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Citizens Advice in East Dorset & Purbeck launched their new Advice Bus which will provide vulnerable residents with access to free advice and support.
Those at the event, at Allendale House, Wimborne, were invited to hear about the service and challenges faced when reaching residents who are unable to access existing services. They were also invited for a look around the bus.
Helen Goldsack, chief officer, Citizens Advice in East Dorset & Purbeck said: “The bus enables us to reach residents who cannot access services due to rural isolation, restricted mobility, cost of fuel or limited access to public transport.
Advice is free and there is no need to book an appointment.”
Attendees included the Mayor of Wimborne Minster, Cllr Diann March, councillors from Wareham, Verwood, Ferndown and Wimborne, and funders including Wessex Water and local businesses including MJP Law, Dibbens Solicitors and Harold G Walker Solicitors. The Advice Bus will be stopping weekly at Colehill, Verwood, West Moors, Corfe Mullen, Wool, Bovington and Swanage. For the full timetable visit edpcitizensadvice.org.uk/getadvice/advice-bus.
A woman suffered serious injuries in a crash near Bournemouth Airport on Saturday (July 22).
The incident, involving a dark blue Ford Fiesta and a blue Dodge Caliber, happened on Parley Lane at around 10am. Police said emergency services attended the scene and the driver of the Caliber, a woman in her 40s, was taken to hospital for treatment to injuries believed to be serious but not life-threatening. PC Kier Dagnall, of the traffic unit, said: “I would like to hear from any witnesses who have not already spoken to police.
“I would also urge anyone who was driving in the vicinity around the time of the collision to please check any dashcam footage to see if they have captured anything of relevance.”
Anyone with information should contact Dorset Police via dorset. police.uk, by email to scit@ dorset.pnn.police.uk, or by calling 101.
Sporting bright pink sunglasses and a cowboy hat, festival fashionista golden doodle Alfie was voted the winner of Dacombes of Wimborne’s selfie booth competition at this year’s Wimborne Folk Festival.
Alfie, aged 10, won his owners, Amie and Alex Sweet a state-of-the-art Sonos speaker from the home entertainment store.
Amie, who grew up in Colehill and returned to the town for the festival said: “Alfie loves dressing up and being the centre of attention. He was even the ring bearer at our wedding.
“He also loves loud music so the speaker will be as much a prize for him as us!”
Dacombes sponsored the main festival stage in Willow Walk. Managing director, Matt Renaut, pictured above with Amie, said: “Our business loves supporting local events and we’ve been involved in Wimborne Folk Festival for the past six years.
“The Selfie competition was a real hit, with animals, children, family and friends of all ages joining in the fun. We had more than a hundred entries.”
Members of Extinction
Rebellion Wimborne staged a colourful protest in Wimborne to raise awareness of Dorset Council spraying glyphosate on roads, pavements and SANGs. They held banners reading, ‘Stop Spraying, Save Our Bees’ and ‘Glyphosate Harms Honey Bees, Bumblebees, Humans’. They also unfurled a banner stating ‘Nature is Dying, Act Now’. Resident professor James Bullock said: “We live in one of the most nature-depleted countries on the planet.
“Glyphosate destroys nature. “It kills plants indiscriminately, harms bees and it gets into our waterways. Nature in the UK is under great stress, experiencing huge declines in insects, birds and wildlife in general. Nature needs a home and our towns and gardens must serve as a haven for wildlife.
“And contrary to what you may have been led to believe, glyphosate does not break down into a harmless byproduct but into AMPA, which is toxic to aquatic life like plants and fish.”
Local resident Joanna Bury said, “Glyphosate - also known as Roundup - is considered by the World Health Organisation to be a probable cause of cancer in humans.
“Recent studies have found that 80 per cent of adults and children have glyphosate in their urine.”
Protestyors say that the Pesticide Action Network is promoting ‘Pesticide Free Towns’. They say the first was Glastonbury which has been followed by dozens more. Dorset examples include Shaftesbury and Lyme Regis. Many councils across Europe have moved away from using pesticides, demonstrating that it is possible.
On its website the Pesticide Action Network mentions many alternatives to the use of pesticides including heat treatment, mechanised hoes, strimming, hand weeding, acetic acid solutions, steel brushing, high pressure hot water.
Plans for two solar farms near Wimborne would damage views and surroundings at a landmark folly, according to campaigners. Planning applications for two farms in Horton - Woodlands Manor Farm and North Farm - have been submitted to Dorset Council by Woodlands Mannington Solar Ltd and North Farm Mannington Solar Ltd respectively. The scheme at Woodlands Manor Farm would see a solar farm built covering around 61 hectares, while the North Farm development would be around 30 hectares.
Documents submitted by planning agent Laurence Associates said the Woodlands permission would be for 40 years, with all installations able to be removed and the land returned to its previous condition.
“The proposed development is temporary in nature with permission being required for 40 years, after which the site will be returned to its original appearance with all equipment housing being removed from the site immediately after electricity ceases being exported to the Grid,” it said.
“The development is effectively fully ‘reversible’ on decommissioning.”
It added: “There will be no significant physical changes to the land in terms of earth removal or levelling, and during operation, agricultural actvities will continue with the land being used for sheep grazing.”
The same applied to the North Farm scheme, the application for that site said. However, the plans have been met with
dismay by campaigners, including the Dorset Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), who say the developments will impact the surroundings of nearby Grade II*-listed Georgian folly, Horton Tower.
The CPRE said the solar farms would ‘threaten not just the beautiful protected landscape surrounding the (tower) ... but will harm the setting and views towards it and from it’.
People can have their say until August 4, at planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk, searching for application reference P/FUL/2023/03415.
Knowlton Parish Council will also discuss the plans at a meeting on August 2 at Horton and Chalbury Village Hall, which gets under way at 7pm.
I can honestly say that it has been a long time since I have ‘enjoyed’ all three parties’ articles at the same time, but the New Stour & Avon July 14th edition certainly met my criteria.
Chris Chope’s input touched on the simple things we get wrong in the drive to net zero, and certainly gave me hope that some reverses in policy are possible.
Whilst I may not agree with him on many points, Greg Williams’ Labour perspective was thought provoking and so much more refreshing than the Tory-baiting fed to us by his colleague Alan Cross.
And Vikki Slade’s rather nostalgic Lib-Dem article was simply joyous.
More of the same please with less of the high-brow national stuff and more of the local down-to-Earth and often personal experiences.
Without being rude to your magazine, I can do without the political commentary that we can find in national newspapers and other media and would happily settle for local human interest articles, albeit within the terms of reference for each party.
Chris Wilkinson FerndownA new Hollywood movie is the latest incarnation of doll royalty, Barbie. But do you know her full name? Well, you might be surprised to hear, it is rather traditional.
Barbara Millicent Roberts was born on March 9, 1959, when she was unveiled at the New York Toy Fair. She was named after creator Ruth Handler’s daughter, Barbara, and later, Ken (who came along in 1961), was named after her son, Kenneth.
Barbara is from the fictional town of Willows, Wisconsin, where she attended high school. She has gone on to pursue some 250 careers including as an astronaut, a pilot, a firefighter, journalist and entrepreneur.
She even travelled to space in 1965, four years before man walked on the moon.
After 10 years, accompanist Barry Groves, picture above with his colleagues, is retiring to ‘spend lots of time watching and supporting my three sporty grandchildren’.
At Colehill Community Choir’s June concert £956 was raised for the Friendly Food Club and the Louis Ross Foundation.
Liz Guilmant-Cush from the Friendly Food Club said: ‘We’d like to express our sincere thanks to the generosity of the audience and the choir for their support. Helping people to cook is empowering and has massive benefits to people’s health and pockets.’
Penny and John Ross who set up the Louis Ross Foundation after the tragic death of their son in a skiing accident, said: ‘We’re so incredibly grateful to the choir not only for the very generous sum raised but also for choosing Louis’ Foundation as
a beneficiary of their glorious concert.”
To celebrate another fabulous year of singing the choir had afternoon tea at Careys Manor. It was the perfect setting to thank Barry for all he has done for the choir and to thank conductor Peter Coole who, along with Susan Davies, was instrumental in establishing Colehill Community Choir 13 years ago. With Barry’s retirement, the choir is searching for a pianist who can play at weekly Thursday rehearsals: All reasonable expenses will be paid.
Susan Davies, who runs the choir said: “Our choir is open to all and is at the heart of the community. Finding an accompanist will ensure its future.’
For information, please email colehillcommunitychoir1@gmail. com or telephone 07802 955927.
Susan Davies ColehillAt the recent meeting members were treated to a fascinating, if rather gory, talk by Brian and Jacqui Sutton entitled ‘The Duke Of Monmouth, How His Head Was Turned, And Lost.’ A report was read out on the National AGM and Townswomen’s Guild holiday in Llandudno, which took place in June.
A trip to Broadlands Flower Show has been arranged
by Dorset Federation for September and the Annual Lunch will once again be held at the Remedy Oak Golf Club in November.
The next event for Verwood Townswomen’s Guild is an Afternoon Tea before the August break.
For more information, please ring Judi on 01202 053264.
Linda Pearson VerwoodThe MS Centre Dorset is an entirely self-funded charity which encourages, supports and assists sufferers of Multiple Sclerosis and their carers.
Multiple Sclerosis is a debilitating and incurable neurological disease.
The Centre will be holding its annual Summer Fair tomorrow, July 29, from noon to 4.00pm
at the Osborne Centre, Church Lane, West Parley, BH22 8TS.
The attractions will include: local organ grinder Jeremy Franks, refreshments, cakes, crafts, jewellery, teddy bears and many more.
For more information please phone 01202 570300 or visit mscentre-dorset.org.uk.
Laura Webber MS Centre Dorset
Dorset Hospitals are in the limelight as a result of the report issued to Parliament on July 17 by the Comptroller and Auditor General criticising the Government’s New Hospital Programme.
Five hospital projects in Dorset were included in the programme which had been carried forward from the 2019 Health Infrastructure Plan in which the multiple sites across Dorset were treated as one project out of 27 such projects to be delivered across England by 2030.
The separation into different projects was designed to help fulfil the 2019 Conservative Party manifesto promise for 40 new hospitals across England. At the NHS England Board meeting on October 10, 2022, the five schemes for Dorset were set out in detail. One was ‘New build at Christchurch Hospital including a new Community Hub and associated facilities which in
turn facilitates creation of a specialist palliative hospice’. The other Dorset schemes were for Dorset County, Royal Bournemouth, Poole and St Ann’s hospitals.
