Dorset resident Thelma Barlow who played Mavis in the soap opera Coronation Street is supporting a charity event before she moves away from the area. The much-loved actress, 86, who also played alongside the late Victoria Wood in the hit comedy Dinner Ladies, has lived in Swanage for 13 years. But she has decided now to move to Kent to … Read More
Bournemouth athlete crowned British champion
A student from the LeAF Studio in Bournemouth has shown she has twice the talent of many competitors by powering her way to the title of British Elite Duathlon Champion. And hot on the heels of her British triumph, 16 year-old Serena O’Connor came an impressive seventh in her first ever European Elite Duathlon Championships. In the challenging sport of … Read More
New centre to meet growing demand for tuition
A centre aimed at helping children to build on the foundations of what they have learnt at school is set to open in Slough later this year – creating up to 33 new jobs in the town. AE Tuition – which has been successfully running an existing tuition centre in Slough for more than 10 years – has purchased another … Read More
Bringing the wonderful Wizard of Oz to life
Talented children from a Wimborne school are bringing one of the best loved musicals back to life with their stage production of The Wizard of OZ. Students from St Michael’s Middle School are set to wow audiences when they tread the boards as Dorothy, Tin Man, Scarecrow, Lion and the whole host of characters who make up the magical world … Read More
Granby Business Breakfast on the menu with Battens
Apprenticeships, training and staff development will come under the spotlight next week at the April Granby Business Breakfast in Weymouth.
A night out for Lucy
Hamptworth Golf & Country Club is hosting a party night to raise money for Lucy’s Days Out, a charity that provides special times for families living with serious illnesses. It was named after Lucy Page, from Salisbury, who died aged 12 from cancer. Her dying wish was to help other children enjoy days out like she had experienced, so she helped … Read More
TV’s Dr Hilary Jones ‘blown away’ by new £11m care home
Broadcaster Dr Hilary Jones has said he’s “blown away” by a new £11 million care home in West Sussex. The Good Morning Britain presenter was speaking during a public open day at Colten Care’s Wellington Grange in Chichester. Dr Hilary described the home, which will create up to 120 jobs when it reaches full occupancy, as “unfailingly spectacular.” He added: … Read More
Double triumph for LeAF volleyball
LeAF Studio U18 boys and girls squads have won Volleyball England’s cup finals.
Great start to new Dorset Economic Survey
Recruitment, competition and Europe were among the issues highlighted in the first Dorset Economic Survey
All aboard for Clive Emson five-day auction
A houseboat, a sewage pumping station and coastal land with a waterfall are among 152 lots catalogued by Clive Emson Auctioneers for the May auction. This follows Britain’s largest independent firm of regional land and property auctioneers continuing a flying start to the year with their first two auctions offering 330 lots across the south of England, raising a total … Read More