A 17-year-old sportsperson who wants to play netball for England has impressed West Moors Parish Council for the second year running. Miss Abi Bedford is the latest recipient of the council’s annual legacy award. She was presented with an engraved glass trophy by the chairman of the council, Cllr Penny Yeo, on 17 December. Abi…
A Ferndown care home hosted an ‘Antiques Roadshow’ style valuation day with two potentially valuable items coming to light.
It’s all change at Wimborne’s St John’s First School with the appointment of Katharine Anstey as its new leader.
Detectives in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses to come forward after an altercation in the town on Christmas Day. The incident, which involved approximately 10 men, happened just after midnight on Friday 25 December. The affray started inside the Dancing Jug on Post Office Road and moved onto Richmond Hill. A 24-year-old Poole man sustained…
Lewis-Manning Hospice has announced details of its next two Wimborne EWE Group meetings, which will take place at The Olive Branch in Wimborne in January and February. The EWE Group, which stands for Events With Effects, launched last autumn as a monthly drop-in group designed for local people to get together, meet new friends and…
The John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation (JTYAF) is delighted to announce that £100,000 has been allocated for awards to local young people in 2016. This follows a tremendously successful fundraising year.
Join archaeologists and computer game specialists on 16-17 January for an interactive weekend of gaming, history and cutting edge technology.
Singer Lulu still has plenty to shout about and is back with another fantastic tour which visits Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts on Saturday 16 April. The Grammy-nominated singer will be performing hits from her 50 year career, such as ‘To Sir With Love’, ‘The Man Who Sold The World’, ‘Relight My Fire’, and of…
The South East Dorset Quality Bus Partnership that includes Yellow Buses has just missed out on a major accolade at the National Transport Awards.
