RESIDENTS have been warned to keep away from a seal pup at West Bay - after pictures show people crowding around it.

A CHARMOUTH manor house could be converted to five homes with four other properties in the grounds.

LYME REGIS' newest food and drink market will take place this weekend.

AN application for a mobile home at the Charity Farm fishing lake, Litton Cheney, together with camping and caravan spaces has been refused.

Shoppers have been left venting their frustration online.

According to legend, St George killed a dragon and saved a princess while serving as a soldier in the Roman army.

AN ANNUAL council meeting has seen a change of date as a result of the mourning period following the death of Prince Philip.

A WARNING of dangerous sea conditions has been issued ahead of this weekend, as a strong easterly wind is forecast to hit the south coast.

The effects of Covid-19 vaccine supply constraints are being felt in Dorset, where the number of first jabs administered has dropped, figures show.

A MOBILE screening cabin for breast cancer is to pop up in Dorchester by the end of April.

HERE are today's tide times for Portland, West Bay and Lyme Regis.

WORRYING pictures show people dangling their legs off a cliff – the scene last week of one of the biggest landslides in decades.

THE Bridport community has come together to support a local family after a two-year-old girl suffered a life-threatening stroke.

A ROAD on the outskirts of Bridport is set to close for overnight repair works this week - with a 43 mile official diversion route in place.

A CELEBRATION of page-to-screen adaptations is taking place virtually and starts today.

THERE have been 15 new cases of coronavirus recorded across Dorset within the last 24 hours.

HER Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Dorset invited me, as representative of West Dorset, to a very moving service at Wimborne Minster last Friday to commemorate the life and work of the Duke of Edinburgh. It was a poignant tribute to an extraordina...

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

Households were charged on Christmas Eve for direct debits expected to go out at the beginning of January

FULL-BACK Cody Bowditch has left Lyme Regis, joint-boss Julien Simier confirmed.

A GROUP of residents will be opening their garden gates to the public to raise much-needed funds for their church.

THE charity that looks after the South West Coast Path has reached a fundraising milestone - as Dorset cliffs continue to crumble.

YOUNGSTERS caught in Dorset as part of county lines drug dealing are being returned to their home area with the utmost care to avoid them coming to harm.

DELAYS have continued with the external audit of Dorset Council’s first year finances and is now almost six months late.

DETECTIVES are appealing for anyone with information to come forward after the body of a woman was sadly recovered from the sea off Lyme Regis.

Work to build a new roundabout at Miles Cross will start next January - and take about half a year to complete.

AS I HAVE served Queen and Country for 25 years in the Royal Navy and then served my loyal customers at Pets Direct & Aquatics for the last 26 years it is now time to hang up my fish net and ease into retirement.

A FIELD next to Broadwindsor cricket club off Beaminster Road is to be converted to a 20-space car park.

LIBRARIES in west Dorset have reopened their doors - and residents are being advised on what to expect.

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

THERE have been 10 new cases of coronavirus recorded across Dorset within the last 24 hours.

‘FAR from the madding crowd’s ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn’d to stray; Along the cool sequester’d vale of life; They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.’ Thomas Gray.

THE annual general meeting for Burton Bradstock village hall will take place at the end of the month.

A number of UK retailers and banks have been name-dropped in an attempt to dupe unsuspecting victims out of their hard-earned cash.

POLICING areas in Dorset have been reshaped as the force makes an effort to improve local response and 'provide an outstanding service' for communities across the county.

The DVSA have contacted all UK-based driving instructors to advise them of the most common reasons learners have failed their driving tests.

DORSET businesses have received around £250m in Government help during the pandemic.

A PUPPY has been rescued after falling 80 feet down a cliff.

THE DISCOVERY of a mystery object at West Bexington sparked a call to the bomb disposal team.

AN injured man was rescued by emergency services teams after suffering a fall near Venn Farm.

FEWER than 20 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Dorset over the last 24 hours.

A CAMPAIGN group to bring a refugee family to Bridport will be holding a stall in the town centre next weekend to help raise funds.

DORSET County Hospital is carrying out an investigation over the death of former Big Brother contestant Nikki Grahame, who is understood to have been an in inpatient at the hospital.

COUNCIL leaders in Dorset have called for jail time for the 'worst offenders' of fly-tipping - as it emerged it cost taxpayers more than £60,000 to clean up in less than a year.

HERE are today's tide times for Portland, West Bay and Lyme Regis.

CUTS to summer rail services between Weymouth and Waterloo will do little for the area’s economy as it struggles out of pandemic.

JOB seekers with an interest in the digital and technical sectors are invited to attend a virtual jobs fair.

COASTGUARD teams had to 'shepherd' members of public to safety after further cliff falls occurred on Seatown Beach.

Two people who put their lives at risk attempting to climb a cliff more than 100ft high sparked a major coastal alert.

DRIVERS are being alerted to heavy traffic caused by an accident in west Dorset.