The description for the St Ann’s scheme was ‘New builds at St Ann’s to upgrade and consolidate specialist mental health facilities for local adults and children’.
Against this background it came as a great surprise that the progress report to Parliament on these schemes redefines the Christchurch Hospital scheme as ‘Enabling works, supporting a separately-funded rebuild of a hospice’.
It also describes the St Ann’s Hospital project as comprising two separate phases, one of which is a new child and adolescent mental health services psychiatric intensive care unit at Alumhurst Road. In a footnote, the National Audit Office reports that the New Hospital Programme intends to split the St Ann’s Hospital and Alumhurst Road scheme into two and the Christchurch Hospital scheme would then be merged into another scheme. By ‘de-scoping’ the Christchurch project and removing it from the programme and ‘re-scoping’ the St Ann’s project by splitting it into two, the total number of ‘new hospitals’ remains
unaltered but at Christchurch’s expense.
The result is that the rebuild of the Macmillan Caring Locally Hospice at Christchurch is delayed. Even the production of plans, a necessary precursor to obtaining planning permission, is now on hold.
Having already raised more than £6million from local fundraising and legacies towards the capital cost of this project, the charity is faced with the prospect of building cost inflation devaluing those funds. Without planning permission, Macmillan Caring Locally is unable to secure those contributions from charitable donors which are conditional upon planning permission. As the NHS is the project manager for the rebuild, the much-loved local charity is unable to proceed on its own. One can see from this example that the National Audit Office is well justified in its criticisms of the New Hospital Programme.
I recently had the opportunity to visit a local farm, and the pleasure of being shown around by the farmer.
I know what you’re thinking… what does the Labour guy know about farming? This will be funny!
Bear with me. I do believe one of the qualities people in politics should have is the modesty to admit when they don’t know a lot about something.
We have enough ‘know-italls.’ How about some more folk who listen to it all?
That’s certainly the approach I try and take with agriculture. And it was fascinating to hear and see what this one local farmer was doing with his landholding.
One thing that really stood out to me was the trial of two different crops (a grain and a pulse) sown and harvested concurrently.
I didn’t know that was
practical, but the increased proficiency of mechanised sorting equipment does render it so.
You could see with your own eyes the impact on the yield of the grain though, and with the price uncertainty on the pulses, such experiments are risky. Inevitably one cannot talk about the politics of farming without mentioning ELMS. Not the trees, but the Environmental Land Management Scheme. Despite having voted to leave the EU in 2016, the landscape for post CAP subsidies in the UK is still being fleshed out. ELMS comprises three different schemes, with as many as two hundred differently remunerated actions farmers can take as stewards of the land.
They range from leaving land fallow through to creating skylark plots and beetle sanctuaries.
You can receive £684 to take a pig to the vet through to £119 for every pond you manage. Sounds complex? Seems it. I really feel for farmers, who already have enough on their plates with things like seesawing fertiliser prices, as they try to figure out what is the most economically efficient
combination of actions to take on their land.
I do hope there is support provided to farmers with these calculations.
Labour has cautiously welcomed ELMS as a ‘step in the right direction.’
If it forms the next government, Labour intends to work with the NFU to make ELMS work rather than overturn the apple-cart.
It’s also fair to say though that Labour wants to see more solar farms in the countryside, which may need incorporating in the different sustainability payments.
More broadly, Labour aims to ensure that 50% of all food purchased by the public sector is locally produced or certified to higher environmental production standards. This is a noble aim, but one that I think may need to wait until food prices have stabilised.
A pair of friends sorting out the estate of a Dorset care home resident have doubled the amount to be gifted to a children’s charity after hearing more about its work.
Tim Jones and John Smith lost their long-standing friend Ken Thorp, at the age of 89, in January 2023 and were appointed his executors.
In line with Ken’s wish to help charities working with children in Dorset, they originally earmarked £20,000 for Diverse Abilities, which supports young people with profound and multiple learning disabilities.
But after a cheque presentation with Diverse Abilities’ representatives gave the pair the chance to hear more about the charity’s work, they doubled the amount to £40,000.
Tim, senior buyer in the purchasing department of Colten Care, arranged for the presentation to take place at the care home provider’s Bourne View, next door to Diverse Abilities’ specialist Langside school.
A giant cheque highlighted the figure of £20,000 but then Tim and John got talking with Diverse Abilities’ head of fundraising
Helen Mortimer and chief
executive Mark Powell.
Tim said: “John and I were profoundly moved by Ken’s generosity. His wife Barbara predeceased him 10 years ago and they didn’t have any children. He saw John and I as effectively his next-of-kin. I knew him for more than 40 years and John was his friend for more than 50.
“On reading his will and knowing he didn’t have any family, we were most surprised that he wanted the bulk of his estate to go to charities with a leaning towards children and, where
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possible, with a Dorset presence. “When we met with Helen and Mark and learned more about the amazing work that Diverse Abilities does through education, therapy and nursing support for children living with some of the biggest challenges anyone could face anywhere, we knew Ken would heartily approve of a substantial increase in the amount we had originally planned. It was an easy decision for us.”
In response, Helen said: “We are honoured to receive this incredible gift from the estate of
Ken Thorp. Disability charities like Diverse Abilities do not typically receive many gifts from people’s wills, so to have our work recognised in such a generous way means a lot to us. The donation will support Langside School, our specialist school providing education, therapeutic support and nursing care for children with incredibly profound physical and learning disabilities and medical needs.”
Ken was born and brought up in the East End of London and moved to Dorset in the 1960s, living in Branksome, Poole, for more than 40 years.
He ran a company, Ken Thorp Supplies Ltd, a wholesale supplier of catering equipment to trade customers such as pubs, clubs and restaurants.
The last two years of his life were spent at Colten Care’s Outstanding-rated Canford Chase care home in Western Road, Branksome.
As well as Diverse Abilities, gifts from Ken’s estate have been made to children’s charities and community causes including the neonatal unit at Royal Bournemouth Hospital, the disability sailing charity Poole Sailability and Great Ormond Street Hospital.
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David Thurgood, Holts’ westcountry agent, holds regular local valuation days, including at Sturminster Newton and Charmouth. To find out more about the next ones in the area or to discuss a valuation or home visit, David can be contacted on 01297 306123 or via email at westcountry@holtsauctioneers.
A 110-year-old large silver decanter in the form of a pheasant is estimated at £2,800£3,200 in the Charterhouse twoday auction of silver, jewellery, watches, antiques and interiors on August 3 and 4 in Sherborne. “It’s the perfect for pouring your favourite tipple out for friends and family,” said Richard Bromell of Charterhouse.
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Now in its 17th year, the Oak Fair at Stock Gaylard is a celebration of countryside, woodland, timber, traditional craft and above all, conservation.
With more than 200 exhibitors showing everything from handcrafted wooden furniture to industrial machinery, the Oak Fair provides a platform for rural crafts and countryside conservation.
Demonstrations include the ever-popular chainsaw carving, falconry, heavy horse logging, and the Adams Axemen display. The heart of the Oak Fair has, and always will be, conservation of the countryside and woodland, as well as traditional country crafts.
Conservation Row guides you into the fair and is lined with stands advocating the preservation of our wildlife, countryside and crafts.
Here you can also watch medieval reenactments, demonstrations of traditional hand working and take a piece of rural skill home with you, or take a walk from the Ancient Tree Tent and learn about the ancient trees across the Dorset estate.
Take a stroll down Oak Avenue and discover beautifully-handcrafted furniture, homeware, baskets, jewellery, art, gifts and more, all nested in amongst the stunning avenue of oak trees and created by master craftspeople. Explore art and craft marquees along Oak
Avenue - filled with an array of handcrafted products and gifts including wooden board games, clocks, silver jewellery, handmade fountain pens, vegan skincare products and much, much more.
Follow the bridge over to Stock House and take a pause with coffee, cake or ice-cream while enjoying the views of the stunning oak woodland estate.
You can also try your hand at archery here as well as have-a-go scything sessions and tractor trailer rides through the historic deer park. Just a stone’s throw away you will find St Barnabas Church, where you can join the daily service or enjoy acapella singing and historical poetry performances. Meander along Dell Lane where you can find falconry and heavy horse displays, watch live demonstrations of ancient crafts and shop for handmade wooden toys, leathercraft, sculptures, baskets, homewares and more. Here you can also see demonstrations of
skateboard and surfboard making and fine art foundry.
Watch vintage and modern tractors and machinery at work in the Machinery & Timber Yard. Here you can also see chainsawcarving displays and the daredevil stunts of the Adams Axemen display, whilst also perusing trade stands selling all things timber and machinery including timber framed buildings, cut wood, metalwork, flues and coppice work.
You can also get involved across all areas of the Oak Fair with hands-on activities for all ages including tree climbing and archery, and children’s activities including a zip wire, bushcraft skills, a barrel train, Little Land Rovers, scarecrow building, face painting and charcoal drawing.
If you start to feel peckish head to the Market Square where you will find something to eat to suit all members of the family, covering a wide variety of dietary requirements. With a strong commitment to local food and drinks producers, this year there will be more than 40 exhibitors across the Market Square and Food Marquee selling a wide range of delicious produce.
Early bird tickets are now available with the prices remaining the same as last year£12.50 adults, £2.50 children, £9 concessions. For more information or to buy tickets please visit theoakfair.com.
Hate chilli? Then you’ll love the Dorset Chilli Festival.
It may host the most artisan chilli sauce makers in the UK, and competitions of the chilli-plant, chilli-sauce and chilli-eating varieties, but everyone can – and does – enjoy it as there’s loads for chilli-haters.
Somewhat surprisingly, what there’s not piles of, is chilli con carne.
Don’t worry, though, you won’t go hungry. There is some really interesting non-chilli produce –gourmet mushrooms; a speciality Cambodian black pepper; gin; foodie trend de jour and Korea’s omnipresent dish, kimchi; charcuterie; cheeses, lots of cheeses, oh, and bit of biltong. Cooking fans will be drawn to the aromas coming from the Talk Tent as local chefs demo how to make their favourite dishes; on the Saturday, it goes all celebrity as Dorset pan shuffler and
restaurateur, Mark Hix mans the kitchen - as does Mark Hartstone of La Fosse in Cranborne, who’ll be sharing his culinary skills on both the Saturday and Sunday.
Dorset bands, Quinns Quinney, The Mother Ukers and Jamarca, Big Joe Bone’s bluegrass and Mexican tunes from the everpresent roving three-piece Mariachi band ensure a regular serving of tasty music.
So, dig the vibes, grab some street-food, a local brew or a bubble tea and chill out.
