A special evening to fundraise for the Alzheimer’s Society has been announced which will be organised and hosted by the Haskins Garden Centre at Longham, Ferndown on Wednesday 26 March as part of the centres’ 20th anniversary celebrations. Models will parade the latest new ranges of indoor and outdoor clothing on the catwalk and many…
Poole Grammar School was awarded the Silver Award for Best Fairtrade Food Outlet in the Fairtrade Business Awards held in Bristol.
Pupils from a Poole school saw for themselves how their garden waste is turned into top quality compost when they visited a Dorset organics recycling firm.
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is delighted to launch the new red squirrel membership campaign, complete with illustrations and words by Rachel Bright, creator of the multimillion-selling gift and card brand, ‘The Bright Side’.
The Rotary Club of Bournemouth North presented volunteers at Cherry Tree Nursery with a cheque for £600 to pay for a new cover for the polytunnel (seen in the background of the photograph). The tunnel cover was lost in the strong winds during the winter, and the replacement cover was very badly needed. The Rotary Club…
An £800 income tax cut for people in Mid Dorset and North Poole is the real budget boost, Annette Brooke MP said yesterday. The budget revealed plans to increase the personal allowance from April 2015 and put an extra £100 back in taxpayers’ pockets. Lib Dems have already delivered on a £700 tax cut for…
The ladies of the Oakmedians rugby club: inclusive of mothers, aunts, sisters, partners and indeed their very own ladies team were treated to a slap up meal and a game of rugby when the 1st XV team played Blandford RFC on 8 March at Meyrick Park. They were celebrating International Woman’s Day with their own…
The Chairman of East Dorset District Council, Cllr Malcolm Birr, has visited the winner of his year-long raffle to present them with their prize, having drawn the winning ticket at his gala dinner. Glenys Hazlehurst, who lives in Ashley Heath, won a framed oil painting of Wimborne Minster. The painting was specially provided by local…
Four young chefs from Christchurch restaurants have gone to head to head in the Christchurch Food & Wine Festival’s annual Professional Young Chef of the Year competition sponsored by Chef’s Mate. The four – Ryan Carpenter from The Captains Club Hotel, Harry Fry from Splinters Restaurant, Jimmy Pang from The Nelson Tavern and Jordan Garland-Wood…
Detectives in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after an arson attack in the Kinson area of the town. The incident, in which a fire at the front door of a house was started deliberately, happened at around 3am on Tuesday 18 March 2014 at premises on West Howe…
