Christchurch Christmas Festival has thanked the sponsors who have come forward to support the event and is now on the lookout for volunteers who can help on the day of the Festival on Saturday 29 November. Stewarts Garden Centres have agreed to sponsor the reindeer that will transport Father Christmas through the town centre from…
There were scenes of jubilation following a seven hour wait at the European Space Agency’s mission control in Darmstadt when the Rosetta mission achieved its aim. What seemed an impossible task took place 510 million kilometres from Earth on a comet hurtling through space at 18km/s. The Philae lander, a robotic spacecraft, safely touched down…
Officers in Boscombe are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after eight bottles of champagne were stolen from the Langtry Manor Hotel on Derby Road.
Sturminster Marshall Golf Club in Dorset has just become the first in the country to achieve England Golf’s new GolfMark award.
An oil painting of Elton John has been stolen from a North Dorset pub.
Wimborne Town notched up their fifth successive victory this weekend, with a tense one-nil away win to a resurgent AFC Totton side
Dedicated Swanage Railway volunteers and staff are celebrating after their heritage line through the Isle of Purbeck won a coveted bronze trophy for quality in this year’s Dorset Tourism Awards.
A Bournemouth man has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for stabbing another man twice in a vicious knife attack in the town.
A wooden sculpture of an eagle vanished from the garden of a property along Preetz Way in Blandford between 6pm on Friday 31 October and 8.30am on Saturday 1 November. Police Community Support Officer Mike Sinnick, of Blandford police, said: “The sculpture is very distinct and I hope somebody may be able to help with…
Two-minute silence will be held at 11am today – 11 November. Here is a photograph of the Memorial Stone and some of those who gathered for Remembrance Sunday on Ferrett Green in Verwood on 9 November. Representatives from the Army, Verwood Town Council, the Royal British Legion, Scouts. Guides and many other organisations took part…
