Valley Features

Cutting across this area four hundred years ago was a ditch stretching from Holes Bay in the west to Parkstone Bay in the east, backed by the town walls. Map of the defences c. Permission for the Poole inhabitants to build defences was included in the grant:

A year-old girl is in hospital after she was stabbed in the shoulder in Amesbury. Wiltshire Police were called to reports of an assault in Jaggard View on Wednesday night.

New figures show more people than ever are attending Christmas church services in the area, while a record number of school children are using their local church. Data published by the Church of England shows that attendance at both Christmas and for school services is at its highest level for more than a decade. It was revealed that 80, people attended churches in the Diocese of Salisbury over Christmas last year, which is 3, more than in Meanwhile a further 69, went along to civic and school services during this Advent period.

Figures from the latest annual Statistics for Mission Report for the Church of England that show nationally the numbers attending Christmas services increased by 3. Combined with figures for special services in churches during Advent, including carol services, nearly eight million people attended church across England over the festive season. And while traditional Sunday attendance edged lower in , in line with long-term trends, in Dorset and Wiltshire there was a near doubling of those attending school services to nearly 6,