Stour and Avon

Music night swings to tune of £2000

The recent Jazz at the Allendale event, organised by Wimborne Rotary, saw a capacity audience enjoy a concert programme…

Winds of success for theatre group

Over February half term Poulner Players performed a modern and upbeat adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s novel The Wind In…

Make it Santana Saturday!

by Lorraine Gibson. Relive the music of guitar master, Carlos Santana with new band Very Santana’s year-spanning tribute show, tomorrow. The…

You’ll Cursus if you miss this festival!

Skinny Lister and Imperial Leisure are among acts confirmed for a cider and music festival in May. The Cursus Cider…

‘I’ll get you for that Butlers’

by Lorraine Gibson. Butlers by name, not by nature, the Battling Butlers contemporary variety show is the creation of a…

Community gardening on meeting agenda

Community gardening was the topic for two speakers at the latest meeting of Christchurch Rotary Club. Such schemes have become…

Rejuvenated members of horticultural society prove they are up for the cups

Verwood Horticultural Society was going to close this February after 76 years, but the members managed to save it,…

How to check a police officer’s the real deal

by Lorraine Gibson. Every year, we lose billions of pounds to fraudsters. With scams ranging from the simplest con trick…

Appeal for volunteers to help new mums

Volunteers are being urged to come forward to become breastfeeding peer supports for new mums in Dorset. The Breastfeeding Network…

Service launch is a breath of fresh air

A Breathlessness service has been launched at Wareham Hospital, hosted by Lewis-Manning’s Breathlessness team. Director of Clinical Services, Hayley Bonner…