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Olympic visitor for school

Double Olympian Liz Yelling made a special visit to Poole Grammar recently on behalf of the Bournemouth Marathon Festival to celebrate the school winning a prestigious athletics competition. There were a total of 26 local schools taking part in the junior races, held in association with Active Dorset at last year’s Bournemouth Marathon Festival and…

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Battle expected for Wellington’s letter

As the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo was celebrated on 18 June, a remarkable glimpse into the Duke of Wellington’s preparations for battle will be offered for sale at auction. The letter, written by the Duke on 8 May 1815 as he made crucial plans for his most decisive conflict and the final…

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Oarsome fundraisers

Local businesses raised £2,000 to help blind and partially sighted people at the Dorset Blind Association Virtual Row event in Bournemouth Square on Friday. Business supporters, volunteers and visually impaired people used rowing machines in Bournemouth Square on Friday to compete and raise funds at the annual Virtual Row. Members of the community joined in…

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Arts & Health South West awards 2015

Coda celebrate award

Coda Music Trust is celebrating success for its ‘Dementia Notes’ project, which works across Bournemouth, after the project received second place prize at the Arts & Health South West awards on 8 June.

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Children learn about solar

School children were invited to find out how sun can provide a brighter future for all at Dorset’s newest solar farm.
The youngsters from St James’ Church of England First School in Alderholt were invited by renewable energy supplier Good Energy to take a tour of the solar farm it is currently building at the nearby Crossroads Plantation.

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Donation lifts Leaf

Sainsbury’s Ferndown is celebrating the success of their partnership with Leaf (Leukaemia Educating And Fundraising). The charity collected a cheque for £5,199.29 on 5 June from the store manager Richard Lockett and his colleagues.

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Organic straw and hay for small pets

It’s not often Steve Fowler managing director and founder of the expanding Verwood based pet store chain PamPurredPets has the chance to spend a day on a farm. The opportunity to do so followed a decision to stock Fair To Nature organic hay and straw within their 48 stores across southern England and Wales for small pets including rabbits and guinea pigs.

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