A DRIVER whose car struck a much-loved 90-year-old great grandfather did not see the pensioner crossing the road and did not realise he had hit a person, an inquest heard.

COMPLAINTS are piling up about the state of two roundabouts at main entrances to Bridport.

A NEW art installation which can be seen in Bridport later this year will be out of this world.

MORE than £20,000 has been raised to provide activities and wellbeing support across local villages.

YOUR views are needed on a plan to improve access and make it easier to move around Bridport town centre.

THE Police and Crime Commissioner elections are happening on Thursday 6th May.

AN initiative has been launched across Dorset to help people living with diabetes get more active.

A FREE business support scheme has opened for ambitious bosses across Dorset looking forward to the future.

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Far more new or expectant mothers were in contact with Dorset’s mental health services in January than before the pandemic, figures show.

BRIDPORT Reserves’ boss Richard Middleton admitted the 4-1 DPL Supplementary Cup loss to Balti Sports was “very disappointing”.

LYME Regis inflicted a first home defeat since December 2019 on title rivals Feniton with a 3-2 victory at Acland Park.

A MAJOR Dorset road is partially closed after a car crashed into a fence and rolled over.

MORE volunteers are needed as the battle to vaccinate the county continues.

TEMPORARY traffic lights are set to cause delays for three days on the A37.

THERE have been a total of nine new cases of coronavirus confirmed in Dorset over the last 24 hours.

A forest school near Martinstown has been rejected – with Dorset Council claiming it would be visually intrusive and harmful to the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

AFTER more than a decade of campaigning, disabled users of Dorchester’s West station will no longer have to travel to Weymouth and then back again to head north.

MORE family bubble swimming sessions are available at a Bridport leisure centre.

THE MP for West Dorset is hopeful a change in the law which will bring harsher punishments for those convicted of animal cruelty offences will be passed within the month.

BRIDPORT residents can hear a talk from a US photographer, free of charge.

CAR boot parking charges for the Sunday sales at Dorchester may yet be reduced.

BRIDPORT News April 8th 2021 detailed some of Dorset Council staff’s generous pay packets. Dorset taxpayers support three times the number of 'Big Earners’ at over £100,000 p.a than the average English taxpayer. When it comes to super inflate...

SPACES are available on a free teaching assisting course taking place in Bridport next week.

A LITERACY charity is celebrating its 15th anniversary by recruiting more volunteers to help children become confident readers.

RESIDENTS are being encouraged to move more this May to boost wellbeing and raise money for local families living with cancer.

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THE owner of Dorset brand Clipper Teas has been officially declared a great place to work.

THE MP for West Dorset has challenged the BBC for 'demanding' that children not eat meat to get a Blue Peter badge.

THROUGHOUT the month of April, Bridport RFC player William Murley has been doing burpees tirelessly every day for charity.

A CANCER support group which has seen its membership rocket is to relaunch its Nordic walking group across the Dorset countryside.

NO further deaths from coronavirus have been recorded in Dorset hospitals in the last 24 hours as of Tuesday, April 27.

THERE have been a total of 20 new cases of coronavirus confirmed in Dorset over the last 24 hours.

THERE has been an alarming increase in catalytic converter thefts in Dorset and beyond as thieves aim to make a quick profit off stolen car parts.

PEOPLE across Dorset are being urged to be vigilant on the coast as warmer weather returns.

BOAT owners are being urged to 'love your harbour' and dispose of waste properly.

CHANGES to Dorset children’s social services are beginning to have a positive effect for the county’s young people – Dorset councillors have been told.

MORE than 100 spectators descended on a Chickerell pub to see a landlord go under the razor to raise awareness for mental health causes.

Visitors to beaches have again been warned to check tide tides after seven people were cut off on a notorious stretch of the Jurassic Coast.

A cigarette thrown onto some bin bags sparked a fire outside a property in Bridport town centre.

DORSET businesses won big at a tourism showcase in an 'emotional' online event - following a difficult year for hospitality during the pandemic.

DONATIONS to save a community hub in Bridport have 'slowed a bit' after a flying start.

NO further deaths from coronavirus have been recorded in Dorset hospitals in the last 24 hours.

Budding astronomers are being told to prepare for a glimpse of the rare Pink Moon.

The value of Dorset's RNLI lifesavers is highlighted in new statistics which show that they came to the rescue of more than 430 people last year.

MORE than 10 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Dorset over the last 24 hours.

RESIDENTS are being offered the opportunity to give blood at a local fitness centre.

AN EVENT is set to go ahead live and in-person in June to support a local cause featuring a historian and a journalist.

Harbour authorities have hit out after a watercraft which shouldn't have even launched into the sea crashed onto rocks at West Bay in strong winds.

APRIL is International Autism Awareness Month and to mark this, ASCape, Bridport’s autism support group, would like to share the experience of one of its members.