Plans for town centre car wash are rejected
Councillors have rejected a proposal for a hand car wash business in a Wimborne town centre car park on…
Objectors sign up for battle over pub
Objectors are lining up to fight for a dining pub under threat of demolition in the village of Longham. Plans…
Swing out for charity in the New Year
Following the successful return of Wimborne Rotary’s popular annual series of ‘Jazz at the Allendale’ charity concerts in September…
Test backlog has quadrupled
DVSA obtained by the AA Driving School has revealed that the backlog for driving tests in the UK quadrupled…
Be very wary of Omicron at fuel pumps
Drivers at risk of getting the gift of Covid from fuel pump handles. More than 100,000 drivers could be coming…
‘Once folk open their homes to others, they usually love it…’
The idea of opening your home to a total stranger to share your daily life may sound odd or…
Feel good about your festive leftovers
Did you know that throwing away just a single portion of Christmas dinner produces the same carbon emissions as…
Mum’s bombshell over black-out curtains
Jo Green is a former allotmenteer, forager, amateur herbalist, pickler and jam maker who squeezed her allotment greenery into…
Eclectic collection from over the border
The contents of a Devon house have been removed to Dorset where Charterhouse Auctioneers will be selling the antiques…
Sculpture is a real treasure
When writing in the New Stour & Avon’s November 5 issue about local sculptor, Gary Smith and the unique…