AN INFLATABLE 'theme park' is coming to Bridport.

AN ANNUAL flower and produce fair is due to return this summer, after being forced to move online last year due to the pandemic.

LYME Regis' first farmer's market of the year is set to go ahead in May.

ALMOST half of all Covid fines issued in Dorset in the first 11 months of the pandemic were dished out in May 2020, police figures reveal.

A LONG-AWAITED Lyme Regis-based film is available to watch online from today.

DETAILS of how Dorset County Hospital prepared for the Covid pandemic have emerged - as a senior medical officer revealed his 'immense pride' at his staff's response to the crisis.

DORSET residents will be encouraged to make more of the county’s outside spaces for recreation once lockdown restrictions ease.

TRIBUTES have been paid to a much-loved community stalwart, former Bridport Rotary Club president and building company boss - known for collaborating with the Prince of Wales to build a landmark Dorset town.

A GOOD Samaritan spent three hours in surgery - after breaking her leg picking up a discarded beer can.

A MAJOR operation saw 78 people arrested in connection to county lines drug supply activity across the south west.

A THEFT has occurred at a Bridport vaccination clinic for the second time in eight days.

THE Coronavirus Act has been extended for another six months after a vote by MPs.

A FURTHER 21 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Dorset, latest figures show.

TWO new coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Dorset in the latest 24-hour period.

A VOTE to extend the Coronavirus Act is going to take place today.

DORSET will be among the first areas in the country to benefit from the Government’s new £5 billion gigabit broadband fund.

WORKS have begun to remove a Victorian brick sewer on a West Bay beach buried beneath the sand.

RESIDENTS, businesses and schools and care homes across Bridport marked the one-year anniversary of the first Covid lockdown, and remembered those who have lost their lives.

The 'alcolock' would be connected to the vehicle ignition system to prevent it from starting if the driver is over the limit.

WITH the Covid lockdown restrictions easing on Monday, rugby will return to Bridport Rugby Club with both seniors’ and juniors’ training.

ORGANISERS of Dorset County Show have announced a series of smaller events over the coming months after the main extravaganza was cancelled - which traders said will be a 'lifeline' for them.

DORSET'S neighbourhoods worst hit by the Covid-19 pandemic have been revealed in the first annual death toll of the virus.

The Police, Courts and Sentencing Bill was debated in the House of Commons last week. I support this Bill. We need a fair justice system – one that stands for the law-abiding majority, not the criminal minority. At the General Election, I pledged s...

THOUSANDS more people in Dorset were claiming unemployment benefits last month than a year previously, figures reveal.

SIGNS featuring fun wildlife characters are coming to Dorset verges.

The information includes your age, gender, profession and interests based on what Google has managed to find out about you.

FIRE service bosses in Dorset have released safety information reminding the public what to do in case of an emergency at home.

THIS year's Bridport Food Festival has been confirmed to be be going ahead in June.

A HOLLYWOOD film set in 1840's Lyme Regis will be released in cinemas when they are able to reopen.

LESS than than 30 coronavirus cases were confirmed in Dorset in the last 24 hours, latest figures show.

I AM one of the lucky people who live opposite the Green at Wellfields Drive, and talking to my neighbours we all are in agreement that the spring bulbs that are being planted around the base of the trees will add to the beauty.

THERE has been no new coronavirus deaths in hospitals across Dorset, according to the latest figures.

HELP is there for those who need it as a mental health support group is offering face-to-face support.

Boris Johnson conceded there were ‘many things that we wish we’d done differently’ at the outset of the pandemic.

A CONSULTATION on a five-year strategy to tackle the pressures of homelessness and rough sleeping in Dorset has been launched.

This weekend, British summer time begins when the clocks go forward one hour.

Brits wanting to travel abroad without a valid reason face four-figure fines from next week.

By now, most people are well aware of the main coronavirus symptoms which are a fever, a dry cough, and a loss of taste and smell.

TWENTY students from a west Dorset school are isolating after a pupil tested positive for Covid-19.

BUSINESS owners have spoken of their ‘devastation’ after Dorset County Show was cancelled for the second year running due to uncertainty amid the Covid pandemic.

THE TEAM at Bridport Medical Centre have smashed their previous record of Covid vaccinations during one clinic - administering more than 2,500 vaccinations in one day.

IT’S one year since the country entered its first national lockdown.

THE Town Mill in Lyme Regis is getting ready to reopen.

RE: MP’s column - 11th March

A FURTHER 25 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Dorset over the last 24 hour period.

SCHOOLCHILDREN have been awarded with medals after taking part in a virtual running challenge.

DORSET'S neighbourhoods worst hit by the Covid-19 pandemic have been revealed in the first annual death toll of the virus.

HOME Office data shows that the number of stalking offences recorded in the six months between April and September by Dorset Police, is already 33 per cent higher than the amount recorded during the whole previous year.

THE Dorset Echo’s publisher is helping businesses through the Covid crisis by offering a free webinar on how to adapt and recover.

PEOPLE are being warned to beware of fraudsters claiming to be from the Visa fraud department.