A BRIDPORT musician has been given a community order for possessing hundreds of indecent images of children.

A SECTION of a Beaminster road is to close for a month - with a seven-and-a-half mile diversion route in place.

BRIDPORT Leisure Centre is set to benefit from close to £20,000 worth of grant funding.

SCIENTISTS at Imperial College London believe Dorset has a minimal chance of becoming a coronavirus hotspot at the beginning of March – as lockdown measures are set to be eased.

TWO DEAD porpoises have washed up on west Dorset beaches.

A CAMPAIGN group is encouraging residents to respond to the consultation on Dorset Council's Local Plan - after raising issues with the document's housing targets.

DORSET police may be stuck with its ‘bomb proof’ Winfrith headquarters for some time – even though the building is costly to run and maintain.

FUNDING is available to help small businesses across Dorset adapt and survive the coronavirus pandemic as part of a crowd-funding scheme that has already seen tens of thousands of pounds handed out.

DORSET will remain a fire risk this year – unless people who use disposable barbecues and light camp fires can be persuaded to act more responsibly.

A GRADE-I listed building which was destroyed in a suspected arson attack is to be turned into an 'adventure wonderland inspired by Batman' according to the new owner, in a restoration project which will create 'hundreds' of jobs.

LYME REGIS' most famous fossil hunter is being celebrated with a new commemorative 50p coin collection.

A LEAGUE table of the best places to live in the UK says Bridport is the best area in Dorset when it comes to natural beauty.

BUSINESSES are happy to have some form of 'certainty' going forward, but concerns have been raised on how they will be supported, with many still having to wait months before reopening.

SEVEN new coronavirus hospital deaths have been recorded in Dorset in the latest 24 hour period.

DORSET Council is uncertain whether it will be able to collect around £13m in unpaid council tax and business rate – with just weeks until the end of the financial year.

CONSTRUCTION WORK has begun on a long-running project to bring a skate park to Beaminster.

A FURTHER 38 new coronavirus cases have been diagnosed in Dorset over the last 24 hour period, official figures show.

BRIDPORT'S next online auction will be taking place this week.

AN ADOPTION agency for Dorset has fought through the Covid-19 pandemic to find a forever home for its 200th child.

BRIDPORT are ineligible for a share of £14m in grants under the Winter Survival Package, Bees’ chairman Adrian Scadding has confirmed.

THE conversion a former Netherbury garage into a home has been agreed by Dorset Council - despite local objections.

NO DECISION has been made yet on whether one of Bridport's biggest events will be going ahead this summer.

A DEAD dolphin has washed up at West Bay.

NEW handrails and replacement streetlamps have been agreed for St Mary’s Church at Tower Hill, Netherbury.

DORSET Council is looking at pulling out of South Walks House in Dorchester and moving staff to County Hall.

A £700 MILLION education support package has been announced for England.

The number of recorded coronavirus cases in Dorset increased by 68 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.

CHICKEN wings will be on offer at this week's garden glut event.

One new coronavirus death has been recorded at University Hospitals Dorset Trust in the latest 24-hour period, the latest official figures show.

Senior officials have frequently appeared to dismiss the idea of introducing vaccine passports in the UK.

FINANCE staff at Dorset Council dealt with almost double the sums they are used to in the last year because of the pandemic.

A HOSPICE charity is challenging residents to give themselves a lockdown haircut.

Learner drivers in England have had to put their plans to pass their driving test on hold as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

A LIB DEM motion to put  £100,000 in next year’s Dorset Council budget for climate change measures has been labelled ‘grandstanding’.

FOUR men have been jailed after posing as police officers to kidnap a victim from outside his Bridport home, then assaulting and blackmailing him.

BRIDPORT Town Council has called for 'major improvements' to Dorset's Local Plan saying it 'must do more to meet the town’s needs'.

THOSE who are due to receive their second dose of the coronavirus vaccine will get an invite to book an appointment shortly.

FIVE fire crews were needed to put out a large unattended bonfire in West Dorset.

AN APPLICATION to convert a former Beaminster church into two homes has been approved by Dorset Council.

APART from the enormous cost, disruption, carbon footprint, we should be aware of the safety aspect; not only to pedestrians, but the use of hydrogen as a fuel.

THERE have been 83 new coronavirus cases confirmed in Dorset over the last 24 hour period.

FOUR more coronavirus patients have died in Dorset hospitals over the last 24 hour period, official figures show.

I FEEL compelled to write about the wonderful people who have stood in the freezing cold, pouring rain and blustery winds

A POPULAR fast-food restaurant in Dorset has reopened to the public.

The Royal Mail has been the target of scammers and fraudsters before, and as such, has compiled helpful advice about staying safe.

THE RNLI has warned beach-goers going into the sea to take caution at this time of year - following the rescue of a teenager in Dorset.

UNPAID carers in Dorset can now get free personal protective equipment (PPE).

AN ANNUAL event celebrating women will be held online for the first time.

A NEW book on the proud history of army personnel from Dorset, Devon and Hampshire regiments and their involvement in the Second World War is due to be published next month.

MULTIPLE areas across Dorset have not recorded any new coronavirus clusters, according to the latest data.