100th birthday party with The Land Girls
Great grandmother Lydia Georgina Bennett celebrated her landmark 100th birthday with 1940s’ singing duo, The Land Girls.
Shaftesbury pit bike theft: have you seen this DemonX?
Officers are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a pit bike was stolen from a property in Burton Close, Shaftesbury at around 11.20pm on Friday, 20 March. The bike (pictured) is a white DemonX pit bike with black handlebars and Rockstar energy drink logos. Police Constable Stuart Loudwell, of Shaftesbury…
Highcliffe Castle wins £2.8 million Heritage Lottery Funding
The phoenix is again taking flight as Highcliffe Castle celebrates receiving a Heritage Lottery Fund Award of £2.8 Million Highcliffe Castle, ravaged by fires in the 1960s and abandoned for over two decades, was saved from certain destruction by an initial grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) in 1995 which led to the repair and…
B & Q support Southbourne students with autism
A team from B & Q at Castlepoint Shopping Park have given a free makeover for a lounge at the specialist Cambian Wing College in Southbourne.
French market in Ringwood
The first of two Continental Markets planned for this year will be held in Ringwood Market Place next month.
Families invited for ‘wild play’ in the New Forest this Easter
Families can enjoy crabbing and seashore scavenging at a free day of activities in the New Forest this Easter holiday.
The free event organised by the New Forest National Park Authority and the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust aims to help families enjoy nature at its best.
Shelling out for the ultimate Fabergé Easter egg
Surely the ultimate Easter Egg has to be the Fabergé kind?
Explore the Fleet Lagoon this Easter
It will be all hands on deck this Easter as Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) get underway with their new venture, the Fleet Explorer.
Heatherlands School football team jumps for joy
The Bournemouth-based HR solutions company, Purple HR, is encouraging sport at Heatherlands Primary School and have sponsored the local school’s football team, providing new kits in the school’s colours. Purple HR has seen significant growth over the past few years and as such, Mandy Fitzmaurice, the managing director of the company will be giving back…
West Moors Middle teacher retires after 28 years at school
During her teaching career, Shirley Gould has had 104 end of terms. But after 35 years, the West Moors Middles School assistant headteacher is breaking up for the last time.