The success of the 27th Annual 2013 Salterns Alliss Merlo Tournament was celebrated at Ferndown Golf Club today.
Golfer and commentator Peter Alliss joined 2013 Club Captain Barrie Vincent who presented cheques to his chosen charities, Pancreatic Cancer Research which received £7,000 and Round Table Children’s Wish which benefited by £3,000.
A rare, warm water Kemp’s ridley turtle has washed up on Woolacombe Beach, North Devon. The small dead turtle was reported to the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) on Tuesday 28 January 2014. Just 30cm in length, the creature is not the first Kemp’s ridley to be washed up along the UK coastline this winter, according…
Elisabeth Hood, aged 15, has just received the West Moors Parish Council’s Legacy Award.
Set up in 2012 to mark the Olympic Games in London, the award is given to a local aspiring sports star aged between 11 and 17 who is a resident in West Moors. Up to £1,000 is given to help towards training.
Dorset Police’s Traffic Unit joined forces with staff from partner agencies to check vehicles travelling through Dorset. On Wednesday 22 January , officers from Dorset Police, the Environment Agency, VOSA (Vehicle Operating Standards Agency), the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department for Work and Pensions stopped a total of 37 vehicles…
‘No excuse’ officers caught numerous motorists still flouting the law during two targeted Surround a Town operations in North Dorset. Enforcement officers carried out patrols in Blandford, Gillingham and Shaftesbury on Monday 20 January and Blandford, Pimperne and Gillingham on Wednesday 22 January to remind motorists of the importance of road safety. The two days…
Team Funnelling 4 Fuel from Avonbourne College in Bournemouth has been selected as one of the finalists of the countrywide enterprise challenge Tycoon in Schools, run by the Peter Jones Foundation. After competing alongside hundreds of school children across the country, Team Funnelling 4 Fuel is just one of four teams to be selected by…
The next About Face Support Group Meeting will be held on Monday 3 February at The About Face Centre, 111 Longfleet Road, Poole, BH15 2HP. Patients and those who support them are extremely welcome to join us. If you would value the opportunity to share, listen and be in the company of those who can…
Poetry lovers rejoiced as some of the best loved poems in the country came to life at Dorset County Council’s chambers earlier this week. The event was part of the regional championship for the national ‘Poetry by Heart’ competition, designed to encourage young people to get passionate about poetry. The seven contestants, all aged between…
Luscombe Valley Railway has just presented a fundraising cheque to Lewis-Manning Hospice in Poole for £10,500. Richard and Connie Knott, who run Luscombe Valley Railway, nominated to support Lewis-Manning in 2013, having done so previously three years ago, and opened up their meticulously assembled railway collection, set in the grounds of their home in Brudenell…
History was made in Verwood on Sunday, 12 January 2014 with the formation of the new Verwood Youth Band (VYB). Set up as part of Verwood Concert Brass it has already won trophies.
