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Sports and Active Leisure Forum to Launch New Website and Directory at July Meeting
The Wimborne Sports and Active Leisure Forum will officially launch its new website at its next meeting on Thursday 9 July 2026 at Wimborne Town Football Club. The meeting will begin at 7.00 pm, with refreshments and networking from 6.30 pm. A key feature of the new...
Test Valley Businesses Thanked as Entries Continue for TVBA 2026
The organisers of the Test Valley Business Awards have thanked the businesses and individuals who have already submitted entries and nominations for the 2026 awards. Since entries opened earlier this year, businesses from across Andover, Romsey and the surrounding...
Michelin-starred chef to lead Culinary Arts Education at Bournemouth and Poole College
Bournemouth and Poole College has appointed celebrated chef Steve Drake to the new role of Master of Culinary Arts Education. The Roux Scholar, who learned his craft alongside culinary greats including Marco Pierre White, Marc Veyrat and Tom Aikens, will join the...
Bransgore Beerfestival 2026: A Barrel of Fun
Returning for its 16th year, the Bransgore Festival on the last weekend in September continues to celebrate the very best of local and national ales and ciders, paired with an exciting music line-up, to satisfy every taste. Started by a few enthusiastic beer-loving...
High Seas and Homemade Rafts: Christchurch River Pageant Returns for 2026
The River Stour is set to come alive once again this summer as the Rotary Club of Christchurch and the Rotary Club of Boscombe & Southbourne launch the 2026 Christchurch River Pageant Following the resounding success of last year’s inaugural event, the pageant...
Tops Day Nurseries Wimborne achieves Ofsted “Expected Standard”
Tops Wimborne, on Leigh Road, is delighted to share the outcome of its recent Ofsted inspection under the new education inspection framework, having successfully achieved the “Expected Standard” across all six areas assessed. While many families may be more familiar...
A Comedy of Terrors in the Great Outdoors!
Cornwall’s Miracle Theatre return to Dorset Cornwall’s much‑loved Miracle Theatre hit the road once again this summer with a brand‑new outdoor production, bringing their trademark blend of laughter, magic and imaginative storytelling to a fresh adaptation of the...
Allendale House DonateIT hub up and Running
Wimborne’s DonateIT hub is up and running at Allendale House. You can now drop off unwanted domestic IT kit, such as PCs, laptops, mobile phones and cables at Allendale House, home to East Dorset Heritage Trust (EDHT). You can drop off the kit Monday to Friday, 9am to...
Countdown Begins for the 98th New Forest Show
Three days of countryside entertainment, family fun and rural tradition return to Brockenhurst this July With just two months to go, excitement is building for the return of the New Forest and Hampshire County Show, as preparations ramp up for three days of...
Dorset Wildlife Trust Announces Next Steps for Upton Heath
Dorset Wildlife Trust has now legally completed the purchase of 110 acres at the heart of Upton Heath, following an extraordinary community fundraising effort. Support came from Dorset Council, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, Lytchett Minster and Upton...
Spectacular Spitfires
Make a date in your diaries as Saturday 11 July is set to be a very special day at the Army Flying Museum at Middle Wallop, as not one, but five Spitfires will make an appearance at the Museum’s annual fundraising event Wallop Wheels and Wings, the most Spitfires to...
90th Birthday Surprise Reunites Former RAF Pilot with Aircraft He Once Flew
A former Royal Air Force pilot was given a special 90th birthday surprise when he was reunited with an aircraft he flew during his RAF career Tony Davies, from North Dorset, qualified to fly the de Havilland Vampire in 1961, visited Vanguard Storage’s Bath branch as a...