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Eight Arch Brewing Co has won the ‘Best Cask Beer in the South West’ at the SIBA (Society of Independent Brewers) South West Independent Beer Awards, which took place at MaltingsFest in Devon. This is a major achievement for a small but growing independent brewery in it’s eighth year of production in Wimborne.
The beer that won was their popular 4.2% pale ale, Square Logic, which has been in production since 2017. Square Logic has previously won multiple regional and national SIBA awards including National Small Pack Champion in 2020.
“Judges had a tough job separating the pack as the standard was extremely high once again. The winners from the SIBA competition are officially the best independent cask beers in the South West region, something brewers
of which brewers should be extremely proud,” said Richard Naisby, SIBA chairman.
The SIBA South West Independent Beer Awards judge a huge range of beers across a number of styles in the cask competition. As the awards are judged mostly by brewers,
industry experts and beer journalists, the awards are very much seen as the prestigious ‘Brewers’ choice Awards’ by the industry.
Eight Arch crowned an excellent week when they won ‘Best Café/Pub/Casual Dining’ and ‘Joint Runner-up Overall’ at
the Wimborne Business Awards held in April.
The win was because of their successful Friday evening taproom which is open every Friday to the public where they serve their beers alongside street food. The taproom welcomes everyone in with its relaxed atmosphere and has grown to become known as the place to go every Friday evening.
Steve Farrell, owner of Eight Arch, had this to say on the wins: “These awards are a massive achievement for our team and reward for the hard work we all put in every day. I never imagined we’d win one award back in 2015 when I opened the brewery, but to continually win awards and now have the best cask beer in the South West is amazing. “I couldn’t do it without my team and an extra special mention has to go to Mark the head brewer who has been by my side since 2016.’’
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At a time when we’re seeing record temperatures across large parts of Europe, north America and the Far East, with wildfires in Canada, the Canary Islands, and in Greece causing the evacuation of thousands of tourists, China has seen 52°C and Death Valley, in the US 54°C, and Canada, China, South Korea and India have flooding, it is widely accepted that the human race is affecting the climate, dramatically, and that we must act to minimise these effects. And the time to act is now. It’s not just about us either, we are affecting every species on Earth, on land and in our oceans. Most of us are already doing
something, electric cars and hybrids are ever-more familiar with an expanding range of models,
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and recycling has been part of putting the bin out for some years, saving manufacturing energy and materials, and lessening our colossal landfill requirements.
But more, much more, is needed to avoid the worst case scenarios that some anticipate, and we can all be part of the solution.
In the last few years we have all learned the painful monetary price of energy –gas, electricity, petrol and diesel – focusing minds on our boilers, switching off lights, not leaving appliances on standby and the real necessity of our motoring mileage. There is also an environmental cost.
Heat pumps, solar panels and wind power technologies can have (continues on page 21)
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In our hands now lies not only our own future, but that of all other living creatures with whom we share the Earth.
Here at Holt Plumbing, Heating & Renewables we are experts in renewable energy, with over 20 years of experience installing systems throughout Dorset and Hampshire.
Our services include Solar PV, battery storage, air source heat pumps as well as ground source heat pumps. We take care of your project every step of the way. We design the system that will be most suitable for your energy needs, we supply the products and materials at competitive prices to suit your budget, we then install the system with meticulous attention to detail and respect for your home or property. We work for both private homeowners and large-scale commercial projects, so whatever your needs our expert team can help.
Solar energy offers great potential to save money on your monthly utility bill, and with
these trending steeply upward, solar is likely to remain a good money-saving option for years to come.
The amount you save depends upon how much electricity you consume, the size of your solar energy system, and how much power it is able to generate. We are MCS registered and having MCS certified solar panels installed by an accredited installer means your solar systems will be eligible for financial schemes. Schemes such as the Smart Export Guarantee for solar PV can help you to earn a quicker return on your investment in solar by getting paid for exporting any surplus energy back to the grid.
Experience the pinnacle of home improvements with Greenspace UK Ltd! Our commitment to excellence and customer-centric approach have made us the go-to choice for homeowners seeking top-notch conservatory roof installations. Recently, we received a glowing testimonial from one of our satisfied customers, Mr. Deasy. From the very first interaction, he knew he was dealing with a great company. “From my initial enquiry, throughout all stages of my interactions with Greenspace UK Ltd… this Company and all of its personnel with whom I
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Here at Holt Plumbing, Heating & Renewables we are experts in renewable energy, with over 20 years of experience installing
systems throughout Dorset and Hampshire.
Our services include Solar PV, battery storage, air source heat pumps as well as ground source heat pumps. We take care of your project every step of the way. We design the system that will be most suitable for your energy needs, we supply the products and materials at competitive prices to suit your budget, we then install the system with meticulous attention to detail and respect for your home or property.
Incorporating heat pump technology into your home is one of the most economical, effective, and environmentally friendly ways to cover your heating and hot water needs. Heat pumps use sustainable energy to generate heating and hot water for your home.
With low running costs your household energy bills are reduced, it also removes the
need for fuel to be delivered and stored at home; a common problem for homes that are in off-gas areas and rely on alternative fuels. They operate using electricity (including from alternative sources such as solar power) and produce no emissions, making them much more environmentally friendly than traditional heating systems. Being MCS registered is a mark of quality. Using the Holt team as your certified installer ensures that equipment meets good standards of performance and that installers are technically safe and competent. This means you as a consumer can take advantage of the Government’s £5000 Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS).
(continued from page 17) significant benefits in terms of greenhouse gas reductions and in cutting energy bills. Battery storage can harvest green energy when available or off-peak, and hold it for when needed.
Insulation is part of the strategy. Sufficient loft and wall insulation, draught free doors and windows, double or even triple glazing, even a good pair of curtains can help keep your hard-earned heat in.
We also need to be cognisant of the unseen mileages that our lifestyle and habits add to our greenhouse gas footprint. ‘Food miles’ are a good example with every food transport mile adding to global warming. ‘Shopping local’ supports not only our appetite but also our local farmers, shops and high street, and therefore our communities. Farm shops and markets, and buying seasonal fruit and veg, are ways of reducing our food miles and environmental
impact. Using local ‘refill’ type shops where packaging is at a minimum reduces plastics in circulation, in landfill and in our environment.
In terms of wildfife your garden can play its part too. Everyone loves the idea of a meadow, an important habitat, one of the rarest in the UK –we have lost 97% of them in the last century. Beautiful in their variety of wild flowers, meadows can support huge numbers of wildlife species, including bees – pollinators vital to our food production. A small wild flower ‘meadow’ in a corner of your garden is a step in the right direction...
Overall it is about being mindful of the big story, and adopting new habits, all small steps on a journey that we must make to look after the place we call home and the species we share it with.
At the moment there’s no sign of a Plan B, so let’s support our local planet...
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We are Smart Home Technical, an electrical installation company based in Verwood, primarily specialising in solar PV, battery storage and EV charger installations. When deciding which EV charger you should have installed, it is best to speak to people in the know such as us!
For a start, all new EV chargers must feature smart functionality which include:
Ability to send and receive information.
Ability to respond to signals to increase the rate of electricity flow.
Ability to change the time at which the charger uses electricity.
There are different chargers which suit individuals’ different needs. Factors such as when you wish to charge, type of car, whether you have solar PV and which tariff
you are currently on are all aspects which can determine which charger is best for you. EV charging can cost as little as £0.07 per Kwh when using a Go tariff or similar which, normally equates to 2-3 miles, dependent on the vehicle.
There are currently Government grants towards the installation cost which are available for residential flats, residential rental properties and commercial premises. These grants are applied for by the company fitting the charger if they are registered with OLEV which, of course, Smart Home Technical are.
Every EV charger installation should also be registered, by the installation company, with your Distribution Network Operator which, in this local area is SSE. The DNO needs to know the size and type of EV charger to understand how much electricity demand the charge point will require.
For a free no obligation quotation, please contact us at Smart Home Technical: 01202 794901
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When it’s summertime, salads can be a perfect meal option. Here’s a recipe to really spice up your usual chicken salad!
Serves: 2
Prep time: 20 Minutes
Cook time: 8 Minutes
Calories: 200 kcal per serving
Steps: 2
Ingredients
200g raw cauliflower florets spray oil
1 lemongrass stalk, peeled and diced
1 small red chilli, diced
4 spring onions, sliced
75g grated carrot
75g grated courgette
1 small red or yellow pepper, deseeded and diced
2 x 100g cooked chicken breast fillets, skinned and shredded
2 kaffir lime leaves, shredded a handful of coriander or mint, finely chopped
Lime dressing: juice of 2 limes
2 tbsp Thai fish sauce (nam pla) artificial sweetener to taste
This tangy salad is so healthy and refreshing. The cauliflower ‘rice’ fills you up and keeps the carbs really low. If you want, you can make the salad in advance and keep it for several hours or even overnight in the fridge. Kaffir lime leaves, lemongrass and Thai fish sauce
are widely available in most supermarkets.
Method
1 Put the cauliflower florets in a food processor and pulse until they have the consistency of rice-sized ‘grains’.
2 Lightly spray a wok or deep frying pan with oil and set over a medium to high heat. Stirfry the lemongrass, chilli and
spring onions for 2–3 minutes. Add the cauliflower and stir-fry for 4–5 minutes until tender but still slightly crunchy.
3 Transfer to a large bowl and mix with the carrots, courgettes, pepper, chicken, lime leaves and herbs.
4 Make the dressing: blend the lime juice and fish sauce and sweeten to taste.
Sprinkle over the salad and toss gently.
5 Cover the bowl with a lid or some cling film and chill in the fridge for at least 15 minutes or until required.
Tips: If you want a really crunchy texture, you can dice the carrot and courgette instead of grating them. You could use the juice of 1 lemon instead of 2 limes but the flavour will not be so authentic.
If you’re on a low-salt diet, use a low-sodium Thai fish sauce. Visit the Steps page to find out more about The 1:1 Diet Plan or contact a Consultant to start your weight-loss journey today!
In 2008, we travelled around Vietnam. I would like to say that we were traditional backpackers but although we had back packs, we flew between destinations, which, apparently, makes us ‘flash packers’. We started in Hanoi and then travelled to Halong Bay. (made popular by Top Gear), where our home for a night was a Chinese junk. (It had a bedroom, with a quilt that could have done with a good clean and an ensuite. You had to be locked in, as the bolt was on the outside and it definity had running water, all the time!)
The main meal in the evening was a fish dish, which we ate with chop sticks. I have no idea what sort of fish it was, but it was delicious. We then tested our chop stick skills by picking up and eating peanuts.
