Verwood Council is reminding residents not to gather at the war memorial on Friday to commemorate VE Day.
A woman and her son have been abused and assaulted in Potterne Park after being approached by three boys on mountain bikes.
Dorset Council is resuming its garden waste kerbside collections in Verwood from Monday 27 April.
A fire in a garage at a residential property in the early hours of Good Friday has totally destroyed a car.
A woman reported missing from an address in Bridleways, Verwood, has been located in the Wimborne area.
Verwood Council is reminding parents that local playgrounds remain closed during the Coronavirus outbreak.
Officers are appealing for any witnesses to come forward following an alleged indecent exposure incident in Verwood.
Stores in Verwood and around the UK are enforcing new rules for those shoppers visiting for essential items.
A woman in her 40s has suffered from two bites to her leg by a Collie causing her to bleed, whilst running in Moors Valley.
Police are on the lookout for three young people after an arson incident at Moors Valley.
Verwood First, Hillside First, Trinity First and Emmanuel Middle School, along with all other schools across the UK, will close their doors to most pupils at 3pm on Friday 20th March to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
The Verwood Carnival, planned for Bank Holiday Monday 25th May 2020 on the Fuzzy Bit, has been cancelled.
All football games at Verwood Town FC are suspended for the foreseeable future following advice from the Football Association.
A new Facebook Group has been created to organise support in the community for anyone in need of help in Verwood and Three Legged Cross.
Verwood Town FC is advertising for a Commercial Manager to join the club.
The upcoming Verwood Town Lost Centenary Celebration evening has been postponed.
Multiple reports of ‘doorstep scammers’ operating in the Verwood area have been made in recent weeks affecting elderly and vulnerable residents.
A joint bid by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council and Dorset Council has been awarded £79 million by the Department for Transport’s Transforming Cities Fund.
The funding gives the green light for the largest sustainable travel programme of change to transport infrastructure ever seen in the area, helping to transform local transport options, connecting local people and local jobs and education.
It means that significant changes can be made to the travel network to help meet the challenges of congestion being experienced, and support both Councils’ climate and ecological change ambitions.
Councillor Vikki Slade, Leader of BCP Council, said: “I’m delighted that our bid with Dorset Council has been awarded this money for our Transforming Cities project. As part of our Climate and Ecological Emergency declaration, we set an ambitious target to be carbon neutral by 2030.
“This funding is huge and means that we can create so many opportunities for how people access different travel and leisure options. With the climate emergency upon us, it’s vital that we give people new options to rethink how they get around, now and for the future.”
Councillor Spencer Flower, Leader of Dorset Council, said: “This is a fantastic opportunity for local councils to provide our residents with real transport alternatives that will tackle the climate and ecological emergency and help people get around more easily.
“By working closely with our colleagues at BCP Council, we can make a positive impact both in the short-term by easing traffic congestion and also in the longer-term by cutting down carbon emissions from vehicles.
“Improved transport links across the county will better connect the communities we serve, which can only be a good thing for our local economy. A renewed focus on active travel via cycling and walking will have obvious health benefits through improved air quality and possibilities for exercise.
“Dorset Council is excited to be part of such an ambitious project that will benefit both the people who live here and visitors to our beautiful county. I’m looking forward to working with partners and watching these plans take shape.”
Councillor Andy Hadley, Cabinet Member for Transport and Infrastructure at BCP Council, said: “The Transforming Cities project will enable us to make key transformations in our local transport options for people who travel by car, on foot, by bicycle or people with mobility assistance needs. As well as tackling congestion hotspots that create harmful emissions that blight the health of many people, we’ll be introducing a series of new, better-connected walking and cycling routes so that people can get around much more easily.
“I’m really looking forward to seeing the individual projects taking shape – I passionately believe in a vision for a better-connected area.”
Dorset Council Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Highways, Travel and Environment, Councillor Ray Bryan, said: “Our ambitious project with BCP Council will make greener travel significantly easier for residents in east Dorset and encourage more people to leave their cars at home for short journeys to work and school.
