FROM Colfox School to the African Savanna - a woman who grew up in Bridport has spent eight months in Kenyan to film a Channel 4 wildlife documentary.

A TOTAL of £30,000 has been pledged towards an initiative to support independent retailers.

A CROSS-COUNTY search has been launched.

MULTIPLE fire crews were called to a road traffic collision near West Dorset.

AN APPEAL for laptops and tablets for local schools has seen a great response – and now further donations are needed to help teachers.

AN ASKERSWELL pub has come up with an inventive idea for customers to enjoy its beer garden when lockdown restrictions are eased.

POLICE have started a long term partnership project to improve services for rape and serious sexual assault victims.

AN ONLINE exhibition showcasing some of the most creative young people in Bridport has launched this week.

COMMUNITIES across Dorset are being offered free interactive online training to help prepare for winter challenges.

Families can take part in fun, interactive challenges and activities with Dorchester Arts this half term.

RESIDENTS have been treated to the sight of two cruise liners off West Bay this week.

THE driver of a lorry fled after they crashed into a house and police are appealing for witnesses.

A fresh look has been agreed for a house at Old Lyme Hill, Charmouth.

Tributes have been paid to a businessman, cider maker and decorated naval commander who has died.

WORKS to repair a trading estate building destroyed by fire are progressing – as shop owners say they are keen to return to the site after lockdown.

FIREFIGHTERS were called to a chimney fire this morning.

A WEATHER warning for snow and ice is in force across Dorset today.

A MONTH-long closure of a Bridport road came into force this week as work began repairing sewers.

FOUR new coronavirus deaths have been recorded at Dorset hospitals over the latest 24-hour period, official figures show.

LOTS of food and goodies are available at Bridport's weekly garden glut.

THE number of people travelling on the county's roads is far higher than that experienced in the first national lockdown.

MORE than three quarters of all Covid fines handed out by Dorset Police during the national lockdowns have been to people living outside the county, it has emerged - as visitors were urged to stay away over half term.

MEMBERS of a book club have launched a campaign to collect practical items to be donated to NHS staff in Dorset - and have already received almost 1,000 donations.

A FORMER school site is being used to put some of Dorset Police's canine recruits through their paces.

Mr Hancock said people want certainty over whether it was possible to go away this summer.

THE budget for social care for adults and children in the Dorset Council area was £172m in this financial year – equivalent to nearly 70 per cent of the revenue generated through the Council Tax we pay; and yet there is still a need for further...

YOUNG people are encouraged to sign up for The Prince's Trust.

BEAMINSTER will open their County Division One comeback season with an intriguing home contest against fellow promoted side Witchampton.

A WOMAN was told that she would be 'arrested by the police' if she didn't pay money over the phone in a fraudulent scam.

Almost every frontline worker at Dorset County Hospital has received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, with preparations under way to introduce the second jab to staff.

BEAVERS have returned to the area for the first time in more than 400 years.

A WEATHER warning for snow and ice has been issued for Dorset.

POLICE are warning residents at a Dorset village to be vigilant after items were stolen and a caravan broken into during a series of reported incidents.

Another Covid clinic will be taking place at Bridport Medical Centre today with up to 1,700 patients being vaccinated.

A SECOND cruise ship has moored at West Bay.

THE use of a former farm shop as a home at Waytown Nurseries at Slape Hill has been recognised as legal – although no permission was given for the conversion.

TWENTY deaths have been recorded in Dorset hospitals in the latests NHS update.

DAILY reported Covid case numbers in Dorset have continued to fall, according to the latest update.

Prime minister Boris Johnson will lead a Downing Street press conference on coronavirus on Wednesday afternoon.

AN 'internationally significant' Roman mosaic discovered in Dorset has been saved from exportation and will remain in the county after £150,000 was raised to save it.

I RECEIVED the following message from Father Christmas.

A PARTNERSHIP between Active Dorset and the county's health sector has been recognised and featured as part of a case study released by Sport England.

A HUGE cruise ship has suddenly moored in West Bay.

DORSET’S surge in Covid cases is likely to have been driven by visitors to the area – including those bringing in new variants.

ANOTHER community effort saw more than 1,000 people vaccinated in Bridport.

ORGANISERS of the Melplash Show have stated that they are 'committed' to putting on an event this year - but have repeated that no final decision will be made until the end of March.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Dorset has increased by 148 over the last 24 hour period, official figures show.

Snow has been in the air overnight with more forecast for this evening.

EIGHT more coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Dorset hospitals.

It is hard to think of a better way of discouraging people from responding to the Local Plan than to publish a 600-page document and then wring your hands over how indigestible it is. (Your say on future, 28 January.)