The next morning, it was drizzling. Martin asked me to go on deck, I said ‘no its raining’. He was persistent and on the third ask I went outside. He then proceeded to ramble about how long we had been together and how we got on and how his children liked me, etc. Somehow, during this, I realised he was actually proposing to me! What a romantic, proposing on a Chinese junk in the South China sea! Of course, I said yes, and we were married later that year.
Ingredients
500g boneless skin on, scaled, salmon fillet
olive oil
1 bunch of spring onions
3 mixed peppers
2 carrots
2 tbsp cornflour
2 tbsp white wine vinegar
1 tbsp tomato purée
1 tbsp teriyaki sauce
432g tin of pineapple chunks in juice
150g frozen peas
Rub the salmon all over with the five-spice, a pinch of sea salt and a little oil, then place skin-side down in a large cold non-stick frying pan on a medium-low heat.
Cover with wet greaseproof paper and cook for 15 mins, or until just pink. Remove the paper and flip for the final 30 secs.
Trim the spring onions, then shred one and put aside. Deseed the peppers and cut into 2cm chunks along with the remaining spring onions. Peel and finely slice the carrots. Place a wok over a high heat and throw in the veg, moving it around for 2 mins to soften and lightly char.
Stir in the cornflour, vinegar, tomato puree, teriyaki and the pineapple (juice and all), followed by 250ml of water. Simmer for 5 mins, or until thickened, adding the peas for the last 2 mins. Season to taste.
Break up the salmon and divide between plates, along with the veg. Scatter over the shredded spring onion. Great with rice and chilli sauce.
Summer picnic whirls
Perk up your sarnies and salads by adding these delicious, easypeasy little savouries to your al fresco menu.
Preparation time: 25 minutes + cooling
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Total time: 45 minutes
Makes: 16 whirls
Ingredients
Plain flour, for dusting
2 x 220g balls frozen pizza dough, defrosted
3 tbsp tomato chutney
150g Président (recommended but any quality brand will suffice) or any Emmental grated
2 x 280g jars Waitrose Cooks’ Ingredients Chargrilled Peppers
100g pack free-range sliced ham with rosemary and thyme
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 200C, gas mark 6; line a baking sheet with baking parchment.
On a lightly-floured surface, roll each ball of pizza dough to a rectangle (about 28cm x 18cm).
2. Leaving a 2cm clear border along both of the longer edges, spread 1.5 tbsp chutney over each rectangle of dough.
Sprinkle with the Emmental and arrange the chargrilled peppers on top.
Lay the slices of ham over the top and press down lightly to compact the filling.
3. Starting at one of the longer edges, roll up one of the pizza
dough rectangles into a log.
Cut into 8 equal rolls and arrange on the parchment. Repeat with the other dough rectangle. Bake for 15-20 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before serving, or leave to cool completely.
Put in a cool bag with an ice block if taking on a picnic or store in an airtight container for up to 2 days.
Recipe and photo: Waitrose & Partners
NHS staff at Dorset HealthCare have raised more than £20,000 for children’s hospice Julia’s House by donating spare pennies from their monthly pay. This milestone amount was raised over the last 12 years through the Pennies from Heaven scheme. The scheme rounds down people’s take-home pay to the nearest pound, diverting any surplus pennies to a good cause.
The money will make a huge difference to the hospice, which for 20 years has been providing clinical, practical and emotional support for families caring for a child with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition. Mike Bartlett, deputy CEO at Julia’s House, said: “Some parents liken having a child with a life-limiting condition to being on a permanent rollercoaster, when even a typical day can suddenly become a terrifying blue-light ambulance journey to the hospital.
“We are there to help families with the most challenging and toughest of days, as well as being there to ensure they’re able to make the most of every day. And our respite care enables them to rest, spend time with other siblings, go out as a family or even have a date night – not easy when you are caring 24/7.
“This highly individual and vital care wouldn’t be there without the support of amazing people like the staff at Dorset HealthCare. This kind of regular income over a long period of time is invaluable to Julia’s House, especially during tough
economic times. A huge thank-you goes from these families and everyone at Julia’s House.”
Leanne Mercer, staff benefits co-ordinator at the Trust, said: “Our staff pick three charities each year to support, and Julia’s House is chosen each time – it’s a fantastic charity which supports the child and the family. We are pleased we can make a difference to a very worthy local cause and be part of something doing good.
“Pennies from Heaven is such an easy way for our staff to donate to charity without really noticing. Each month any spare pennies from their pay gets deducted
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and goes into the charity pot. We would recommend more local organisations take part to fundraise for charity in a really simple way.”
In total Dorset HealthCare has raised more than £49,000 for various charities through the scheme. And this achievement has earned the Trust a gold award quality mark from Pennies from Heaven, which demonstrates dedication and support to society.
For more information about Pennies from Heaven visit penniesfromheaven.co.uk, while details on Julia’s House are available at juliashouse.org.
Cannabidiol (CBD for short) is a naturally occurring cannabinoid derived from the cannabis plant. It is one of over one hundred cannabinoids identified in hemp plants.
However, unlike the full cannabis plant, CBD does not contain THC which is responsible for the stoned/high feeling that the recreational drug provides. Extracted from the flowers and buds of the hemp plant, CBD is being pressed into oil and is increasingly popular for a wide array of uses for your health, wellbeing and beauty.
When we take a CBD product, it interacts with our endocannabinoid system, yes, we already have a natural system for these endocannabinoids to interact with. There are more and more evidence-backed health benefits of CBD, but be sure to use a high quality product for real benefits, there are plenty of lesser quality CBD on the ever growing market, often price related.
Pain Relief, Reduce Anxiety, Depression and Sleeping Disorders are some of the benefits of CBD Oil, one of the oldest natural remedies.
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One of the most basic actions you do every single day is bending. From shopping to stairs, to exercises, and even just getting up from your chair. If you have any kind of knee pain, these simple tasks feel harder to do. Any kind of pain can inhibit your daily activities, so we recommend you get it looked it as soon as possible.
Common Knee Pain & Problems
Our knee is a complex joint that has a very important job of allowing you stand up and sit down with ease. This weight-bearing joint can whittle down with time or undergo damage from trauma. There are a number of different knee complaints such as the following: Arthritis – is one common cause of knee pain. Our chiropractors treat osteoarthritis with the intention to relieve pain and help the body manage it going forward.
Knee Cartilage Tears – can be a cause related to injury in your knee and may require surgery. A chiropractic will be able to assess your pain and determine the best course of action.
Knee Ligament Strains – are also common in injuries. Your ligaments connect your thigh bones and your lower leg and can sprain or tear due to great force.
Patello-femoral pain syndrome – a functional issue arising from the overuse of the lateral muscles of the leg over the medial, inner muscles. This causes an imbalance around the knee and causes irritation around the kneecap. This is one of the more common issues we see and often get good results through chiropractic care and sports therapy. Tendon issues – another common condition especially in active individuals, the tendon can become strained and inflamed over time. Treatment involves treating the muscle of the tendon of issue, using chiropractic care, sports therapy, and functional rehabilitation. Injuries can happen to anyone. Whether it is
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Knee Pain Relief & Treatments
Don’t let your knee pain get worse. Seek treatment to reduce pain and strengthen your body. When you visit your chiropractor for your consultation or appointment, they will recommend a series of treatments to aid in the natural healing and relief of knee pain. Along with chiropractic adjustments and soft tissue work, your chiropractor might suggest some of the actions below.
Exercises
Knee taping
Sports Massage therapy
Myofascial release techniques
Dry needling
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Our chiropractors are experts in care for several different complaints, including low back pain, neck pain and headaches! Give us a call on 01202 604707 or email admin@wimbornewellnesscentre.co.uk to book an appointment with us.
Kindhearted residents and staff from a Dorset care home brewed up teas, baked cakes and hosted a community gettogether at a nearby church to give volunteers a day off.
St Mary’s in West Moors holds a monthly quiz afternoon for locals which is only made possible through the efforts of a team of volunteers from the village.
Among the regular attenders are residents from Colten Care’s Brook View care home who tend to come along on a minibus trip.
Sarah Moule, Brook View’s companionship team leader, said: “We thought it would be a lovely idea to take over for an afternoon so the volunteers could have a well-earned break and, if they wanted, join in the quiz as participants.”
The offer was enthusiastically taken up by the volunteers who decided to form their own team while Sarah and colleagues devised a set of questions based on picture cards and general knowledge.
Details of the afternoon were highlighted in advance in a Sunday Service at St Mary’s which Sarah said ended up boosting the attendance.
She added: “We initially catered for 30 but there were definitely more people there than usual.
“There was lots of laughter and banter going on between teams.”
The volunteers’ table, named ‘Mary’s Little Helpers’, triumphed in the quiz, just beating the Brook View residents’ team, The Brookies, by half a point.
Cakes baked by Brook View chef Jack Wood were served by home manager Kerry Maison and customer advisor Charlotte Dean, both of whom stayed to do the washing up afterwards.
Brook View resident Pamela Clark said she always looks forward to the monthly quiz. Praising the volunteers, she said: “It’s always very warm and welcoming and we are made to feel special.”
Betty, a resident at Care South’s Wickmeads care home in Southbourne, has celebrated her milestone 105th birthday.
Betty joined the home in 2022 and was born in Birmingham in 1918. A few years later, Betty and her parents, Maud and Ivor moved to Aldershot.
As she grew up, Betty met the love of her life, Rocky Knight. Betty served as a member of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS).
Rocky and Betty married in December 1945.
Betty and Rocky had a busy married life, moving to Bournemouth in 1957, where they lived a 10-minute walk from Fisherman’s Walk beach in Southbourne. Betty, a talented seamstress, took a job at Mostyn’s in Boscombe making curtains.
Betty now lives in Wickmeads care home in Southbourne, and has three grandsons, one granddaughter and is the great-grandmother of six.
She celebrated her milestone 105th birthday at the home, starting the day with a special pamper session and spent the afternoon opening cards and presents surrounded by family, friends and fellow residents. To mark the special occasion, friend and performer Mike Sideaway helped Betty celebrate
‘There are always highs and sometimes some really tough lows, but each one brings new rewards and new challenges.’
“There are always highs and sometimes some really tough lows, but each one brings new rewards and new challenges”
The hustle and bustle of a busy household can provide so much joy and fulfilment, seeing others achieve or just sharing experiences over a heartwarming breakfast.
The hustle and bustle of a busy household can provide so much joy and fulfilment, seeing others achieve or just sharing experiences over a heart-warming breakfast. Yet, that does not mean there are no challenges involved, with any household regardless of size and make up has its own unique challenges – and that is the same for fostering households.
