Month: October 2014

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Milo tugs heart strings

A year after being rescued by Waggy Tails, the Dorset animal charity, the little corgi cross who has a customised cart to help his mobility is still looking for a forever home. Although some of his relatives are comfortably placed, Milo doesn’t need a palace, but he will need room to wheel about. The sparky,…

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New skate park for Ringwood

Ringwood should have a new skate park by next summer. Town councillors have agreed with young skaters that the park at Carvers needed replacing. The new floodlit concrete park will cost around £180,000 and it is hoped that designs will be finalised and planning permission granted in January, with work starting in March. Funds from…

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Kingston Lacy autumn fair fun and food

An autumn fair held at Kingston Lacy on Sunday 28 September attracted crowds of visitors keen to celebrate the season. The magnificent colours of autumn provided the perfect backdrop for a celebration of the season at Kingston Lacy. Over 3,700 people, adults and children, joined in the fun finding out more about local food, drink…

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Magsie breaks new ground for Woofability

The Woofability assistance dog for the disabled, sponsored by mags4dorset from birth, has broken new ground by being partnered with a care home. She is the first Woofability dog to be partnered in this way. mags4dorset raised over £1600 to purchase and help train the puppy. Born in August 2011, readers were invited to name…

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Penguin colony coming to Bournemouth

Bournemouth is set to become home to a colony of penguins thanks to a £1.5million investment in the town’s Oceanarium. Following five years of planning the seafront tourist attraction is set to embark on the biggest project in its 16 year history, which will increase the size of the Oceanarium by a third. The centrepiece…

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Help sought to trace missing woman from Weymouth

Police are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of a missing woman from Weymouth. Victoria West, aged 27, was last seen at her home address along Canberra Road approximately two weeks ago but was reported missing yesterday (30 September). Victoria was due to move into her mother’s house but the alarm was raised after she…

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Tennis lights up Ferndown

Ferndown Tennis Club is celebrating the arrival of its new floodlights at the King George V Playing Field courts. Work is in progress to get the lights in operation ready for the autumn season. The floodlights were made possible with funding from several grants including £39,765 from Sport England. Chairman Lynn Chong said, “We can’t…

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Parrot stuck on Gumtree lands at Castlepoint

Oscar the 5-year-old African grey parrot sparked a rescue operation when he was spotted landing on the shoulders of shoppers at Bournemouth’s Castlepoint Shopping Park.
He had escaped from his Ferndown home two days’ earlier and his relieved owners Mark and Julie Hanna were contacted by Castlepoint after their ‘missing parrot’ notice was found on Gumtree.

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