Stour and Avon

Collective campaigns against cancer

Gym members and coaches at Collective Conditioning in Poole will be taking on a gruelling 24-hour workout tomorrow, Saturday,…

Art takes pride of place at care home

Art lovers at a Dorset care home have welcomed a donation of two paintings created by the artist cousin…

Top class workshops on gender equality

Gender equality was top of the agenda at a series of workshops led by young people, for young people. Sixth…

Something wicca this way comes

by Lorraine Gibson A long-gone, and seemingly innocuous Christchurch building that wound up being used for a purpose light years…

Scarlet’s scavenging scores sponsorship

by Lorraine Gibson In our recent story about Wimborne schoolgirl Scarlet Sutcliffe’s mission to clean a beach a week to…

Hospice Care team celebrate fundraisers

Lewis-Manning Hospice Care hosted a celebratory event to mark the amazing fundraising efforts of the businesses that took part…

Sale of classic bikes proves Superior

The Charterhouse classic and vintage bike auction on March 30 at the Haynes International Motor Museum was a great…

‘We need to invest in the future of our planet’

APRIL 22 is Earth Day and with the Poole Harbour oil spill the irony is not lost on me…

Irony of immigration barge in Drax’s ‘back yard’

Power, wrote Lord Acton, tends to corrupt. And absolute power corrupts absolutely. I lived in Scotland for seven years, on and…

‘No intention to re-establish New Forest’

The death of Nigel Lawson gives cause to reflect on the enduring lessons which he taught those of us…