A nurse from Nuffield Health Bournemouth Hospital paid a visit to the reception classes at Verwood First School on Monday February 4 to take part in a project focused on ‘People who help them’. In the session, senior staff nurse Lorraine Hampton explained how nurses help people, answered their questions and demonstrated how to bandage…
A scarce Victorian gold coin is set to be a highlight in Lawrences’ Spring Collectors Sale. “It is a very rare 1839 Victoria ‘Una and the Lion’ £5 gold piece,” says Lawrences’ specialist, Jeff Day. “Too valuable to be circulated, it was struck only in `proof` and was issued only in expensive commemorative sets. It…
Dear Sir, Whilst the nation has been shocked to learn of the extent of the horse meat scandal, for many months the UK’s leading equine charities have been working to raise awareness of a major crisis facing our nation’s horses and ponies. As an animal lover, and President of The British Horse Society, I feel…
South West MEP and Member of the Fisheries Committee in the European Parliament, Julie Girling, has reported on the hugely successful voting that took place in the European Parliament in February. She said, “The report on the Common Fisheries Policy was emphatically adopted 502-137. This victory provides for meaningful reform, which will see the restoration of European stocks to sustainable levels. “I am…
Bytheway Field off Leigh Road in Colehill has become the first Suitable Accessible Natural Green Space (SANG) in Dorset. SANGs are designated areas of green space which are intended to provide mitigation for the potential impact of residential development on nearby heathland by preventing an increase in visitor pressure on the heathland. These sites are…
Jade Clark’s family appealed for public help in finding the Volvo XC90 that collided with their daughter’s moped on the A31 on 24 February 2013. The Ringwood teenager died at the scene. She was travelling on the westbound carriageway near Ashley Heath roundabout at around 8.20pm when the accident happened. Jade’s mum Sharon Clark said,…
Annette Brooke MP became a ‘citizen scientist’ last week to help Cancer Research UK fight cancer.
She took five minutes out of her busy parliamentary schedule to take a turn on the new Cell SliderTM website, which could help the charity to bring forward the day when all cancers are cured.
Welcoming the new Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013, which received Royal Assent on 28 February, Energy Networks Association Chief Executive David Smith, said: “The passing of these new laws is a fantastic achievement and the effort put in to achieve it should be celebrated by all who have campaigned.
Over £2,500, including matched funding from Barclays Bank, was raised for the ‘In Bloom’ campaign at the recent Wine and Wisdom Quiz.
Dorset’s most celebrated and longest running lumberjack display team, Adam’s Axemen from Bere Regis, Dorset have been secured to wow crowds at this year’s Stock Gaylard Oak Fair with their toe curling displays of axe and saw wielding skills. The team will return to the Oak Fair at the Stock Gaylard Estate near Sturminster Newton,…