Yet, that does not mean there are no challenges involved, with any household regardless of size and make-up having its own unique challenges – and that is the same for fostering households. When children come into your life, whether that be short term or long term, you know as a carer that at some point it is more than likely this child may move on to a more permanent home.
low, because they are leaving you’.
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Over the last years, more special guardianships have been approved, allowing carers to look after youngsters on a more permanent basis - this is a great outcome of which Footprints are proud.
That is why Footprints pay close attention to this transition, giving the support required for all individuals. Over the last years, more special guardianships have been approved, allowing carers to look after youngsters on a more permanent basis, this is a great outcome that Footprints are proud of.
If you are up for a new challenge fostering could be your next step, but remember it does not always go swimmingly; but it promises rewards!
It can be emotional to see a youngster move on but our carers highlight that it is nice to see when they become settled and happy in a new home.
When children come into your life, whether that be short term or long term you know as a carer that, at some point, it is more than likely this child may move on to a more permanent home. It can be emotional to see a youngster move on but our carers highlight that it is nice to see when they become settled and happy in a new home. One carer notes such moment is “a high and a low together! … A high as we know we have made a difference in their lives, but a low, because they are leaving you”
This is not only a difficult time for the carer, the child must also get used to a new home, and new guardians.
One carer notes such a moment is ‘a high and a low together... a high as we know we have made a difference in their lives, but a
If you are up for a new challenge fostering could be your next step, but remember it does not always go swimmingly, but it promises rewards! That is why Footprints are the best choice for anyone that would feel content in a small supportive environment.
That is why Footprints are the best choice for anyone that would feel content in a small supportive environment.
In the next article from the series, we will be exploring what inspires our wonderful foster carers!
In the next article from the series, we will be exploring what inspires our wonderful foster carers!
August jobs
Cripes it’s almost August already!
Though our weather hasn’t been the best, it’s been good for the garden and for the depleted groundwater reserves – Devon still has a hosepipe ban from last summer, it really was that dry.
Watering!
Even though we’ve had a lot of rain, some things don’t get watered very well and are still thirsty – pots and baskets in particular.
I also give the plants some much welcome feed, either granular or liquid. Seaweed based feed is a great idea, or a general purpose fertiliser will do just fine.
Given the rain we’ve had, it’s also a good idea to feed your lawn at the moment too.
I never feed a lawn when its drought stressed as there’s no point, the grass can’t absorb it and the fertiliser is wasted. Succession sow vegetables, and
harvest those you’ve grown Spring onions, lettuce, herbs, even peas I am succession
sowing for a longer harvest window.
And the fruits of grow your
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own are really starting to pay off now, with sweet corn, peas, courgettegate, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, raspberries, strawberries and more all producing well. And potatoes will be ready to lift too this month.
Prune wisteria
Wisteria pruning needs to be done in August and again in spring to keep it under control and flowering ferociously. In August, you want to be cutting back the ‘whippy’ green shoots of this year’s growth to 5/6 leaves.
If it is a younger plant or you
want it to get larger leave and train in some of the new shoots to form the framework for later on, and then cut back any extras as before.
Prune summer raspberries and other berries, and rambling roses
Prune out the old flowering and fruiting stems of raspberries, tayberries, loganberries etc, and rambling roses too. Then tie in the new canes ready for next year.
You don’t have to keep all the canes if there is no room or there is an over abundance of fruit!
With our loganberry, I restrict it to six canes which provides ample fruit (and better fruit as it is able to channel the energy into those canes alone.
Cut back strawberries and lift and pot runners to replace the oldest plants
Early August is the perfect time to sort out strawberries, and cutting off the leaves will encourage a fresh flourish of new leaves and runners, which helps the plant to stay healthy, young and productive. Strawberries are best only kept on a three-year cycle, so pot up the runners and discard the oldest plants in place of the new when they have filled out a bit later in the year.
Keep ponds and water features topped up, and bird baths too Water is scarce at this time of year for nature, and it’s not only birds who use bird baths and water features – bees, butterflies, and all sorts of wildlife will avail themselves of a kindly drink from your supplies, and in turn reward you with better pollination and more life in the garden to enjoy. Next time you’ll read a special New Forest Show spread from me, as I take a look at the garden and outdoor equipment, plants and furniture that could bring your garden to life or make it easier!
I love shows for finding those niche items that aren’t in garden centres always and for chatting directly to the craftspeople who make/grow/sell it. And that’s it from me, have a great month, whatever you get up to!
Readers of the New Stour and Avon are being asked to help shape the future of Bournemouth town centre.
People who live in the BCP Council area are being asked to help with the ‘top priority’ revitalisation and rejuvenation proposed by the Three Towns Alliance administration.
“What would you like to see and do in Bournemouth town centre?” asked council leader, Vikki Slade.
“What would make you come into town more often and stay longer?”
She said the town centre needed significant improvement and investment. “Bournemouth is such a lovely place in a superb location and with enormous potential, but like other seaside resorts and many other places across the country, it faces big challenges which the council cannot tackle alone,” she said.
She added that the council wanted it to be a place where people wanted to come and which could attract new businesses and visitors.
“We know residents have lots of ideas so please tell us – what would you like to see in the town centre, which bits do you love the most?
“Whether you live in the town, come to work
in the town, visit for leisure or perhaps don't visit the town; your views count.
“I would like to hear all your ideas and thoughts so please get involved and let’s work together to get it right for you.”
The feedback will be discussed at a Town Centre Summit in autumn which will hear from The Business Improvement Districts (BIDs), Destination Management Board (DMB), universities, businesses, landlords and tourist agencies.
Residents can share their ideas via a survey which asks what they would like to keep in the town centre, what they like about it and what they would see change.
They will also be asked to share examples from other places which they think could work in the town.
Results from previous surveys generated by BCP Council’s Local Plan Issues and Options Consultation and its Reimaging High Streets Consultation, plus results from its partners and BCP Future Lab, will also feature at the summit.
Residents can access the survey here, which will run until August 4: haveyoursay. bcpcouncil.gov.uk.
Gardeners currently living in the New Forest District Council area can save £25 on the annual garden waste scheme – if they sign up this autumn.
From April 2024, the existing scheme will move from black sacks to wheeled bins, which will be delivered to participating households from January to March 2024.
The council says that those who sign up early will receive a £25 discount but those on the existing scheme will still need to sign up for the new one and a letter will be sent in September explaining this. To hear when the discount goes live, and receive more details of the new scheme, email: newforest.gov.uk/ gardenwaste#h24
Televisions The Voice finalist Sally Barker will be performing at Alderholt Village Hall on Saturday, November 11.
Sally, who has supported Bob Dylan and Robert Palmer in the past, will be performing Joni, Sandy and Me, from 7.30pm.
Bookings and more information is available by visiting: ticketsource.co.uk/ avhevents.
What’s in the box? The one on the top shelf? Why is it there? Why must you not to look in it? Could it really be that bad?...
The Last Baguette drama company specialises in staging entertainingly-eccentric and accessible performances for family audiences and this summer’s no exception as they bring their latest piece of quirkiness, Pandora’s Box, to Dorset.
Penned by Sunday Times award-winning playwright, Tiff Woodsmith, it’s a hurtle through Greek mythology with ludicrous gods, comical heroines and dippy deities.
The Last Baguette was formed in Paris by graduates of the Philippe Gaulier and Jacques Lecoq schools who share a love of theatre, bakery, and humour. Producer Sydney Robb said of the
‘riotous and ridiculous’ outdoor show: “We are really excited to be touring a fun family retelling of this Greek myth and bringing it to life for new audiences.
“We make visual theatre, and believe in the power of fast-paced physical comedy and silliness to talk about important issues.”
There will be whirlwind costume changes, a pantheon of Gods and an illicit peek as the lid lifts on the classic myth and retelling of the story of Pandora.
Take a chair or blanket!
Winterborne Stickland Sports Club, Wednesday, August 16, 6pm (gates/bar open at 5pm for a BBQ).
Children’s theatre workshop from 4pm-5pm, playing games, developing teamwork and building confidence.
Early booking is advised.
Tickets from 01258 880920 or artsreach.co.uk.
Experience the return of legendary hero, Indiana Jones, in the fifth instalment of this beloved swashbuckling series.
MY EXTINCTION (15)
Sat 29 Jul: 17:30 | Mon 31 Jul: 20:30 | Wed 2 Aug: 17:00
In this funny, relatable portrait, a concerned yet ineffectual dad finds the first step is letting those unbearable feelings of climate anxiety in, instead of pushing them aside.
ADELE: THE JOURNEY SO FAR (LIVE)
Sun 30 Jul: 19:30
Handpicked by Adele herself, Stacey Lee captures the voice and soul of the iconic singer like nobody else.
BOOK CLUB: THE NEXT CHAPTER (12A)
Mon 31 Jul: 10:30 (SILVER SCREEN)
Follows the new journey of four best friends as they take their book club to Italy for the fun girls trip they never had.
BACKSTAGE TOUR
Tue 1 Aug: 10:00
Visit the projection room, cinema museum, and backstage areas that are normally off limits to the general public.
HELLO, BOOKSTORE (PG)
Tue 1 Aug: 17:30 | Wed 2 Aug: 20:00
This intimate portrait of a local bookstore and the family at its heart offers a journey through good times, hard times and the stories hidden on the shelves.
DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS? (LIVE)
Thu 3 Aug: 19:30
This is a brand-new concept: a haunting night at the theatre; an original play unlike anything you have seen, or experienced, before; a new way of ghost storytelling!
ELEMENTAL (PG)
Fri 4 Aug: 12:45 | Mon 7 Aug: 14:00 | Tue 8 Aug: 11:30 | Wed 9 Aug: 14:00 | Thu 10 Aug: 11:30 | Fri 11 Aug: 17:15 | Mon 14 Aug: 13:30 | Tue 15 Aug: 13:30 (S) | Thu 17 Aug: 13:00
An original new feature film from Pixar Studios set in Element City, where fire, water, land and air residents live together.
The Bodyguard
Bournemouth Pavilion August
7-12.
The international, awardwinning, smash-hit musical The Bodyguard is back!
Starring Zoe Birkett (ITV's Pop Idol, Moulin Rouge, The Great British Bake Off Musical) as Rachel Marron and Ayden Callaghan (Emmerdale, Hollyoaks) as Frank Farmer. Former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard, Frank
Farmer, is hired to protect superstar Rachel Marron from an unknown stalker.
Each expects to be in charge –what they don't expect is to fall in love.