“Drivers will often bemoan congested roads and commutes taking longer, but there is no additional capacity to squeeze out of these busy routes – there are simply too many cars on the road. These transport infrastructure improvements will give residents a real choice in travel options and an opportunity to make a new travel plan for their journeys.
“We all have a role to play in reducing emissions by making even a small change in the way we live, work and travel – I’m hopeful that Dorset residents will take up the challenge to think differently about how they travel.”
Based on the DfT requirements, three bid options were submitted for different funding amounts, each supported by partnership funding from key stakeholders including Dorset Council, Dorset Public Health as well as local bus operators Morebus and Yellow Buses and sustainable transport operators, Beryl Bikes, who will contribute funding towards the overall £98 million programme.
Working together, the transport partnership will:
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- Create a series of local transport corridors with improvements to bus, cycle and walking routes, to connect homes to places of work and children and young people to schools and education centres more easily
- Create a larger and improved network of cycle routes complementing the corridors, connecting homes to work and children young people to schools and education centres more easily
- See the expansion of a local community bike-share scheme
- Enable access to grant funding for businesses and organisations to create workplace facilities, to encourage sustainable commuting
- Look at congestion hotspots to see how they can be reconfigured in order to speed up journey times, decrease time spent in traffic queues and improve air quality in the locality
- Details about the grant funding scheme for employers for workplace facilities will be publicised shortly.
The programme will have several individual schemes in different areas that will roll out over the next three years. Each project strand will look to improve transport links across the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole areas, as well creating better links and connectivity between the north to south of the area, from Wimborne, Ferndown and other Dorset outlying areas into the major city hub of Bournemouth.
The 2019 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Cultural Enquiry – the first major external review undertaken by BCP Council – has now concluded.
West Moors council has decided to change its name from Parish Council to Town Council.
Two females and one male have been rescued from a house fire in Little Dewlands on Wednesday evening.
A motorcyclist in his 60s is in hospital with life-threatening injuries following a collision on the A31 near Ferndown on Monday evening.
Station Road in Verwood was closed for over an hour on Monday morning due to a fallen lamp post.
A second application to build a dementia care home in Verwood has been refused, but a decision on a revised, third application is yet to be made.
The regular Verwood and Three Legged Cross town council magazine Verwood Vista is delivered free of charge to all houses in the area.
SYDENHAMS (WESSEX) LEAGUE DIVISION ONE
SATURDAY 22ND FEBRUARY 2020
FOLLAND SPORTS 2 VERWOOD TOWN 3
Smith won a heading battle with a couple of minutes gone and then Sam Danvers won the next one as Follands launched balls forward. A third effort was intercepted by Gajic. His ball wide gave Nicholson a run forcing a corner. 3 minutes on the clock and Nicholson climbed high in the box to put a glancing header past the keeper. 1-0.
A Gajic sweeping tackle on 8 minutes stopped another central attack but his ball for Butler was intercepted and another punt down the line put Follands in our third. A Danvers tackle stopped progress and gave back possession. Taylor took up the running and a threaded pass gave Nicholson space. A good low cross was followed in by Vint, but the side netting took the shot.
It was frantic stuff for most of the half with the ball exhausted from travelling in an oxygen starved atmosphere.
. Follands’ long balls from the back were quite accurate, but efforts down the right had been successfully curtailed by Smith, Gajic and Danvers. Then came the switch. Dyer and Hall stepped up to the plate to contain runners down their flank.
Dyer won a strong tackle freeing Hall. A mazy run to the edge of the box and Hall’s route to goal was blocked. A corner resulted from Hall’s tenacity in forcing a way through a couple of tackles.
Butler took the corner. A swerving inch perfect cross swept under the bar making it 2-0.
On 25 minutes we camped in Follands box. Taylor took a free kick on the edge of the area. Vint slammed a volley on target but defenders half cleared. Taylor followed in chipping the ball to Butler. Butler cut the ball back for Dyer and a chip onto the spot was headed over the bar by Vint.
