Category: Dorset

The Poole man who drove into pedestrian Laura Watson last February, has been jailed for 32 months for causing the crash which left her with tragic life-changing injuries.

A Dorset care home enjoyed foot-tapping fun after a resident’s daughter brought her nine-piece ukulele band in for a live show.

Football legend Harry Redknapp is urging people to spend a day in a chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce to help grant the wishes of poorly children.

The clock is ticking with only seven days to go until hundreds of people ‘Light up the Prom’, Bournemouth Hospital Charity and Macmillan Caring Locally are reminding people to come along to Bournemouth seafront on 23 October and remember a loved one.

Police are appealing to the public to look out for stolen items, including valuable jewellery, after a burglary in Bournemouth.

Highcliffe Castle can join in the renewed interest in the old “Votes for Women” campaign sparked off by the release of the film ‘The Suffragette’, starring Meryl Streep.

Hillside Community First school in Verwood has prepared for the darker winter days by ‘blinging’ their rides recently.

Social media apps which map your route whilst cycling are believed to contribute to the increased number of high value cycles being stolen in Dorset, police say. Officers from Dorset Police are encouraging cyclists who enjoy Dorset’s landscape on two wheels to check their settings on certain apps, particularly people who enjoy sharing their journeys…

The Poppy Appeal will be launched in Wimborne on Saturday 24 October. At 11am a column of historic military vehicles will drive Cllr Shane Bartlett, the Mayor of Wimborne Minster, from Allenbourne School around the town to the Square where he will launch the 2015 appeal, which helps serving and former service men and women. The military…