MEMBERS of staff at a Bridport café were able to put out a fire caused by a faulty fuse box.

A PROJECT which protects and conserves fossils across the Dorset coastline is set to benefit from an £80,000 funding boost.

RE: ‘Cow dies in dog chase’, Bridport News, June 3rd.

A PERFORMANCE of songs and poetry based on west Dorset locations will be going ahead next month.

FOR WORLD Oceans Day, Greenpeace UK has launched Operation Ocean Witness to patrol UK marine protected areas off the nation’s south coast.

A PILOT project aimed at bringing the circus to rural communities will be touring Dorset this summer.

VOLUNTEERS are needed to act as macebearers in a town council's civic party.

POLICE are urging parents and guardians across Dorset to abide by child car seat safety laws.

Hundreds of children were admitted to hospital with injuries in Dorset in just one year, figures reveal.

More patients visited A&E at Dorset County Hospital last month, with demand rising above the levels seen over the same period last year.

Dorset and Wiltshire fire crews rescued people from lifts thousands of times in a decade, figures show.

FIRE crews raced to a business park and evacuated a building after reports of a fire this morning.

DORSET could experience ‘intense thunderstorms’ and ‘torrential rain’ this week following a warm spell of weather.

A BRIDPORT restaurant has been forced to close its doors for the week after one of its employees tested positive for Covid-19.

A NUMBER of Bridport businesses have been recognised at the 2021 Bridport Business Awards.

A LOTTERY ticket purchased in west Dorset and worth more than £141,000 has been claimed.

MORE than 50 new coronavirus cases have been recorded across Dorset within the last 24-hour period, according to the latest statistics.

THE MP for West Dorset does not agree with the decision to extend the lockdown, claiming 'it is not in Dorset’s interests to continue with these restrictions'.

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STUDENTS at the Sir John Colfox Academy celebrated the end of their time in Year 11 with an ice-cream in the sunshine.

Experts feared going ahead with Step 4 on June 21 as anticipated could lead to hospital admissions on the scale of the first wave of Covid-19.

RESIDENTS are being urged to stay out of direct sunlight for certain times of the day.

SURVEYORS from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency are to carry out unannounced inspections of fishing vessels across the UK.

WOMEN are now able to have two partners to support them through their labour and birth at Dorset County Hospital.

MULTIPLE people have been rescued after they were trapped in their vehicles following a crash on the A35.

AN EVENT set to highlight the need to help a refugee family seek aid in Bridport has sold out.

A BRIDPORT dance troop has produced a film which will be shown at a national festival.

MORE than 60 new coronavirus cases have been recorded across Dorset within the last 24-hour period, according to the latest statistics.

A MAN has suffered 'serious injuries' in a crash on the A35.

A SECTION of the A35 is blocked due to a crash.

FRESH after the successful return of its annual festival, Jazz Jurassica is running a series of jazz gigs in Lyme Regis.

A PERSON has been taken to hospital following a crash.

Mr Johnson is expected to appeal to the public to show patience, with one last push to ensure that when controls do finally end it is “irreversible”.

A MOBILE jewellery workshop is coming to the Bridport area next month.

Manufacturing company Siemens is offering young people in Dorset a head start to a STEM career through its virtual work experience programme.

Dorset Police has issued more than 1,500 fines for breaches of Covid-19-related laws – but far fewer have been handed out since restrictions eased.

Dorset pupils missed among the least face-to-face teaching in the autumn term after having to self-isolate or shield due to Covid-19, figures reveal.

DORSET Council is to go ahead with flats in a Bridport property, although some may be too small to meet national minimum standards.

THREE beaches in Dorset have been named among the best to visit in the UK

HOWZAT? A campaign to save a local cricket club has been a huge success.

It might be the hottest and sunniest weekend of the year so far, but the Met Office are predicting thunderstorms for west Dorset next week.

AN ANNUAL busking festival is making its return next month.

A BUTCHER'S assistant with no previous maritime experience has become the latest volunteer member of the sea-going crew of the RNLI lifeboat in Lyme Regis.

A BASKETBALL club is looking to the public to design its court ahead of the summer season.

POLICE teams across Dorset have highlighted a scam warning.

FIRE crews across Dorset are urging smokers to kick the habit.

A BRIDPORT man has been awarded an MBE for his services to the community.

POLICE are warning drivers to slow down in foggy conditions after dealing with a crash on the A35.

Is there a better thing to do than snack on fish and chips while sitting along a harbour and watching the world go by?

UNDER 20 areas of Dorset have reported more than three active coronavirus cases, as new Covid-19 cases appear to be on the rise in the county again.