Day: June 7, 2013

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Karen Seymour-Fairey

Do you know where Karen is?

Dorset Police is appealing for help from the public to find a missing woman from Bournemouth. Karen Seymour-Fairey, 65, was last seen leaving her home address in Boscombe on Monday 27 May 2013, when she left the premises carrying a rucksack. Her flat and car were both left unlocked. Inspector Steve Thorpe, of Bournemouth police,…

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Lewis-Manning Hospice

Starlight Stroll

Lewis-Manning Hospice in Poole is inviting locals to join them for special  ‘21’ themed Summer Solstice Starlight Stroll. The annual fundraising event takes place on Friday 21 June at 9pm to celebrate the hospice’s 21st birthday and participants can also watch the sunset. The multi-ability 7km Starlight Stroll takes a circular route from Whitecliff Park, along Baiter and…

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Creative writing in Motion

Professor of Creative Writing and former poet laureate, Sir Andrew Motion, will visit Poole Grammar School to work with the boys on 11 June. The school’s innovative literacy programme encourages students to become regular and enthusiastic readers and creative, confident writers. Headmaster Ian Carter said, ” I believe a literate mind is the way to…

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Techno gym steps it up!

The new Lifestyle Active Gym at Verwood Hub opens tomorrow. It’s bang up to date with new technology and whilst doing your workout, you can watch TV, listen to music, surf the ‘net’, check your emails, check your heart rate and even challenge your mates, or yourself, to see how quickly you can complete the…

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Monkey Mobile handed over

The education team at Monkey World – Ape Rescue Centre, Wareham, had an excuse to go bananas this week. Their first ever Monkey Mobile, ape-tly named and sponsored by Westerly Dorchester, arrived at the park on 4 June. PHOTO: ©MonkeyWorld

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Guilty verdicts in Reece James death case

Four men have been found guilty of manslaughter in the Reece James death case. Reece, 21, was shot at his address in Bournemouth at the junction of Roumelia Lane and Sea Road in Boscombe in July last year. Kieron Kenroy Wellington, 30 and of no fixed abode, and three London men – Wayne Stephenson, 34,…

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Two Sherborne Girls alumni make Sunday Times Bestseller list

Novelists Santa Montefiore and Sophie Kinsella, both former pupils at Sherborne Girls in Dorset, topped May’s Sunday Times Bestseller list, ahead of writers including Hilary Mantel and Marian Keyes. Sophie Kinsella, who attended Sherborne Girls before going on to read PPE at Oxford, is at number four in the hardback fiction list with her new…

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