North Dorset MP Bob Walter is visiting Langside School in Poole on Friday. The school is run by disability charity Diverse Abilities Plus and Bob will be finding out more about the programmes they are currently running to support local children with special educational needs. He last visited the charity-run special school, for pupils aged…
A farm worker was rescued by fire fighters after becoming trapped in a grain silo on Monday morning. Quick thinking workers at the farm near Shapwick attached a strop underneath the man’s arms and secured it to a ladder, to prevent him from sinking further into the grain. He was approximately 4m inside the silo…
Dorset’s Lewis-Manning Hospice will be running a ‘Give and Take Swap Shop’ event this weekend on Saturday 3rd May at The Corn Exchange in Blandford Forum between 9am – 12pm, via its town centre shop which is across the road. The hospice, which is based in Poole and supports over 650 people in the area…
Firefighters from Poole trained in large animal rescue were called out on Monday just before 11am after a horse became trapped and suspended over a bar inside a horse box on the B3165 Birdsmoor Gate north of Drimpton, West Dorset. Retained firefighters from Charmouth joined them and worked with the owners and a vet. The…
Detectives in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following an attempted robbery at the Co-op store in Bearwood. A man entered the shop on Ringwood Road on Saturday 19 April at around 7.45pm and approached a female member of staff who was behind the counter. He bought a scratch…
Visitors to Broadstone on Saturday 10 May will find everyone has a spring in their step. The second spring time ‘Step into Broadstone’ festival will be opened by Poole Town Crier at midday with events carrying on until 4pm. It will celebrate everything Broadstone Village has to offer and aims to showcase to local people…
Ringwood came alive one May day last year when the town was filled with with music, song, dance, street theatre, jugglers and more. It was such a success that another Fanfare for Spring is planned for this year on Saturday 17 May. In addition to many of last year’s street performers there will be a traditional song…
There’s no better way to say it than with flowers. Which is exactly why NAFAS (The National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies) is using beautiful little bunches to spread some love around the UK on National Flower Arranging Day this Friday (2 May).
Although Beaulieu Boatjumble was dogged with bad weather, it didn’t stop the bargain hunters. Although the numbers of visitors may have been down, those who braved the showers were in the mood for buying.
