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Shining Diamonds

Lambretta scooter owners staged one of their colourful ride outs in January. This group rolled up in Wimborne Minster Square…

The ’bells are ringing out blooming early

My first sight of this year’s Bluebells was in the woods on the outside of Ferndown on February 1. I…

Quickly ballroom!

A Strictly Extravaganza Gala Dinner held at the Hilton in Bournemouth has raised £25,000 for Forest Holme Hospice in…

Excellence in Tourism award for museum

The Museum of East Dorset in Wimborne has won the ‘Small Visitor Attraction of the Year’ gold trophy at…

Delightful Dorset food for lovers

by Lorraine Gibson. The food of love should be made with love, so browse these Dorset producers’ bespoke and delicious…

Haggis, pipes and a glass or two for Burns Night

Residents at Colten Care homes across the region raised a dram, toasted the haggis and even staged their own…

School’s lesson in innovation leads to Ofsted rating of ‘Outstanding’

by Lorraine Gibson. Using an approach that places the child as ‘a powerful protagonist in their own learning’, that is…

Former Dorset and Wiltshire fire service chief retired – weeks after gross misconduct ruling

A TOP firefighter retired from the Dorset and Wiltshire service on a full pension – just weeks after being…

PICTURES: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visits Lulworth Camp in Dorset

UKRANIAN President Volodymyr Zelensky was in Dorset yesterday (Wednesday).

Burglar jailed for 29 months after Fordingbridge raid

BLOOD left on a broken window led police to a burglar who has been jailed. Sean Jonathan Cooper, of Narrowleaf…