Martyn Underhill, the Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner has released a blog today alerting people to a government e-petition he has set up. Mr Underhill’s blog reads: “Abusers choose to abuse. They make conscious decisions, they make choices. Victims don’t choose to be victims, it happens to them, they don’t have a say. They don’t…
By day they’re smartly dressed professionals with one of Dorset’s leading accountancy firms. But by night the six-strong team from Princecroft Willis (PcW) have become members of hit 70s pop group, Village People. Ben Steers, Richard Armstrong, Ryan Laming, Nathan Lake and brothers Tom and Mike O’Sullivan adopted the distinctive personas for a charity ‘Stars…
Almost 650 lots of silver went under the hammer on the first day of Lawrences’ Spring Fine Art auction on 8 April. Collectors showed themselves to be keen on buying at every level of the market with little left unsold. An unusual early 19th century marrow scoop set the tone of the day early on by…
The Chairman of East Dorset District Council, Cllr Malcolm Birr, held a Civic Day for mayors and chairmen from other local authorities in order to promote East Dorset’s business and tourist attractions James Hassett, East Dorset District Council’s Head of Growth and Economy, gave a talk on the value of private and public cooperation within the…
Parley Golf Centre is the first course in the country to make use of a brand new type of specialist top dressing that will further improve the playing experience.
Dozens of Bournemouth children put their best modelling feet forward to raise money for Julia’s House hospice.
A talented teenage rower from Dorset has been handpicked to attend a weekend training camp run by the renowned Olympic winning GB squad.
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) staff and volunteers have discovered a species of starfish on the seashore at Kimmeridge that has never been recorded there before. The small cushion starfish (Asterina phylactica) was found by a group of volunteers in rockpools during a seashore exploration on one of the lowest tides of the year in the…