Featuring hits including I Will Always Love You, I Have Nothing, I’m Every Woman, Run To You and Queen Of The Night .
It’s ‘..the hottest ticket in town!’ Bournemouthpavilion.co.uk for tickets and further details
Forthcoming entertainment:
Sunday 30th September, 4pm start
Saturday 5th August, 4pm start
Saturday 12th August, 3pm start
Saturday 19th August, 3pm start
Saturday 26th August, start at 3pm
Sunday 27th August, 4pm start
Sunday 3rd September, 4pm start
Tel: 01202 885541
See our What’s On page at www.wimbornebl.com
What does ‘everyday’ mean to you?
Things you do every day: wash, eat, walk the dog?
Things you see every day: your kitchen, your workplace, your family?
Or things that are just, well, ordinary: a tree, a bicycle, a face?
To artists down the centuries, the commonplace, the mundane and the ordinary have proved rich sources of inspiration.
Cezanne’s apples, Warhol’s soup cans, Lowry’s factory chimneys - in the eye of the artist, the everyday acquires deeper meaning and takes on limitless possibilities.
‘everyday’ is the title of a fascinating new exhibition at Shaftesbury Arts Centre, on now until Saturday, August 8, set and curated by Sharon Beeden, visiting lecturer at Arts University Bournemouth (AUB).
Sharon says: “Universally human, everyday as a theme acts as a catalyst and has been interpreted by members of Southern Contemporaries in this lively exhibition, exploring everyday observations, reflections and insights, both
large and small.”
Sometimes seeking to represent reality, sometimes seeking to mystify by way of imagination, everyday highlights the overlooked, the ordinary and the commonplace, with humour, tenderness and remarkable power.
everyday features works in a variety of media by Southern Contemporaries, the exhibiting wing of the Bournemouth Arts Club, a 102-year old organisation with a rich history of upholding high standards through rigorous selection and constant development.
With an exclusive membership representing a wide area of Dorset and Hampshire, the Club continues, through Southern Contemporaries, to challenge perceptions of what a regional arts organisation could and should be.
everyday is open from 10am4pm and until 2pm on the last day, entrance is free, and all works are available for sale. The venue is Shaftesbury Arts Centre, 13 Bell Street, Shaftesbury, SP7 8AR. Admission is free.
shaftesburyartscentre.org.uk. bournemouthartsclub.co.uk.
If you haven’t had a chance to visit the award-winning Museum of East Dorset yet, now is the time. Step into the historic house opposite Wimborne Minster Church and discover the fascinating stories of the people who lived and worked in East Dorset over the centuries.
All ages can explore our collection with summer trails, crafts, and hands-on activities in each of our 11 engaging galleries.
Our new exhibition, ‘Tinker, Tailor, Cappuccino Maker’, showcases historical photographs from the museum’s collection alongside newly commissioned images of current-day traders. Learn about shopkeepers from the past and those that proudly continue the tradition of independent trading in the town today.
The popular Little Explorer’s events will be returning for two dates over the summer holidays. These fun and creative craft and activity mornings take place in the Garden Room on Tuesdays, August 1 and 15.
Visit museumofeastdorset.co.uk for details of upcoming workshops and events. As a small local museum, these
Travel back in time and explore the hidden secrets of the area. Discover rare Roman artefacts, a collection of Victorian Valentine cards, objects and photographic images related to local life in East Dorset, and a newly restored historic building.
events support our fundraising efforts, with profits going towards the running of the museum. PLEASE KEEP CHECKING OUR
MAD ABOUT THE BOY (12A) THE NOEL COWARD STORY
THE BOHEMIANS THE WORLD’S MOST EXCITING QUEEN TRIBUTE
Although it is not currently a legal requirement, please consider wearing a face covering to protect yourself and others when visiting the Tivoli.
Just say ‘The Everly Brothers’ and someone’s bound to launch into a line or two from Bye, Bye, Love or All I Have To Do Is Dream.
Those and a bunch of the famous, crooning twosome’s other hits, like Walk Right Back, Till I Kissed Her and Cathy’s Clown, will be brought to the stage at the Tivoli via Everly tribute duo, The Bird Dogs - real-life brothers, Max and Oliver Hoare.
Along with a four-piece band, they will head back to the 60s and that iconic sound of close harmonies and duelling guitars. Credential-wise, the siblings have written and
performed their own stuff and have been featured on BBC’s Introducing Stage, the BBC Welsh A-List, played on Radio 2 and played live at Bestival, St. David’s Hall in Cardiff and the Royal Albert Hall.
And you may well recognise Oliver from elsewhere - he played Dave Davies in the West End Kinks musical, Sunny Afternoon and Max in the BBC’s All Together Now, where he appeared as a judge alongside the likes of Geri Halliwell and Rob Beckett.
Friday, July 28, 7.30pm.
Tickets: online £20.35; box Office Ticket £18.50 tivoliwimborne.co.uk.
Romeo and Juliet as Shakespeare first saw it –outdoors and with an all-male cast – is being performed at Breamore House, near Fordingbridge south of Salisbury, on Saturday, August 26.
The Lord Chamberlain’s Men will be staging Shakespeare’s greatest love story, which tells the tragic tale of the star-crossed lovers who are members of two warring families, and contains some of the playwright’s most memorable lines.
The performance will be in Elizabethan costume and will have music and dance from the Tudor era.
Chairs and picnics will be allowed at the event, whose gates open at 6pm.
More details, including how to book from: ticketsource. co.uk/whats-on/fordingbridge/ breamore-house, telephone 0208 852 5761 or email boxoffice@ tlcm.co.uk.
Cream Teas by the river every Sunday in August 2pm-4.30pm Damerham Village Hall SP6 3HN In aid of St George’s Church
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Tiffany Fleming is a volunteer at High Mead Farm in Longham, Ferndown.
High Mead Farm is a working farm run to promote the benefits of engaging with animals, soil, and nature. They ‘create purposeful roles for our co-farmers, young people and adults alike, to help bring about a sense of well-being and self-worth that many have never experienced before’.
We held our High Mead Farm Open Day recently and, not for the first time, it was blessed with good weather. Considering the preceding few days of torrential rain and high winds, this was nothing short of a miracle. The Farm was opened up to the public, and the event coincided with the launch of a community DIY Library - a free-to-borrow tools collection for Wimborne, Ferndown and Colehill residents.
The library is packed with the sort of tools that many of us use only occasionally, saving the local community untold unnecessary expenditure. There is a tool for practically any job, from large DIY projects to general gardening... right down to basic shovels and spades. There is even a generator for those who need power! The launch of the library gave me cause to consider our own very fine collection and was a further reminder of just how lucky we are to enjoy such extensive on-
site facilities.
The Farm’s workshop and wood bay are probably the two areas of the farm I know least about. I know very little about working with wood, despite securing myself a decent grade in O-level woodwork at school (it was the first year females could choose to participate in what had previously been considered subjects for boys and I couldn’t resist the opportunity to forego the traditional needlework and home economics (although, both would have been far more practical as it turns out!)
So I can understand the pleasure in the repetitive work of splitting the kindling, or the satisfaction of removing nails before the wood can be reused, but I hadn’t given it much thought beyond that until I accidentally stumbled across an episode from a recent Radio 4 series An Almanac For Anxiety: In Search of a Calmer Mind. I was half-listening to the radio when a very familiar
sound caught my attention. The sound of a hammer on wood instantly transported me to the farm. The presenter described the air being thick with banging, sawing, sanding, chatting and laughter – sounds so familiar that it was both comforting to hear and yet so out of context it shocked me a little to realise suddenly how much they meant to me. The programme discussed the stress-relieving powers of wood and highlighted elements of working with wood I have never before considered, the smell and texture for
instance. The participants described the warmth and relative softness of the material and how it differs from the rigidity of metal and plastic. Indeed, research has proven that touching wood creates a physiological change in the body, calming the prefrontal cortex, resulting in contentment. It all adds up to a magical experience, reinforcing how lucky we are to have such a facility.
From now on, I’ll view the activities in the wood bay in a whole new light...
by Faith Eckersall
Farmers – and gardeners – in Dorset are being urged to look out for Colorado beetles, an invasive species with the power to decimate entire potato crops.
The yellow and black pests have been spotted at an undisclosed location in the neighbouring county of Hampshire, following an unrelated outbreak of the insect in Kent.
The sighting was confirmed following a report from a member of the public.
The Animal and Plant Health Agency removed the beetle and will be conducting surveys in gardens, potato crops and land around the finding to ensure there are no other Colorado beetles present.
If not eradicated, Colorado beetles are a significant threat to potato crops.
The adult beetles and larvae feed on the foliage of potato and other plants in the nightshade family and can completely strip them of their leaves if they are left uncontrolled.
However, they are not a threat to human or animal health, said the APHA. The beetle is bright yellow or orange with black stripes and is usually between 8.511.5mm in length and 3mm in width.
Its larvae are a reddish brown in colour, round and globular, and up to 15mm in length.
If you spot a Colorado beetle call 0300 1000 313 or email planthealth.info@apha.gov.uk.
Established in 2013 Coastal Motorhomes, are a local family run business providing parts for Motorhomes and Commercial vehicles for over 10 years and are now moving into an adjoining unit at their Ringwood store to accommodate the increasing demand for parts. Owner Nick Moorhouse says “We are constantly trying to source new products for customers, so much so that we have had to extend into the next door unit to store them all.
If you do not see the part you need on our website please call us as we may be able to help”.
Coastal Motorhomes have designed a brand new Website and customers can get a discount when using it on their next order. “We offer free standard delivery with tracking on most of our parts from oil caps to full pallets (Highlands and UK islands will incur a small extra charge) and if you leave a mobile contact number when ordering our couriers will send you a text letting you know what time your parcel will arrive.”
Coastal Motorhomes are also able to supply genuine Fiat and Alfa Romeo parts at discounted rates than going to a main dealer.
Nick also added “At Coastal Motorhomes we prefer to get it right first time and want you to get your vehicle back on the road as soon as possible so if you are unsure whether the part is suitable please give us a call and one of our team will be able to assist in finding the right part for you”.
Fiat Ducato, Peugeot J5, Talbot Express And Citroen C25 From 1981-1994.
Mercedes T1 207, 307, 407, 208, 308, 408, 209, 309, 409, 210, 310, 410 1977-1995
Renault Traffic 1981-2000
Mercedes Sprinter 1996-Present
Peugeot Boxer 1994-Present
Fiat Ducato 1981-Present
Citroen Relay/jumper 1994-Present
VW Lt28, Lt31, Lt35
This is just a selection of the vehicles that we can supply parts for Volkswagen Crafter 1996-Present
VW T2 Bay Window 1967-1979
VW T25 1979-1990
To find a part for your vehicle just visit the website below or give us a call.
