Day: October 2, 2014

Ferndown has brought home not one, but three coveted awards from the 2014 South and South East in Bloom competition.
Ferndown Town Council, in association with Ferndown in Bloom, have been awarded the coveted silver gilt award in the 2014 South and South East in Bloom competition.

A year after being rescued by Waggy Tails, the Dorset animal charity, the little corgi cross who has a customised cart to help his mobility is still looking for a forever home. Although some of his relatives are comfortably placed, Milo doesn’t need a palace, but he will need room to wheel about. The sparky,…

Ringwood should have a new skate park by next summer. Town councillors have agreed with young skaters that the park at Carvers needed replacing. The new floodlit concrete park will cost around £180,000 and it is hoped that designs will be finalised and planning permission granted in January, with work starting in March. Funds from…

An autumn fair held at Kingston Lacy on Sunday 28 September attracted crowds of visitors keen to celebrate the season. The magnificent colours of autumn provided the perfect backdrop for a celebration of the season at Kingston Lacy. Over 3,700 people, adults and children, joined in the fun finding out more about local food, drink…

The Woofability assistance dog for the disabled, sponsored by mags4dorset from birth, has broken new ground by being partnered with a care home. She is the first Woofability dog to be partnered in this way. mags4dorset raised over £1600 to purchase and help train the puppy. Born in August 2011, readers were invited to name…

Bournemouth is set to become home to a colony of penguins thanks to a £1.5million investment in the town’s Oceanarium. Following five years of planning the seafront tourist attraction is set to embark on the biggest project in its 16 year history, which will increase the size of the Oceanarium by a third. The centrepiece…