Skip to content

Wimborne Minster

The outside of a school building with a playground and basketball hoops outside. There is also a black railing around the school.

School reopens after BB gun alert lockdown

Police were alerted to a group of people, possibly in possession of a handgun, near the school.

Three protesters, under umbrellas, holding yellow and red placards with the words 'STOP CANFORD INCINERATOR'

'Relief' at rejection of incinerator plan

Plans for an energy-from-waste incinerator at Canford were turned down by BCP councillors.

A person holding a placard with the words 'Stop Canford Incinerator' in red text

Incinerator proposal rejected by council

Plans for the energy-from-waste incinerator in Canford are rejected by BCP councillors.

Will sat in his wheelchair with a paddleboard and equipment behind him on the beach

Wheelchair user wants to make UK water accessible

Will Behenna from Wimborne wants to hear from others with medical conditions and disabilities.

Celidah in the square with Andrew James teaching crowds of adults and children how to dance

Thousands brave rain for folk festival

Crowds gather in Wimborne Minster for performances by dancers and musicians.

A wide shot of the museum with the blue flowers shown in each of the windows of the building

Thousands of forget-me-nots made for dementia week

People from across the UK have taken part in the project, which is on show in Wimborne.

A burnt out car on a driveway

Car fires suspect charged with 18 counts of arson

Cars in parts of Wimborne and Poole were set alight in the early hours of 15 May 2023.

The lock which has been broken on the food bank door

Goods stolen from food bank during break-in

The volunteers who run the centre in Wimborne say around £800 worth of items were taken.

Pavement with piles of flowers and a large blue teddy beat sat amongst them.

Flowers left after young boy killed in van crash

Bunches of flowers and soft toys have been placed on the pavement along Cutlers Place.