Stour and Avon

Dalek bread!

Verwood Rotary Club’s Rustic Fayre raised just over £12,000. There were demonstrations with birds of prey, morris dancers and Tae…

New garden blessed by bishop

by Lorraine Gibson. A new memorial and reflection garden at Queen Elizabeth’s School in Wimborne, funded by the school’s trustees,…

Fun day at the town’s green fest

The Mayor of Wimborne Minster, Carol Butter, with town crier Chris Brown and world-record swimmer Oly Rush opened a…

Silver collection set to shine at auction

A collection of silver, amassed by a Somerset collector, is included in the Charterhouse specialist sale of silver jewellery…

Rugby lunch raises a fantastic £30,000

Diverse Abilities’ Rugby Lunch 2022 took place last month at Hoburne Park in Christchurch. The event attracted more than 170…

£8000 raised in DocBike charity ride

More than 400 bikers took to Dorset roads as part of a charity ride out. The annual DocBike fundraiser, on…

Blade stunner!

by Lorraine Gibson. Regular readers may recall Gary Smith, the welder who transforms old cutlery and unwanted metal into works…

How Dorset MPs voted on the controversial fracking ban Bill

DORSET MPs voted against a Labour bid to ban fracking in a controversial ballot in Parliament last night (Wednesday). The…

Body found in St Leonards garden was murder victim Debbie Griggs

THE remains of a woman murdered by her husband more than 20 years ago have been discovered during the…

Woman, 80, targeted by distraction thief in supermarket car park

A WOMAN in her 80s had two purses stolen from her handbag after a distraction theft in a supermarket…