AN EXPANSIVE new gallery has opened up in Bridport – featuring the works of former art fraudster Billy Mumford among others.

A GROUP of children went from vandals to volunteers after scribbling on equipment at a community play area.

A BILL to impose harsher punishments on those convicted of cruelty to animals has been passed into law.

THE 10 areas in Dorset with the fewest number of Covid cases reported during the entire pandemic have been revealed.

A NUMBER of planning applications have been submitted to Dorset Council for the West Dorset area.

PUBLIC Health Dorset has urged people to not delay getting their second Covid jab - saying every dose 'gives us hope of getting life moving'.

BRIDPORT'S resident record fair will be going ahead once again next month.

A SMALL campsite with eight bell tents is being requested for Manor Yard off Mill Lane at Symondsbury.

SUGGESTIONS for projects which will benefit the county's infrastructure are being welcomed as Dorset Council bids for funding from central government.

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

Hundreds of vouchers for a Government energy-saving scheme were issued to Dorset residents before it was scrapped, figures show.

A DRIVER whose car struck a much-loved 90-year-old great grandfather did not see the pensioner crossing the road and did not realise he had hit a person, an inquest heard.

COMPLAINTS are piling up about the state of two roundabouts at main entrances to Bridport.

THERE has been a total of 19 new cases of coronavirus confirmed across Dorset over the last 24 hours.

A NEW art installation which can be seen in Bridport later this year will be out of this world.

THERE has been no recorded Covid-19 related deaths across Dorset hospitals for a week, according to figures from NHS England.

MORE than £20,000 has been raised to provide activities and wellbeing support across local villages.

YOUR views are needed on a plan to improve access and make it easier to move around Bridport town centre.

AN initiative has been launched across Dorset to help people living with diabetes get more active.

THE Police and Crime Commissioner elections are happening on Thursday 6th May.

A FREE business support scheme has opened for ambitious bosses across Dorset looking forward to the future.

Far more new or expectant mothers were in contact with Dorset’s mental health services in January than before the pandemic, figures show.

DORSET Council has apologised after a social media campaign seeking new foster carers suggested “all you need is a spare room”.

BRIDPORT Reserves’ boss Richard Middleton admitted the 4-1 DPL Supplementary Cup loss to Balti Sports was “very disappointing”.

LYME Regis inflicted a first home defeat since December 2019 on title rivals Feniton with a 3-2 victory at Acland Park.

A MAJOR Dorset road is partially closed after a car crashed into a fence and rolled over.

MORE volunteers are needed as the battle to vaccinate the county continues.

TEMPORARY traffic lights are set to cause delays for three days on the A37.

THERE have been a total of nine new cases of coronavirus confirmed in Dorset over the last 24 hours.

A forest school near Martinstown has been rejected – with Dorset Council claiming it would be visually intrusive and harmful to the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

AFTER more than a decade of campaigning, disabled users of Dorchester’s West station will no longer have to travel to Weymouth and then back again to head north.

MORE family bubble swimming sessions are available at a Bridport leisure centre.

THE MP for West Dorset is hopeful a change in the law which will bring harsher punishments for those convicted of animal cruelty offences will be passed within the month.

BRIDPORT residents can hear a talk from a US photographer, free of charge.

CAR boot parking charges for the Sunday sales at Dorchester may yet be reduced.

BRIDPORT News April 8th 2021 detailed some of Dorset Council staff’s generous pay packets. Dorset taxpayers support three times the number of 'Big Earners’ at over £100,000 p.a than the average English taxpayer. When it comes to super inflate...

SPACES are available on a free teaching assisting course taking place in Bridport next week.

A LITERACY charity is celebrating its 15th anniversary by recruiting more volunteers to help children become confident readers.

RESIDENTS are being encouraged to move more this May to boost wellbeing and raise money for local families living with cancer.

Details from court registers February 18, 19, 25, 26, and March 3, 4

THE owner of Dorset brand Clipper Teas has been officially declared a great place to work.

THE MP for West Dorset has challenged the BBC for 'demanding' that children not eat meat to get a Blue Peter badge.

THROUGHOUT the month of April, Bridport RFC player William Murley has been doing burpees tirelessly every day for charity.

A CANCER support group which has seen its membership rocket is to relaunch its Nordic walking group across the Dorset countryside.

NO further deaths from coronavirus have been recorded in Dorset hospitals in the last 24 hours as of Tuesday, April 27.

THERE have been a total of 20 new cases of coronavirus confirmed in Dorset over the last 24 hours.

THERE has been an alarming increase in catalytic converter thefts in Dorset and beyond as thieves aim to make a quick profit off stolen car parts.

BOAT owners are being urged to 'love your harbour' and dispose of waste properly.

PEOPLE across Dorset are being urged to be vigilant on the coast as warmer weather returns.

CHANGES to Dorset children’s social services are beginning to have a positive effect for the county’s young people – Dorset councillors have been told.