Residents with a passion for Hengistbury Head are being encouraged to volunteer their time to help support the brand new visitor centre – opening late summer 2013. The Council is looking to recruit more than fifty volunteers to provide a variety of services all year round at the new community-run facility, including: · Front of house…
Verwood Town Council has revealed its new mayor elect: Cllr Peter Richardson. Born in 1940 in Portsmouth, Peter was educated at the grammar school, leaving in 1957 to take up a position in the City Architect’s Department. In 1963, he entered the King Alfred College of Education, Winchester and trained as a teacher, specialising in primary…
On Tuesday 30 April the Annual Town Assembly of Verwood Town Council took place. Reports were received from the Mayor, the Chairmen of the Finance and General Purposes Committee, Amenities Committee and the Plans Consultative Committee. Grant Aid cheques were handed out to the East Dorset Citizens Advice Bureaux, Forest FM, New Forest Citizens Advice…
Detectives in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following a robbery in the town – with an e-fit of the offender being released. The incident happened at 4.50pm on Friday 26 April 2013 at Morlands locksmiths on Charminster Road in Charminster. The offender entered the store and threatened a…
Talented students at one Bournemouth school will soon have a new state-of-the-art centre to express themselves in. Avonbourne College has been awarded half a million pounds from the Government to build a new expressive arts block. This facility will be the base where all music, drama, art and dance students can perfect their skills. It…
The Gardening Committee at Ferndown’s Royal British Legion has been donated £100 worth of vouchers to buy plants and products for the war memorial garden located outside the Church Road hall. Simon Morris, General Manager of Haskins Garden Centre and Outdoor Manager Kevin Holmes presented the gift vouchers to Ferndown RBL’s Chairman Pat Birch after…
A rapist who committed a string of offences while on the run in Dorset and Hampshire has been handed nine life sentences at Bournemouth Crown Court.
32-year-old Dean James Frederick Goodwin, of Blackburn Road in Poole, sparked a huge police manhunt after brutally raping a woman in her Poole home on 23 November 2012.
On 23 April, two of Hall & Woodhouse’s directors – Anthony Woodhouse and David Hoare – attended a reception at No 10 Downing Street. The function was held for major supporters of Naomi House and Jacksplace (hospices for children and young adults) and was hosted by Samantha Cameron. The teams and guests of Hall…
A day of nostalgia – returning the Isle of Purbeck to the Swinging 60s and the Summer of Love – will be marking the 25th anniversary of the end of push-pull slam door trains between Bournemouth, Poole, Dorchester and Weymouth. Push-Pull Day will be staged as a nostalgic prelude to the Swanage Railway’s popular annual three-day…
John Tweed, the Chief Executive of the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) is to retire later this year. John has been involved in the Academy since its inception and now feels the time is right to be handing over the helm. John said, “It has been a privilege to work with a team engaged in…
