Category: Dorset

Relay for Life organisers and supporters gathered to promote the next 24-hour event to raise money for Cancer Research UK which will take place locally at Ferndown Leisure Centre on Saturday 29 June from 12 noon.

Police are stepping up their appeal for witnesses and information after a man was assaulted during a Dorset hunt. The incident happened last December on Wednesday, 19 December at around 3.25pm during a Portman Hunt in the Crate Hill area in Fifehead St. Quintin. A 63-year-old Somerset man was watching the event when he was…

The coroner for Dorset is seeking the public’s assistance in finding  the next of kin of a man who died in Bournemouth. Neil Bethune, 50, died at his home in Princess Road, Westbourne on 21 April. The coroner is making enquiries into the death, but it is not being treated as suspicious. Coroner’s Officer Andy Lord said:…

A renowned Weymouth jazz band that has entertained audiences across the country and around the world is to play on a special evening steam train through the Isle of Purbeck – from Swanage to Harman’s Cross, Corfe Castle and Norden. Veterans of television and radio performances in this country, the acclaimed Gerry Brown and the…

Dorset-based cabinet maker, Simon Owens is calling on residents and businesses in Dorset and the New Forest to help him raise £10,000 by 6 May to clean up the locality. He is asking people to donate as much as they can through Crowdfunding, a social fundraising website, to enable him to single-handedly embark on a three month mission as ‘The Professional Litter Picker’ to reduce the amount of rubbish that is scattered in the area.

An event, run especially for parents /carers in the New Forest who look after children on the autistic spectrum is being organised by Community First New Forest.  The Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Information Day is taking place on Wednesday 15 May, from 10am-1.30pm at Lyndhurst Community Centre.  Tea and coffee will be served on arrival…

The Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) West Dorset living landscape project has been featured in a ground-breaking 360 degree virtual tour… Photo: Mike McFarlane © Tom Marshall

Wimborne household recycling centre (HRC) closed for three days this week for essential cleaning and maintenance. The Brook Road site shut on Tuesday and will re-open as usual at 9am on Friday 19 April. The annual ‘deep clean’ consists of thorough cleansing, landscape maintenance, relining of parking bays, painting and general repairs to steps and recycling containers. Director of…

In the inaugural UK Peace Index (UKPI) published by the Institute for Economics and Peace, East Dorset has ranked as one of the Top 20 Most Peaceful Local Authority Areas in England and Wales, 2013.  It’s score compares favourably at 1.268, putting it in fourth place. Top was Broadland 1.164, 2nd was Three Rivers 1.239,…