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Ferndown teen Amelia scoops RSPCA award with picture of family cat

PRIZE TIME: Graham Hammond and Amelia Robinson

12:30pm Tuesday 15th May 2012

A FERNDOWN teenager’s snaps of a cat she hand-reared earned her the RSPCA Young Photographer ‘People’s Choice’ Award.

Cancer patient Charlotte is inspiration to other Ferndown children

Brave Charlotte Jackson helps at one of the charity plots at Pamphill Dairy Farm

12:00pm Saturday 12th May 2012

WHEN little Charlotte Jackson was diagnosed with an acute form of leukaemia just before her fourth birthday, her mother Sarah says her world fell apart.

Angela joins The Moonwalk for breast cancer charity

CHARITY: Angela Inwards will be taking part in the midnight Moonwalk at Hyde Park in aid of Breast Cancer. She is pictured with Bentley, her training partner

4:30pm Friday 11th May 2012

IT’S best foot forward for Dorset fundraiser Angela Inwards, as she prepares to take part in The MoonWalk.

West Moors Ken, 84, still working hard after 70 years

MECHANIC: Ken Haskell, 84, who has been working for 70 years, pictured at Guys Plant Hire in Three-Legged-Cross

12:00pm Thursday 10th May 2012

MOST people think by the time they’re 84 they will be putting their feet up.

Beacon to be lit on Okeford Hill for Diamond Jubilee

12:30pm Tuesday 8th May 2012

A HISTORIC beacon will be lit on Okeford Hill on the evening of Monday, June 4, to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth.

Motorists rescue lorry driver on A31 at Ferndown

Michael Welch who was rescued by passing drivers

12:20pm Wednesday 2nd May 2012

A LORRY driver has been rescued from his overturned vehicle by passing drivers who stopped to wrench his windscreen free.

Number of East Dorset District councillors to reduce

12:30pm Tuesday 1st May 2012

EAST Dorset District councillors have voted to cut their number by seven.

Enjoy tea dances with a difference at Wimborne

12:30pm Saturday 28th April 2012

TEA dancing with a difference will take place in Wimborne from May 16.

Cerebal Palsy sufferer Jemma, 7, from Charlton Marshall saddles up for hike and bike charity ride

WHEEL OF FORTUNE: Andrea Dart and her daughter Jemma are asking people to join them on a Spring Hike and Bike at Moors Valley Country Park

12:00pm Saturday 28th April 2012

A LITTLE diabetic girl with Cerebal Palsy will be setting out for charity on Sunday.


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