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• Wimborne holds first Pride celebration

  Wimborne has held its first Pride celebration as part of the town’s Folk Festival. The event took place last Saturday, with people joining the parade and gathering in the square to raise awareness. It was organised by Phil Webb, who was outed as gay while serving as mayor of Wimborne Minster more than three decades ago. Local MP Vikki Slade joined the celebration and said Pride gives people the chance to feel seen, represented and supported. She hopes Wimborne Pride will now become an annual event and grow in the years ahead.

• Jack and the Beanstalk returns to Poole

  Jack and the Beanstalk is coming to Lighthouse Poole for a new Christmas pantomime. The show will run from Thursday the tenth of December to Sunday the third of January, with Chris Jarvis writing, directing and appearing as Dame Trott. He says the production will include a traditional family story, comedy, songs, sets, costumes and a few surprises. Sarah-Louise Young returns as Fleshcreep, alongside Bernadette Bangura, Kieran Morris, Robert Rees and newcomer Sienna Glackin. The production has been made in Poole especially for Lighthouse audiences.

• Former Dorset Police officer sentenced

  A former Dorset Police officer has been sentenced after misconduct involving a domestic abuse victim. James McClements, aged thirty five, admitted misconduct in a public office at Bristol Crown Court in April and has now received an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for twelve months. The case involved an inappropriate sexual relationship with a victim he met during a domestic abuse investigation in November twenty twenty three. Dorset Police said he gave the victim his personal phone number, pursued an intimate relationship and, on one occasion, discouraged her from reporting further contact from the reported perpetrator. A misconduct hearing found he would have been dismissed had he not already resigned.

• New play equipment installed at Fisherman’s Walk

  New play equipment has been installed at Fisherman’s Walk as part of wider plans to improve play areas across BCP.

• Mother says family faces homelessness

  A Bournemouth mother says she and her teenage daughter could be left homeless after refusing a council housing offer she says was unsuitable.