CELEBRATED gardener Charlie McCormick opened a new allotment – then got straight to work planting some beans.

AN APPEAL to save a community hub in Bridport has hit the ground running - raising more than £1,000 in just one week.

A WEEKLY protest against racism is due to return next month.

The 'stay at home' order will ease on Monday when the second phase of the first stage of Boris Johnson’s road map will begin.

A RAILWAY scheme has helped more than 150 adults and 70 children flee domestic abuse by providing free travel.

Coronavirus cases are continuing to fall across Dorset, but some areas are still reporting cases.

A MUSICAL theatre performance has been officially cancelled again - almost a year after its original scheduled date was axed due to the Covid pandemic.

As Dorset-filmed Ammonite is released on streaming platforms for home rental, our critic Damon Smith gives his verdict on the Mary Anning biopic

Salmonella poisoning, food allergies and unapproved premises' are just some of the reasons behind a number of urgent product recalls across the UK.

PEOPLE over 50 and eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine are being urged to get their jab.

WILDLIFE lovers can once again tune in live to watch a pair of barn owls nesting and raising their chicks on a nature reserve near Weymouth.

HOSPITALS will be a ‘different place’ in the future, according to Dorset County Hospital’s Chief Medical Officer.

THE most dangerous roads across Dorset have been revealed in an interactive online map.

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In celebration of our favourite local independent pubs, the Echo has teamed up with CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) to bring you a list of opening dates for Dorset pubs.

As Dragons' Den returns to BBC One for an 18th series, Danielle de Wolfe learns more from dragons Deborah Meaden and Sara Davies.

THE controversial 760-home Vearse Farm development has moved a step closer to reality after housebuilders exchanged contracts to deliver the project.

A man has been jailed for racially abusing and spitting toward a family visiting Bridport.

AN INFLATABLE 'theme park' is coming to Bridport.

AN ANNUAL flower and produce fair is due to return this summer, after being forced to move online last year due to the pandemic.

THE number of recorded coronavirus cases in Dorset has increased by more than 20 in the last 24-hour period, according to latest figures.

NO further coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Dorset hospitals in the last 24 hours.

WARNINGS have been issued after an incident where a van appeared to be following a young person.

Weather watchers are keeping their eyes on a 60-hour polar blitz which looks set to arrive just in time for Good Friday.

A LONG-AWAITED Lyme Regis-based film is available to watch online from today.

LYME Regis' first farmer's market of the year is set to go ahead in May.

DETAILS of how Dorset County Hospital prepared for the Covid pandemic have emerged - as a senior medical officer revealed his 'immense pride' at his staff's response to the crisis.

ALMOST half of all Covid fines issued in Dorset in the first 11 months of the pandemic were dished out in May 2020, police figures reveal.

THE Lulworth Estate has launched a petition urging the government to protect the UK's countryside and coast from 'post-lockdown damage' as thousands of visitors are expected to flock to the beauty spot this summer.

DORSET residents will be encouraged to make more of the county’s outside spaces for recreation once lockdown restrictions ease.

TRIBUTES have been paid to a much-loved community stalwart, former Bridport Rotary Club president and building company boss - known for collaborating with the Prince of Wales to build a landmark Dorset town.

A GOOD Samaritan spent three hours in surgery - after breaking her leg picking up a discarded beer can.

A MAJOR operation saw 78 people arrested in connection to county lines drug supply activity across the south west.

A THEFT has occurred at a Bridport vaccination clinic for the second time in eight days.

THE Coronavirus Act has been extended for another six months after a vote by MPs.

A FURTHER 21 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Dorset, latest figures show.

TWO new coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Dorset in the latest 24-hour period.

A VOTE to extend the Coronavirus Act is going to take place today.

WORKS have begun to remove a Victorian brick sewer on a West Bay beach buried beneath the sand.

RESIDENTS, businesses and schools and care homes across Bridport marked the one-year anniversary of the first Covid lockdown, and remembered those who have lost their lives.

DORSET will be among the first areas in the country to benefit from the Government’s new £5 billion gigabit broadband fund.

The 'alcolock' would be connected to the vehicle ignition system to prevent it from starting if the driver is over the limit.

The Police, Courts and Sentencing Bill was debated in the House of Commons last week. I support this Bill. We need a fair justice system – one that stands for the law-abiding majority, not the criminal minority. At the General Election, I pledged s...

THOUSANDS more people in Dorset were claiming unemployment benefits last month than a year previously, figures reveal.

SIGNS featuring fun wildlife characters are coming to Dorset verges.

ORGANISERS of Dorset County Show have announced a series of smaller events over the coming months after the main extravaganza was cancelled - which traders said will be a 'lifeline' for them.

DORSET'S neighbourhoods worst hit by the Covid-19 pandemic have been revealed in the first annual death toll of the virus.

WITH the Covid lockdown restrictions easing on Monday, rugby will return to Bridport Rugby Club with both seniors’ and juniors’ training.

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FIRE service bosses in Dorset have released safety information reminding the public what to do in case of an emergency at home.