Year: 2015

Spring is being celebrated in the garden of Kingston Lacy with the launch of a new poetry trail through the spring bulb displays.
The trail features some well-known and loved verse, as well as some less well-known, but all on the theme of spring.

The Department for International Development has deployed a team of more than 60 search and rescue responders and medical experts as part of a cross-government capacity surge to support the relief effort in Nepal, International Development Secretary Justine Greening announced this evening. Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service has sent 10 firefighters and officers as part…

A giant beanstalk growing competition between three classes at Ringwood Infant School were congratulated for becoming prize winners. Haskins Garden Centres’ Joolz Walford and Dave Brown first judged on the highest beanstalk in each class, and then chose their favourite decorated pot.

Ferndown Jitsu Club is celebrating an overall win on points in the Junior Judo National Minis’ competition in Walsall, Birmingham on 25 April.

Hampshire captain Jimmy Adams is eager to take the field at Dean Park cricket ground in Bournemouth as part of its inaugural Festival of Cricket over the May Day bank holiday weekend (1-4 May).

The West Moors Safer Neighbourhood Team in conjunction with West Moors Parish Council and Synergy Housing have arranged for the relocation of the youth shelter on Fryers Field to the skatepark area.

The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) joined forces with SunSense, the number one sunscreen in pharmacy (UK and Australia), to promote sun protection at the 2015 RYA Youth Nationals.

The outstanding Broadstone Community Concert Band returns to Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts on 27 June. The 50-strong band will present a variety of music to rival that of many professional ensembles with pieces from composers as diverse as Holst and Lloyd Webber, drawn from Broadway shows as well as the classical repertoire –…

Spritely Pat O’Riordan from Ferndown has decided at the age of 82 to take to the air for the first time on the top of a plane, rather than inside it. Her daring wing walk is in aid of Alzheimer’s Research, which affected her mother who died 13 years ago. “That’s my motivation,” said Pat…

Wimborne Rotary’s recent charity concert at the Allendale by the Bournemouth Jazz Orchestra was an outstanding success. More than 250 attended and a generous £1,350 was raised. A £700 share of the proceeds went to The Friends of Victoria Hospital, Wimborne, when the club’s President Elect Alan Griffiths presented a cheque to one of their…