A £1 MILLION renovation of a historic Bridport church has taken a step forward with the appointment of an architectural firm.

Royal Mail has announced a change to its Sunday parcel delivery service in an effort to try and keep pace with its online rivals.

There were two more coronavirus deaths recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Dorset.

LYME Crime’s line-up continues to strengthen with the addition of local author Laurence Anholt to the literary festival.

The number of electric vehicles in Dorset rose by over 50% last year, new figures show.

A CHURCH is hosting an art and fossil exhibition over the Platinum Jubilee weekend.

AN ARTIST who depicts wild, windswept places is displaying her work and giving a talk in West Bay.

IN THEIR appearance at Bridport Arts Centre on Friday, June 17, Tango Calor will take you on a journey from the backstreets of Buenos Aires to the salons of Paris with their evocative performances of traditional and contemporary tango music.

AFTER an enforced break due to the coronavirus pandemic, Churches Together in Bridport and District are holding an open-air service at Harbour Green in West Bay this weekend.

AFTER an enforced break due to the coronavirus pandemic, Churches Together in Bridport and District are holding an open-air service at Harbour Green in West Bay this weekend.

IN THEIR appearance at Bridport Arts Centre on Friday, June 17, Tango Calor will take you on a journey from the backstreets of Buenos Aires to the salons of Paris with their evocative performances of traditional and contemporary tango music.

Everyone has a skincare routine that works for them, a mix of serums, toners oils and creams that work for you might not work for someone else.

There are a number of discounts to be enjoyed at the likes of Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Domino's for the Platinum Jubilee weekend

Follow live updates here as the county celebrates the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

As part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations more than 3,000 beacons will be set ablaze across the UK and the Commonwealth.

It’s time to celebrate as the momentous occasion of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee – 70 years on the throne – is celebrated over an extended bank holiday weekend.

Street parties are set to take place across the west Dorset area over this celebratory long weekend.

Bunting at the ready - celebrations for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee begin today!

TO MARK the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee a Bridport area estate is opening to the wider community - and has placed what could be the biggest Union Flag in Dorset.

The flypast from Spitfires and Red Arrows will take place as part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations

Iceland has got the winning recipe for just over a tenner.

There was one more coronavirus death recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Dorset.

FORMER Bridport manager Shaun Annetts and then assistant Edgar Marcu worked for free in the latter half of last season, the Bridport News can reveal.

Fraudulent scammers are preying on hard-pressed households’ need for cash.

Find out how the Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend will affect all the major supermarket opening times.

With much drinking set to take place over the Jubilee weekend, how much will set you over the drink drive limit?

A ZOOLOGIST walking the full-length of the Jurassic Coast for charity is being backed by a TV presenter.

Learn to dance modern jive, also known as ceroc, LeRoc, social jive or mo-jive, on Monday nights in Chideock.

MORE babies were delivered through caesareans in Dorset last year than ever before, figures reveal.

NHS projects in Dorset will receive a bumper grant of hundreds of thousands of pounds to help communities impacted by the pandemic address health inequalities.

EXPLORE the Jurassic Coast in style this summer with the return of First Wessex’s open top buses.

BEAMINSTER have announced Neil Holt as their new manager.

BRIDPORT Rugby Club held their first annual player awards dinner since 2019 in the Brewery Ground clubhouse.

YOUTHS on motorbikes and in cars were reportedly revving engines, doing doughnuts and causing nuisance in car parks.

FIRE crews were called in the early hours of this morning to reports of a shed, which contained gas cylinders, on fire by Cobb Harbour.

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PUPILS have taken the initiative to make their school a safer place and have succeeded in becoming Anti-Bullying Ambassadors.

Acclaimed poet and Radio 4 regular John Osborne heads to rural pubs in Dorset this summer to perform his new poetry collection about supermarkets and the people who use them.

Visitors can enjoy an open gardens event in Rampisham.

A CHURCH is to host a fun summer quiz to raise money.

A new pan-Dorset drugs partnership board could be bogged down in philosophical argument on the approach to ‘gateway’ drugs – even before it starts in September.

West Dorset MP Chris Loder has urged local community groups, particularly those associated with rail travel, engagement, education or environmental benefits, to apply for new funding announced under Great Western Railway’s Community Fund.

PEOPLE from Dorset and Somerset who saved lives after donating their organs have been posthumously honoured at a moving award ceremony.

A COUNCIL has welcomed new changes made to building regulations which could impact residents looking to renovate their home.

THE government has said it “does not recognise” a trade body’s figures suggesting thousands of oil-heated homes in Dorset are not ready for a heat pump.

Fatigue, shortness of breath, coughing and muscle aches are among the most common symptoms.

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The number of flying insects has declined by as much as 60% in the past two decades, a new study has revealed.

The Food Standards Agency warned customers not to eat any of the products they may have already purchased.

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