Purbeck Gazette

Thomas Heppell is set to perform in Swanage Picture: Matt (Minus Tone)

Best of the blues heads for Swanage

A FESTIVAL celebrating the best of the blues is set to return to the Isle of Purbeck this year. More…

Swanage residents and Eat and Meet organisers Roy and Norma Hoppe (left and right) with Steve Churchill representing Heroes Haven

Eat and Meet helps Heroes Haven

A SWANAGE group formed to give residents the chance to meet up and enjoy some lunch and entertainment has…

Sybira hugging a Panther

Bake Off star to visit

WINNER of the 2022 Great British Bake Off contest – Syabira Yusoff – will be trading flour for firepower…

Barbara Rawlin 108, who lives in Wimborne, walking at Pamphill

108, but Barbara’s still an independent lady

By Lorraine Gibson. Barbara Rawlin is 108, making her one of the oldest people in the country. She was born in…

College building fire. Photo: DWFRS

Probe after ‘deliberate’ fire at former college building in Poole

THE roof fell in at a derelict building during a ‘deliberate’ fire in Poole yesterday afternoon (February 5). A total…

Mugshot of Caleb Ollie Johnson, left, and Michael Foster. Credit Dorset Police.

Pair jailed over £2,000 burglary using hunting knife

TWO men have been jailed for an aggravated burglary which saw £2,000 in cash stolen as well as bank…

Westminster Road. Photo: Google

Arrests after police raid at suspected Wareham cannabis factory

POLICE raided a suspected cannabis factory in Wareham – arresting five people. Dorset Police officers were at premises0 in Westminster…

Laurence Jones is set to appear at the Tivoli in Wimborne

Guitar man sure knows how to play the blues

By Lorraine Gibson. AS a musician, when you’re supporting big-hitting performers like Van Morrison, Ringo Starr and Buddy Guy, you…

Steven Clarke on CCTV. Photo: Dorset Police

WATCH: CCTV issued in search for missing Wareham man Steven Clarke

CCTV footage of missing man Steven Clarke has been issued by police as they continue the hunt for the…

Tops Poole pupils - Denmark Lane

Tops Poole nursery and pre-school celebrates ‘good’ Ofsted report

A POOLE nursery is celebrating after inspectors praised their ‘happy and confident’ children. Tops Poole, on Denmark Lane, received a…