Hay fever can be the curse of summer - and beyond - for sufferers and, in case it didn’t have a bad enough reputation, its symptoms can also adversely affect your driving.
Sneezing has been known to distract some drivers enough to cause a an error, or even a collision.
However, hay fever can add further complications, think watery eyes, streaming nose and drowsiness, which might explain why at least one in four drivers have had an accident due to related symptoms. This raises several questions:
Can I drive with hay fever?
Well, if you couldn’t, a huge proportion of the population would be grounded, so it’s down to self-governance and whether it negatively affects your driving.
Just under a quarter of sufferers asked in a survey last month said that hay fever did negatively affect their driving ability and a third of those who had experienced an accident or near-miss, cited coughing or sneezing as reasons for losing control.
Can I drive if I’ve taken hay fever medication?
Yes, you can. However, only with certain types.
A notable side-effect of some medications is drowsiness which can – and does - cause delayed reactions and coordination.
The NHS advice is that you should not drive (or use machinery) when using a ‘drowsiness’ option.
Most off-the-shelf or over-the-counter varieties from pharmacies are safe, however, do check the label for diphenhydramine and chlorphenamine... both are common ingredients that cause drowsiness and are used in some leading brands. If you’re unsure, ask the pharmacist.
What happens if I have a car accident due to hay fever?
According to the same poll, if your reaction to your hay fever medication caused you to crash, you could be convicted for drug driving, receive a fine, or points on your licence, or worse.
Relief milker required for alternate weekends for 180 autumn calving Holsteins from the beginning of September.
Buckland Newton area.
Contact Nick 07980 293417
Clean Room Production Operatives
Local Medical Company based between Gillingham and Shaftesbury.
Production Sta – 5pm – 10pm £12 per hour
Students under 18 £8 per hour
BOOKKEEPER required for rapidly growing construction company
Working hours will be Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9 – 5 Knowledge of Xero (Or Quickbooks) essential. IAB/AAT level 2 essential. Level 3 preferable. Willingness to grow. Excellent rate of pay.
Please
Cleaner/Domestic
Could this be your ideal part-time job?
Dorset Community Transport is a charity providing minibus
Do you enjoy driving? services throughout Dorset.
Part-time, split-shift term-time
Comprehensive training provided. No previous experience required. in your area. shifts available for school routes vacancies, as well as casual/relief
Candidates should have D1 on licence
(check reverse of photocard) or PSV entitlement.
Visit ectcharity.bamboohr.com/jobs/
for more details and to apply
For queries call 01258 287 986
Make a difference to people living in your community.
Required for September
We seek a cheerful, energetic and hardworking individual to be part of the School’s cleaning team. Meals provided during working hours.
For further details, please contact:
Rupert Burnell-Nugent, Sandroyd, Rushmore, Tollard Royal, Nr Salisbury, SP5 5QD
Tel: 01725 516329
bursar@sandroyd.com
www.sandroyd.org
committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of This post involves contact with children and is classed as “regulated activity” by the UK government. As such, a number of employment checks (including an enhanced DBS check) will be undertaken to ensure that the successful candidate is suitable for work with children. Additionally, suitability for work with children will be assessed by taking up appropriate references and at interview. Finally, candidates should be aware that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020
Cleaner required for 5-6 hours per week in a private house in the Wimborne/Furzehill area. Contact - 01202 884413
O7850 819056 haycockc@gmail.com
HELP REQUIRED
over Summer. No experience necessary. Salisbury area. Hours/ rate negotiable. Own transport required. Call 07456 890899
Part-Time Driver and odd painting and decorating jobs required in Stalbridge area. Must be willing to do early mornings, and late night drives, as well as very occasional weekend jobs.
Driver/Labourer
Required. Full time. Stalbridge Based. Contact Peter: 07971 007551 or 01963 362785
Full time Service Technician
Servicing Folding Dining Tables in schools
Full training given Clean driving licence Good rates of pay. Immediate start for right person
Contact peter@ innovatethegroup.co.uk
A.P.Stephens & son Ltd
Require Multi-Skilled Labourer
Full time Blandford Call Luke 07818297152
ALDERHOLT
Wolvercroft Garden Centre
Co-op Southern
ASHLEY WOOD
Caravan Park
Golf Course
BROADSTONE
Candy Chocs
M & S Food Hall
Tesco Express
Café Gardenia
Broadstone Library
BROOM HILL
Stuarts Garden Centre
BLANDFORD
Damory Garage Post Office
Lidl
Bartletts Country Store Gorge Café
FORDINGBRIDGE
Londis Petrol Station
FURZEHILL
Village Stores
GUSSAGE ALL
SAINTS
Phone Box
GUSSAGE
ST MICHAEL
Edward ARG Works
HAMWORTHY Library
HINTON MARTEL
Phone Box
HORTON Horton Inn
HURN
Adventure Wonderland
THREE LEGGED CROSS
Woolsbridge Farm
Feeds
Hillier Garden Centre
Londis
UPTON
Lytchett & Upton Council Library
Aldi
VERWOOD
Verwood Heritage Centre
Verwood Library
Andrews Butchers
Co-op Southern
Tesco Express
The Hub
Lidl
WEST MOORS
Full clean driving licence required, Good Rates of pay. For more details please contact William Hughes Ltd on 01963 363377 or email: hr@ wmhughes.co.uk.
Classic Car Specialist in Mere area looking to recruit a new member to the team. Good general understanding of automobiles and an automotive passion is required, with the ability to embrace learning new skills. Please contact Adam Gallaway on 01747 860715 Cleaner wanted. 3 hours weekly, morning or afternoon. Donhead. Tel: 07801 707274
Sales Support/Customer
Satisfaction staff required in Wincanton. To take orders, sell products and deal with enquiries. We are looking for someone to build relationships with our customers, increase sales, and support our friendly Sales Team. An interest and knowledge of food would be beneficial. 25-30 hours per week. Email: careers@finefoodco. co.uk
Full-time gardener. Private estate, Gillingham. Email adamcwillcox@gmail. com to apply.
Part-time ART GALLERY ASSISTANT. Swan Gallery, Sherborne. Experience unnecessary. Enthusiasm & communication skills essential. 01935 814465. 07785 757034.
Dairy farm between Wincanton and Bruton looking for full-time position. Afternoon milkings and general farm work. Contact: 07812 009364
Part Time Housekeeper in Lovely estate near Gillingham 12 h week,3 mornings including Monday ,experienced and references £15/hour 07824 862356
YMCA
M & S
Tourist Information
CANFORD MAGNA
Canford Magna Garden
Centre
Hamworthy Club
CHARLTON
MARSHALL Parish Rooms
CHRISTCHURCH
Regents Centre Library
Nisa Local
M & S
East Dorset Bowls Club
Lidl
COLEHILL One Stop
Colehill Library
St Michaels Church Hall
Chemist Pharmacy
CORFE MULLEN
Holme Bush Inn
Naked Cross Nurseries
Co-op Candy’s Farm Shop Library
CRANBORNE
Cranborne Stores
CRITCHEL Bus Shelter
DAMERHAM
Crossways Farm
EDMONDSHAM
Bus Shelter
FERNDOWN
McCalls Spar
Ferndown Post Office
Iceland
Sam’s Newsagent
Hearnes Estate Agent
M & S Food Hall
High Mead Farm
Ferndown Library
Barrington Centre
LYTCHETT MATRAVERS Library
Plants Direct
Tesco
MERLEY Shop
PAMPHILL Farm Shop
RINGWOOD
Greyfriars Community Centre
Lunns of Ringwood
Crow Farm Shop
Texaco Petrol Station
In Excess Garden Centre
Ringwood Information Centre
McCalls/Morrisons
SANDLEHEATH
Sandleheath Village Stores
SHAPWICK
Shirley
SPETISBURY
Village Hall Box
Clampets Farm
STANBRIDGE
Aunt Fannys Farm Shop
Artisan Shop
STAPEHILL
Spar
Wimborne Garden Centre
STURMINSTER
MARSHALL
Nisa Local
Vines Close Farm Shop
TARRANT
KEYNESTON Bus Shelter
TARRANT
LAUNCESTON
The Shed
TARRANT RAWSTON
Cart Shed
TUCKTON
Nisa
Tesco Express
Spar/ Post Office
Library
WEST PARLEY
Basket and Blooms
In Excess
Herbies Fish and Chips
WIMBORNE
McColls
Allendale House
T & S News
Long Johns Fish and Chips
Co-op Petrol Station
Southern
Keating Butchers
W. H. Smith
Allendale Centre
Hearnes
Green Man
Wimborne Minster
Porch
Coach & Horses
V & A Store
Tourist Information/ Museum
Fair Ground Fair Trade Shop
Gullivers Book Shop
Spar
Fluffetts Farm
Dacombes
WOW Fitness
David’s of Wimborne
Wimborne Library
Wimborne Community
Centre
Cricketers Arms
WIMBORNE ST GILES
Post Office
WINTERBORNE
ZELSTON
Red Post Filling Station
WITCHAMPTON Club/Shop
WOODLANDS
The Egg Shed
We are looking for a driver to join our team to collect pupils and drop them off. Part time. Term time only. Meals provided during working hours.
For further details, please contact:
Rupert Burnell-Nugent, Sandroyd, Rushmore, Tollard Royal, Nr Salisbury, SP5 5QD
Tel: 01725 516329
bursar@sandroyd.com
www.sandroyd.org
Closing date Monday 14th August
Sandroyd is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This post involves contact with children and is classed as “regulated activity” by the UK government. As such, a number of mandated pre-employment checks (including an enhanced DBS check) will be undertaken to ensure that the successful candidate is suitable for work with children. Additionally, suitability for work with children will be assessed by taking up appropriate references and at interview. Finally, candidates should be aware that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
Looking for an administrator to support a small team on a part-time basis, this role may lead to hybrid depending on level of experience. Call 07908 787105.
CLEANER WANTED.
3 hours weekly - late morning or afternoon. Day by arrangement.
Telephone 01747 840200
Admin one day per week in farm office near Blandford, experience with Xero software an advantage
Call Jill 07976 959689
Camelot Builders Ltd are recruiting. We have the following positions available: Carpenter, Bricklayer/Stonemason, Roofer, Labourer. These are full time positions with good rates of pay for the right candidate, who must be experienced, reliable and physically fit to join our team. You will be working on various contracts ranging from new builds, renovations and extensions throughout Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire. You must have the ability to work on your own as well as part of a team and have a clean driving licence. Please email: info@camelotbuilders.co.uk or ring Eddie on 07740 675927.
