Day: March 18, 2015

The A347, New Road, in West Parley has been closed since the beginning of March for Dorset County Council to repair the road. The road will reopen to cars, vans and buses this afternoon (18 March) ahead of the evening rush hour. HGVs will continue to be diverted until 3 July due to narrow lanes…

This week, 15 years ago, the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance was preparing to fly their very first mission. At 8am on Saturday 21 March, the helicopter and its crew went online for the very first time. Less than an hour later at 8.52am, they were deployed to their first incident. The 15 year milestone has been…

Great fun was had on Friday 13 March at Hillside Community First School in Verwood, Dorset when the children raised money for Comic Relief. The School Council, run by elected pupils from each year group, decided to run two events – a Bring & Buy sale of toys and books and a Fun Run around…

Congratulations are served to the Talbot Heath and West Hants Tennis Academy team on their return from Qatar, having secured fourth place in the World Tennis Championships last weekend.