Follands hit back with a barrage keeping our defence under the cosh. Cooper’s good hands took a couple of shots, but the game had settled more on the deck bringing midfield into the picture. Maddocks was a revelation with good cover and strong tackles. Smith though earned a yellow for his ball winning technique.
Half Time 2-0
This Follands side had an admirable approach and went for attack from the whistle. It was their undoing. 3 minutes gone and Vint followed up a cross and pressured a defender to head back to the keeper. The ball rolled gently into the bottom corner. 3-0.
Hall instigated a move on our right. Vint cut into the box but his shot went wide.
We continued attacking.. Maddocks sent Butler free but again the shot was wayward.
Follands sparked. Some good approach work had us on the back foot and we were forced to defend in numbers.
20 minutes of the half gone and Josh Hall made way for Josh Nace to go one for one.
Long balls continued from Follands defence but we were coping well. Gajic got a yellow for accidentally cutting down a runner but we erred on 34 minutes when a slip in our defence let in a player to slot the ball past Cooper 3-1.
Elliot Parslow came on for Callum Butler and Dan Hunt replaced Owen Nicholson.
We didn’t settle and a break through the middle wasn’t closed down 3-2. We had 7 minutes left of normal time left.
Now it was squeaky bum time. Follands went for broke. On 45 minutes we had cleared the area several times and Cooper had produced a great flying save. Vint went free with Parslow and Hunt in attendance but the keeper produced a good save just before the referee blew for full time.
Result 3-2.
This report originally appeared on Verwood Town FC’s website and is reproduced here with permission.
The BBC Virtual Reality Tour will be stopping at Verwood Library next month offering free sessions to local residents.
The current A338 northbound on-slip road at Blackwater West is now closed pending a revised road layout and new slip road opening this weekend.
A new barber shop has opened in Verwood today occupying a unit previously used by Connells Estate Agents on Station Road.
A 93-year-old man has reported an incident that ended in him driving to the bank to pay men claiming to be from a tree and gardening business.
A tree has blown over on the B3081 Ringwood Road in Verwood due to severe weather conditions.
Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward following a collision in Bournemouth that left a woman with life-threatening injuries.
Our passing quality left a lot to be desired in the first half. Poor control and a giveaway with only a few minutes gone allowed Romsey a quick chip over our defence.
Verwood has seen its share of damage from Storm Ciara over the weekend including a number of trees falling over.
A used car scam has been reported in Verwood and police officers want the public to be aware of the incident.
A good opening 20 minute spell was followed by a frustrating 70 minutes. The game lacked someone to unlock defence’s and someone to put the ball in the onion bag.
A number of events and venues in and around Verwood are closed or cancelled on Sunday as a result of Storm Ciara.
The family of a young man who sadly died in a collision near Holt has issued a tribute to their loved one.
Pupils at Ferndown Upper School are being urged to be extra vigilant after an incident on Wednesday morning.
Residents of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole are being invited to attend their NHS Health Check.
A memorial flame created by children at Emmanuel CE Middle School was one of just 75 pieces of art selected to feature in a national exhibition.
A dour 45 minutes followed the whistle as we suffered poor passing quality, a lack of shots and a lack of bite in attacks.
A car has collided with a garden fence and overturned on the B3081 near Ebblake as Ringwood Road turns into Verwood Road.
Verwood is one of 227 towns and villages across the UK set to receive full-fibre broadband service in the next couple of years.
Pennyfarthing Homes has submitted a Reserved Matters Application for land off Edmondsham Road covering 5.23ha and 187 new homes.
Officers investigating a burglary at a live music venue in Bournemouth are issuing CCTV images of the suspects.
A frantic couple of opening minutes saw a long ball from the Whitchurch backs hit the right flank.
A man who sustained life-threatening injuries in a collision near Holt in East Dorset has sadly died.
Verwood Pantomime Society’s production of Cinderella by Joshua Clarke & Lewis Clarke is simply outstanding.
After two attempts to play the Semi-Final of the Dorset Senior Cup at Potterne and failures because of heavy downpours we had a reverse fixture at Weymouth’s Bob Lucas Stadium.