Christchurch and East Dorset Council will transfer the day to day running of Christchurch Information Centre to the Regent Centre on 2 December. Conveniently the two are currently situated next door to each other. In order to ensure a smooth transition, the management of the Regent Centre would like to hear from enthusiastic and committed volunteers…
Annette Brooke MP was delighted to welcome Liberal Democrat Schools Minister David Laws MP to Mid Dorset and North Poole to meet secondary school head teachers and visit a local school.
Wimborne Model Town staff are preparing to serve fund raising vintage high tea on 26 and 27 October at the heritage charity attraction.
A 33-year-old man has been sentenced to five years and one month behind bars after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of a Bournemouth man 12 years ago. Daniel Scott, of no fixed abode, was sentenced today, Friday 4 October 2013, at Winchester Crown Court for the manslaughter of 42-year-old Clive Wilcox in May 2001. Mr…
Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH) employee and Deputy Mayor, Councillor Phil Stanley-Watts, has been spending months eating hospital food in preparation for Bournemouth’s first marathon this Sunday.
Gary Knight has successfully climbed to the top of the 5,895m renowned mountain, Kilimanjaro, in Africa. His efforts were to raise funds for the Dorset-based charity that supports children, adults, and their families with cerebral palsy and other physical and learning disabilities. As a volunteer and trustee of the Diverse Abilities Plus since 2012, Gary,…
Award-winning filmmaker and wildlife enthusiast, Hugh Miles, is returning to the Allendale Centre in Wimborne to show his BAFTA award winning film ‘Tiger’ and an exclusive screening of his new film about the River Allen project.
Anyone taking a closer look at the mayoral medallion during the recent 80th Anniversary celebrations last weekend (28 and 29 September) at St Mary’s Ferndown would recognise the image. Speaking at a packed service on Sunday 29 September, the Mayor Cllr John Lewis remarked: “My mayoral medallion shows St Mary’s church as the symbol of…
Dorset Police began a four month trial today (Tuesday 1 October 2013) outsourcing the guarding of major crime scenes to the private security firm Securitas Ltd. Scenes of major crimes such as murder and serious assault were previously guarded by police officers taken away from front line policing. The outsourcing of scene guarding has the…
A prize worth £350 has been scooped by Wetherspoon’s The Nightjar in Ferndown following its entry in Ferndown in Bloom 2013.