Port Regis is a delightful preparatory school, for day and boarding children aged 2-13, in Shaftesbury, Dorset. We are seeking to recruit to the following roles:
FOOD SERVICES ASSISTANTS
GYMNASTICS COACH
HEAD OF GYMNASTICS
KITCHEN PORTERS
PURCHASE LEDGER CLERK
The successful candidates can expect competitive rates of pay and benefits; and to join an exceptional working environment and staff team.
For full details of the roles and application procedure, please visit our website - portregis.com/vacancies
Early applications encouraged
Port Regis (Charity No: 306218) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS and safer recruitment vetting checks.
The Six Churches of Cam Vale seek an experienced ADMINISTRATOR
Self-employed, part-time position - 9 hours/week Office in Queen Camel Previous ecclesiastical experience preferred For further information please apply to: admincamvale@ gmail.com
for day and boarding children aged 2-13, in Shaftesbury, Dorset.
We are seeking to recruit to the following roles:
FOOD SERVICES ASSISTANTS
KITCHEN PORTERS
SPORTS CENTRE ADMINISTRATOR
The successful candidates can expect competitive rates of pay and benefits; and to join an exceptional working environment and staff team.
For full details of the roles and application procedure, please visit our website - portregis.com/vacancies
Early applications encouraged
Port Regis (Charity No: 306218) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS and safer recruitment vetting checks.
For most young working mums, evening is usually the time to put their feet up after a hectic day.
Not Hannah Lewis of Merley. When her two children, aged three and four are asleep, the part-time teacher goes into her garden and starts her training, lifting weights.
“It’s the only way I can do this and keep on top of everything else,” she admits.
Last month she entered the European Masters Championships in Waterford, Ireland, where she came first in her class, for women aged 35-39 and who weigh under 81kg.
“I was amazed to come top,” says Hannah. Her achievement is even more astonishing because she only took up Olympic Weightlifting in September last year.
A friend, Dan Eccleston of South Coast Weightlifting in Poole, noticed her aptitude and offered to coach her, and she entered her first competition in December 2022.
“I was doing CrossFit but since then, I started training with weights, mostly in the evenings in the garden, when the
kids are asleep,” she says. Sporting success isn’t anything new for Hannah, however, as she is a former Great Britain trampolinist – she became the Junior European champion – before breaking her
vertebrae in three places.
“I spent years rehabbing my back, getting stronger and fitter and now I have the chance to go to the World Masters in Poland in August,” she says.
In between her training, and working part-time as a teacher at Talbot Primary in Wallisdown, Hannah has now added fundraising to her list of things to do.
“I’ve been sponsored by the amazing Hive & Partners Estate Agents in Bournemouth, but I’m looking for some more sponsorship so I can get to the World Masters in August,” she says.
“I’m nearly halfway to my £800 target but I need to raise more, so I’ve started a GoFundMe.”
Going professional is not an option for her, but she says: “I’d like to keep competing and earn a World title, and hope, too, that in doing this I can inspire more mums and women to get into this sport.”
To support Hannah visit gofundme.com/f/ to-compete-at-the-masters-European-andworlds.
ATHLETICS by Peter Impett
Matches on successive weekends stretched the resources of Wimborne’s junior athletics squad particularly as match two was on the Isle of Wight.
The team were second in both matches and it brought a fitting end to the Wessex Young Athletes League season for the club. At the Poole track in match 1 Ava Elliott Smith cruised to a 13.2 for the 100 and 27.4 in the 200 metres under 13s.
Kayla Robbins won the B string 200 in 28.8 and the long jump in a personal best 4m34. Aspen Stobart won the discus with 23m17 with Bethany Cassidy winning the B string with 17m55.
Bethany then took the B string javelin with 26.76 partnering A string winner Mila Desborough on 27m55. Iris Jones won the under 15 200 metres in 27.90 and the 300 in 45.6.
Olivia Jones (no relation) won the discus with 19m02 and the Javelin with 21m57. Isla O’Connor’s 1500 metres win was the only under 17 podium place.
For the boys, Euan Eadie ran a controlled win in the under 13 1500 with a time of 4.55.6 and Elliott Trickey was second in the long jump 4m46. Sam Johns won the under 15s 300 with 39.5 and Felix Summers won a three way split on countback with a 1m60 high jump.
Alex Warren won the shot with 10m37 and the discus with 25m85. At under 17 Will Langridge won with a 5m68 and Harry Jones won the javelin with 42m08.
Result 1) Poole Runners 440 2) Wimborne
430 3) Poole AC 317 4) Radley 271 5) Isle of Wight 192 6) Salisbury 148.
The Under 11 Quadkids team won their event. George Morton won the boys event with Ren Turner in fourth place. For the girls Lani Moore had the best long jump 3m32 and took fourth place behind Maddie Buchan in third. Result 1) Wimborne 1534 2) Isle of Wight 1520 3) Poole Runners 1269 4) Poole AC 1246 5) Salisbury 1181 6) Dorchester 1019 7) Radley 879.
Getting a team to the Isle of Wight always poses a problem but the club’s volunteer helpers did a magnificent job. Their efforts
were rewarded by a double win in the under 13 girls javelin where Mila Desborough 31m92 and Bethany Cassidy 27m46 both increased their personal best performances by over a metre propelling Mila to the top of the UK rankings and putting Bethany only three places behind in fourth. Bethany again backed up Aspen Stobart in winning the discus 17m20 and 19m24. For a thrower, Aspen showed a remarkable turn of speed to win the 100 metres in 13.9. Kayla Robbins won the high jump 1m30 and Nancy Smith the 1500 in 5.44.3. In the under 15s Iris Jones was second in the 200 metres in a time of 27.80 and Esther Brooks was second with a 4m33 long jump.
The under 17 boys scored well. Tom Williams won the 800 with 2.07.8 and the 1500 in 4.25.1. Twin Jack jumped a new personal best 1m80 to win the high jump. Harry Jones won shot 11m39, discus 31m87 and javelin 44.51 with a personal best in each. Sam Johns won the under 15 300 in 39.3 and was second in a 24.9 200 metres. At under 13 level Elliott Trickey was second in the 100 13.1 and the long jump 4m44 with Harley Stanley backing up with a win in the B string 100 of 13.5.
Result 1) New Forest 535.5 2) Wimborne 343.5 3) Isle of Wight 304 4) Poole Runners 236 5) Winchester 63
The Quad kids was a much more subdued affair on the Isle of Wight. Winchester were the winners with 1719 points. 2) Isle of Wight 1600 3) Wimborne 1298 4) New Forest 1212 and 5) Poole Runners 856.
Members of a Poole-based baton twirling team have thanked supporters for raising more than £3,000 to help them compete in an international competition later this summer.
Following a mega raffle featuring 77 prizes and a public day, held in early July, the Gemini Twirl Team have raised £3,096.
Five members of the 20-strong team, who come from all over Dorset and are coached by Gemma Milne and Lorraine Dredge, have been selected to compete as part of the United Twirl England Team. They will travel to the International Baton Twirling Federation Nations
Cup at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool this August.
Louise Bottomley, of Poole who was a member of the team until 2007, said: “This is their first
time competing individually for Britain and a great honour but there are a few costs involved, so we wanted to raise as much as possible to help them.”
The money will assist with the cost of hotels, entry fees, the mini-bus and England tracksuits because, Louise explained:
“Baton twirling is not a funded sport or activity.”
However, baton twirlers are hoping they can be accepted as an Olympic sport at some point in the future, she said.
Gemini was founded 1990 and has continued going strength to strength.
“I loved doing it, you made lifelong friends and it’s such a great thing to be involved in,” said Louise.
For more info visit: geminitwirl-team.webs.com/ or on Facebook.
The squeaky floorboard that can’t be fixed, that mystery switch that doesn’t do anything all houses have their quirks, but some are actually built into the foundations. Armishaws Removals have been unearthing some of the weirdest home superstitions.
Which Witch
For centuries European housebuilders puzzled over the age-old problem; how to stop a witch coming down the chimney. Mummified cats, animals’ hearts pierced with iron nails, pots of urine... all manner of anti-witch totems were buried in the chimney or hearth to keep the pointy-hatted harridans away. A ‘witch’s crook’ was another tactic, essentially building a bend in the chimney to stop them flying down it.
Triskaidekaphobia
The fear of the number 13 is reflected throughout our homes. Many people won’t buy a house that is numbered 13. 28% of British streets don’t have a number 13 (check your street) partly because on average, properties numbered 13 sell for 2% less than 11 and 15, so profit-hungry developers simply avoid it. In New York less than 5% of highrises have a 13th floor.
Buy-Day The 13th
It’s not just the house, it’s also the date. Fewer homes are sold on the 13th day of the month.
While Fridays are normally one of the busier days of the week for completions, when Friday the 13th occurs, sales/completions drop by an average of 43%.
Sainted Medals
In catholic countries, builders would often bury a pendent of St Joseph or St Benedict in the foundations. The patron saints of carpenters, Joseph is believed to ensure a strong construction, while St Benedict medals were there to ward off evil spirits.
Buried Wealth
In other cultures coins were sometimes buried in the foundations or placed under the doorstep to encourage wealth into the home.
Stair-raising Superstition
Housebuilders in the Philippines are very careful with the number of stairs, which are counted in threes “Oro, plata, mata” meaning, gold, silver and death. The superstition states, the topmost step must not end in mata (death). It’s also unlucky for there to be 13 stairs.
Thank You
‘Topping out’ ceremonies began in Scandinavia where builders would celebrate reaching the top and finishing point of a house by hanging a bough to thank the forest
and tree dwelling spirits for allowing the use of the wood. The tradition is still observed by different trades such as masons, brickies and carpenters, even on buildings like skyscrapers.
In China, 8 is a lucky number and homes with 8 in the number (8, 18, 28, etc) tend to fetch a higher price. Buyers/sellers will often include 8 in transactions. 4, 17, 19 and 53 are all considered unlucky, not great news if you were born on the 17/04/1953.
Chinese homes often had winding garden paths and curved roofs to confuse spirits who presumably can only travel in straight lines.
In parts of Southern Asia, ‘spirit houses’ would be built close to homes to give dead spirits somewhere to live away from the main house (“Mum! Great-great-greatgreat-grandma’s walking around the garden again!”).
Back in the Philippines, spirits were thought to hide in low, dark places, so special escape routes were built into basements to allow ghosts leave.
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