A MEETING is to be held in one last desperate attempt to raise a new committee and save a community's Royal British Legion branch from closure.

A PAIR of green-fingered lovebirds from Beaminster have received a congratulations from the Queen to mark a momentous milestone as they celebrate 65 years as a married couple.

PUBLIC spaces in Bridport are to be brightened up with daffodils thanks to a giveaway.

BRIDPORT will welcome some of the best up and coming names in comedy tonight as The Comedy Store takes over The Electric Palace.

Recently I paid a visit to Bridport and West Bay.

New stricter laws for using a mobile phone while driving come into force today – find out what the changes are and what they mean for you.

House prices dropped slightly, by 0.2%, in Dorset in January, new figures show.

Fewer than a third of Dorset's councillors were female in 2021, figures show, as equality campaigners urge more women to stand for election ahead of International Women's Day on March 8.

HAY fever sufferers across Dorset are being warned to watch out for high pollen counts this week brought in by the warmer weather.

SMALL vessel owners across Dorset are being reminded to register their documentation on boats under 24 metres.

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

A new study has found a concerning fact about microplastics in the human body.

A West Dorset GP practice group covering Bridport and Beaminster has the most patients per doctor in the county.

Drivers are being warned that a section of the A35 in west Dorset is closed both ways as a result of a crash.

HIGHLANDS End Holiday Park at Eype has been refused permission for more than 300 ground-mounted solar panels.

A MAN has been sentenced after he admitted to breaking another person's phone and assaulting them in a town centre.

A RECEPTIONIST working at a hotel in Bridport has been shortlisted for a prestigious accolade.

THE Chancellor's Spring Statement 'won't have gone far enough for some businesses in Dorset', Dorset Chamber says.

THE NUMBER of Lidl items that have washed up along the Dorset coastline after a cargo ship lost containers has more than tripled in recent days – this comes as the supermarket giant pledges to assist with the clean-up whilst an investigation gets u...

Warmer weather has stayed around the UK and Dorset this week, and is set to continue into the weekend

BRIDPORT caretaker boss Shaun Annetts has had his say on improvements the Bees must make to take the club forward.

A DRIVING law around the use of mobile phones is changing this week and becoming stricter.

RESIDENTS are being urged to engage in a public hearing about proposed boundary changes.

POLICE across Dorset are raising awareness of spotting the signs of revenge porn - and how to properly intervene.

BRIDPORT Reserves picked up four points in two games in their latest round of Jewson Dorset Premier League fixtures.

ST CATHERINE'S School were the winners of the West Dorset Junior Schools Tag Rugby Festival at Bridport Rugby Club.

Following his spring statement on Wednesday, the Chancellor insisted the Government was “on the side of hard-working families”.

The National Audit Office found that records of meetings were not properly kept.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for worldwide demonstrations on Thursday to mark exactly a month since Russia launched its invasion.

A TRACTOR was destroyed after it set on fire in a field near Bridport early yesterday evening.

A BRIDPORT man cycled 140 miles to raise money for the people of Ukraine – and exceeded his fundraising target by over £2,000.

BOSSES at a Dorset hospital have urged people to only go to its emergency department for 'serious of life-threatening situations' due to rising Covid-19 cases.

'Limitless' at the Electric Palace

COVID cases are rising “quickly” across Dorset with infection rates at “very high levels”, the local public health authority has said.

Drivers in and around Dorset will have several National Highways road closures to watch out for this week.

Hundreds of people in Dorset have died from coronavirus since the pandemic reached the UK around two years ago.

More than 1,500 people in Dorset have taken the Government to tribunal over disability benefit payments – and more than four in five won, figures show.

Great Dorset Pants Fence set to fundraise for Dorset Cancer Care Foundation. Read more:

HM Revenue and Customs is warning Post Office card account holders in Dorset, who receive HMRC-related payments, that time is running out – with just two weeks left to switch their accounts.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a £1,000 tax cut for small business owners in his Spring Statement. Here's how to check if you're eligible.

Thanks to our wonderful readers, our #ThereWithUkraine campaign to raise money for the victims of the horrific war in Ukraine has raised more than £10,000 so far.

The full impact of Russia's invasion in Ukraine has become a secret protected by the Kremlin in recent weeks.

Cadbury has released its Easter range for 2022 and it includes 14 new items.

Rishi Sunak is expected to cut fuel duty and raise the income threshold at which people begin to pay national insurance

Inflation has gone up to its highest level in 30 years as CPI rose to 6.2% in February

On their trip to Jamaica to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, William and Kate tried out a bobsleigh made for two

The Chancellor will link strengthening the UK economy to opposing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

See who has been before the courts

The annual town meeting due to take place this evening has been postponed following several reports of people who were planning on attending testing positive for Covid-19.

Consumer group Which? is warning people about 12 ‘emerging fraud threats’ – see the list.