contact management strategy, it has been confirmed that Ferndown divisional HQ will be sold and there will be changes to counter service provision in the area. The estates review was set up in 2010 aiming to examine and reshape the Force to achieve savings, and to ensure…
Fire fighters from Cranborne and Verwood tackled a blaze which involved around 300 tyres at a farm in Sixpenny Handley on Wednesday afternoon, 17 September. They extinguished it using three main lines, a hose reel and by turning the pile over with assistance from the farmer with his machinery. The damage was limited to the…
Once again the quality of Bournemouth’s parks and open spaces has been recognised by judges from the South and South East in Bloom at an awards ceremony in Brighton yesterday.
