Videos are uploaded under the search term #fakecovidtest where teenagers can find them with more than 6.5 million views.

Government efforts to “level up” funding for education have resulted in cuts to the money going to the most deprived schools.

The new partnership will enable customers to find information and book or order the necessary COVID-19 travel testing services.

The technology is currently used across transport systems in the Spanish cities of Barcelona, Madrid and Murcia.

Ian Beale joined Albert Square in 1985 have and has been a near permanent fixture on the square ever since.

RESIDENTS told of their dismay after their community was hit by flooding for the second time in two months.

ORGANISERS of a music festival are confident they can put on a Covid-safe event this weekend.

ROTARY club members have donated the funds required to replace a swing which was destroyed in an arson attack.

A POP-UP music shop will be selling CDs for a good cause over the coming weekend.

AN EXHIBITION of works inspired by the coastal landscape of Dorset is open for the next week.

FRESH bread, bacon, beer and more will be available at a farmers' market next week.

Chloe Burrows chose to couple up with Aaron Francis on Wednesday night’s instalment of the show which saw Shannon Singh dumped from the villa.

A FATHER and son who owned a family meat business have been ordered to pay thousands of pounds for multiple food hygiene breaches after their slaughterhouse was found to be significantly unclean.

'WE NEED to put together a plan': Councillors believe more focused action is needed to tackle traffic issues in Bridport town centre.

ALMOST 200 new coronavirus cases have been recorded across Dorset within the last 24-hour period, according to the latest statistics.

PLANS are being drawn up to improve bus services across Dorset.

A CELEBRATION to mark the first birthday of a community play area has been postponed.

The deposit will be taken out of drivers’ accounts the moment they put their card into the machine.

He revealed he was leaving the broadcaster during his BBC Radio 1 show on Wednesday. 

BEER, sweets, oranges, cheese and plenty more will be available at this week's garden glut event.

AN OPEN MIC-style fundraiser went ahead over the weekend, raising money for two local good causes.

The video shows two grinning men grabbing Prof Whitty as they shout “Oi oi” and say “One photo please?”.

Closures will include the 19 stores already scheduled to close in July due to their leases expiring.

BRIDPORT boss Rob Marquis has revealed some player targets have already agreed to sign for the Bees.

ONE of our proudest achievements as a county is that Alan Turing, the genius behind the enigma solving computer during the second world war was educated here in West Dorset.

REPORTS of revenge porn in Dorset have more than quadrupled in the past six years.

The high street bank has released a full list of branches affected by the closures.

BRIDPORT will face one fewer side in 2021/22 after Odd Down took voluntary relegation.

HOW do you teach children about money?

HEALTH chiefs have insisted seriously mentally ill patients from Dorset will no longer need to receive treatment outside of the county.

THERE is still time to participate in a survey about your experiences of Dorset’s mental health services during pregnancy.

TWO Colfox students will run for Dorset in the English Schools Championships in Manchester on Sunday, July 11.

PAUL Pomeroy emerged victorious from the men's final at Lyme Regis Bowls Club's 63rd Open Tournament.

A MAN was airlifted to hospital after he was struck by a car.

ONE of the first major events since the easing of lockdown restrictions went ahead at the weekend, as athletes took to West Bay for the annual triathlon.

ALMOST 250 new coronavirus cases have been recorded across Dorset within the last 24-hour period, according to the latest statistics.

POLICE have launched an investigation into a suspected stolen Land Rover and trailer in west Dorset - which saw officers execute a Theft Act warrant.

CHILDREN at a Charmouth school took part in a fun filled active week just before half term.

MENTAL health services across the Dorset Council area have reopened face-to-face sessions for the first time since the start of the pandemic.

THE SECOND in a series of 'ridiculously' big physical challenges to raise money for a good cause was completed with a 50 mile cycle.

POLICE across Dorset are reminding the public and people visiting the county to not become complacent with the current Covid-19 restrictions to help halt the spread of the virus.

PHARMACIES across Dorset offering the Covid-19 vaccine are urging people over 40 to get their jab.

MORE than £470,000 of funding has been received by a Dorset care system to create an innovation hub which will improve patient care.

A NEW maximum tariff for taxi fares will come into force and taxi drivers will be required to have more regular DBS checks as part of a new policy being proposed across the whole of the Dorset Council area.

THE grounds of a historic mill house on the River Frome will be opening this Sunday to raise money for charity

A PERSON has been rescued from the roof of their car after it became trapped in floodwater.

Coronavirus cases are increasing across Dorset again

A LYME Regis man who has performed at Glastonbury and on Top of the Pops is putting on an art exhibition this summer - after he went from scratching to sketching.

AN AIR ambulance was called after a car hit a pedestrian in Lyme Regis this afternoon. 

A DISABLED driver has been 'verbally abused' by a man who parked in the only disabled space in a car park.