A £200,000 extension to Hopscotch Pre-school at the Heatherlands Community Centre has been opened by Dorset Deputy Lieutenant Pam Donnellan. The extension will mean more two years old will be able to enjoy sessions at the popular pre-school which is managed by Lorraine Clark and employs staff from the estate. Funding has come from Dorset…
World Book Night takes place this year on Thursday 23 April, and book lovers in Poole can join the celebrations with a World Book Night party at Hamworthy Library. Taking place on Thursday 23 April at 7pm, the event will welcome author Amy Mason, whose debut novel, The Other Ida, won the 2014 Dundee International…
Twenty-seven years of people coming together to keep Dorset’s coastline clean will be celebrated on Sunday (26 April) with another blitz on the beaches. Supporting the ‘Litter Free Coast and Sea campaign’ and organised by Dorset County Council’s coastal ranger team, volunteers will be lending a hand at 27 of the county’s beaches. A beach…
Voters are urged to be ready to have their say and decide now whether they need to apply for a postal or proxy vote for this year’s elections.The deadline for applying for a postal vote is Tuesday 21 April and to vote by proxy is Tuesday 28 April.Local and general elections will be taking place…
The musical, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum due to be performed by Milton Musical Society from 29 April – 2 May at the Regent Centre in Christchurch has had to be cancelled. Tickets can be refunded at the box cffice or by phone on 01202 499199. The show will be…
Police are appealing for information about a robbery at a car park in Burley in the New Forest. A couple stopped off at Anderwood car park on Lyndhurst Road between 1.20pm and 1.40pm, Wednesday, April 8 and took a short walk. As the victim’s husband was distracted with their young daughter, a cyclist snatched her…
Installation of a new network of rapid charging points for electric vehicles (EVs) is underway in Poole, Bournemouth and Dorset.
There are only 40 spaces left on Bournemouth Borough Council’s young driver training course Life Drive, designed to give young drivers all the skills they need to stay safe on the roads.
Borough of Poole’s Trading Standards team has successfully prosecuted a local man for possessing counterfeit goods with the intention to sell.
Hundreds of golf enthusiasts descended on Two Riversmeet Leisure Complex in Christchurch for the opening of the new golf and footgolf course.
