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Rotary at the height of fashion

Wimborne Rotary presented its first charity fashion show, in aid of Dorset Cancer Care Foundation and Rotary charities on 24 September. Held at Merley House, the event was attended by more than 100 people, and opened with students from St Edward’s School in Oakdale presenting and modelling costumes they had made as part of their…

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Firework party will go with a bang

Bournemouth’s biggest and best-loved fireworks party is set for Saturday, November 7 at the Littledown Centre. With three top quality displays, including the famous White Knuckle – the South’s loudest and latest fireworks show – the stage is set for Bournemouth Fireworks to go with a bang. “With three displays for the price of one…

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Ferndown’s Hayley in top golf quartet

England’s team of four for the biennial Spirit International amateur championship in the USA is Hayley Davis, Bronte Law, Scott Gregory and Jonathan Thomson.
The 54-hole championship takes places at Whispering Pines Golf Club, Texas, from 12-14 October, when the players compete for a range of team and individual titles.

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Mental health nurse wins Wallis wear

Claire Hall, a mental health nurse from Christchurch was delighted to learn that she had won Castlepoint’s recent on line draw for Wallis vouchers. Claire, who commutes to St Ann’s Hospital at Canford Cliffs, accepted her £50 vouchers from Liz Philpott, the visual merchandiser at Wallis clothes store, with the shopping park’s general manager Peter Matthews.

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New sporting facilities in Bournemouth are ‘premier league’

The new sporting centre for the Bournemouth community is fit for international tournaments and Premier League footballers! The fantastic new facility at the LeAF Academy was ‘kicked-off’ by AFC Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe when he officially declared the centre open. This brand new, purpose-built sports centre will not only cater for the developing athletes who…

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Dorset news

England’s Sheriffs gather in Poole

Over 100 past and present Sheriffs from the 15 cities and towns that hold the office met in Poole last weekend for the annual convention of the United Kingdom’s remaining Sheriffs. Accompanied by consorts and friends, current and past Sheriffs from Nottingham, Canterbury, Lincoln, Lichfield, Southampton, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Norwich, Haverfordwest, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Camarthen, Chester, Oxford, Gloucester and…

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Dorset news

Special constables being recruited in Dorset

Dorset Police has opened recruitment for special constables and is specifically seeking candidates to work in the Blandford and Bridport areas. The new chief officer for the Dorset Police Special Constabulary, Anthi Minhinnick said: “At present, we have lower numbers of special constables in Blandford and Bridport and so we are urgently working to increase…

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