Popular local attraction, Luscombe Valley Railway is once again opening its doors to the public on July 27 – 28 with its Summer Gala in support of local charity, Lewis-Manning Hospice. The major fundraising event is open on both days from 11am – 4pm at 17 Brudenell Avenue, Lilliput, Poole BH13 and will include all…
Ann Keothavong, the British No 5, who competed at Queen’s Club and Wimbledon this year, represented the Cumberland Lawn Tennis Club at this weekend’s Aegon Team Tennis National Open Finals at West Hants Tennis Club in Bournemouth. The finals included eight women’s and eight men’s teams from all over the country who had won through their league and/or playoff stages to earn the right to play for the National Open Team Title.
Inside Out Dorset is set to transform the landscape of the county in September next year, with 10 days of free outdoor theatre, performance, dance, circus and visual installations. As winner of the 2012 Poole Tourism Award, the festival that brought internationally acclaimed Harmonic Fields to Portland and Mobile Homme to Poole Quay, is now…
Altogether Care have recently developed a ‘Care Match’ service, whereby they will match your care needs, whether they are at home, live in, or residential. The Care Match options are designed around the needs of their customers, which are most important when you or your family members care needs change, customers can simply switch to…
Council bosses have said a big thank you after a Dorset company agreed to take 60 tonnes of unwanted weed from Poole Park free of charge.
Work on clearing the green algae from the park’s saltwater lake began last week (1/7) and lasted for five days.
Police in Bournemouth are seeking public help to locate a Swedish man missing from Bournemouth. Leif Marcus Oestlund, 21-years-old, who is known as Marcus in the UK, was last seen when he left work early on the afternoon of Thursday 4 July 2013. At 9.20am on Friday 5 July 2013, it was realised that he…
Annette Brooke, MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole has welcomed the news that – thanks to the raising of the Income Tax threshold as a result of Liberal Democrat policies in the Coalition Government – income inequality is now lower than at any time during the 13 years of the last Labour Government (1997-2010).…
Dorset cream teas help stray dogs and cats in Greece. If you want to support Strays of Greece, an Ashley Heath based charity, then go along to the Old School Rooms in Sturminster Marshall on the weekend of 27 & 28 July 2pm-5pm. They will be serving cream teas and cakes in a delightful village…
Police have enforced a drugs house closure at a flat in Lowther Road in Charminster – after drug-related activity and anti-social behaviour at the property. The closure order was issued by Bournemouth Magistrates Court on Wednesday 10 July 2013, under the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003. It came after complaints from local residents about drug-related activity…
Silver and vertu prices exceeded expectations at Lawrences’ auction sale on 9 July. An early 17th Century spoon, possibly made in Salisbury in the reign of King Charles I, was scooped up for £810 whilst a rather different item for the table, in the form of 24 German dessert dishes, exceeded their estimate to take…
