MORE than £30,000 has been raised for lifesavers after a hugely successful fundraising week.

A RECORD fair is set to take place in town this weekend.

AN UNUSUAL exhibition is currently open, where the bizarre and the strange meet the surreal and the curious.

THE newly published Elections Bill will allow ministers to define and curtail ‘campaigning’, could make coordinating opposition an offence, and permits political meddling in the Electoral Commission.

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

Today is A-level results day and students and parents across Dorset are nervously awaiting their results.

A driver is responsible for booking and MOT every 12 months to ensure their vehicle is road worthy.

DORSET Council has increased its spending on drainage maintenance by £200,000 and has invested in two new machines to help keep the county's roads from flooding.

OIL heated households in Dorset are reminded to book their boiler in for its regular service to avoid higher fuel bills and costly repairs later on in the year.

A NET maker took his own life at a play park five days before he was due to be sentenced for child porn offences.

A VANDAL attack on a milk vending machine which cost a west Dorset business hundreds of pounds has been condemned as 'mindless' and 'senseless'.

A YELLOW weather warning has been issued for heavy rain, thunderstorms and possible power cuts across Dorset which may cause travel disruption and some flooding.

A EUROMILLIONS prize worth more than £141,000 has yet to be claimed from a lottery ticket bought in west Dorset - with the deadline to claim the prize fast approaching.

THE campaign to immortalise Lyme Regis' most famous fossil hunter is back on track following a delay.

POLICE have been given a pot of cash to help tackle anti-social behaviour (ASB) across Dorset.

AS WE all take our cautious steps towards ‘freedom’, on behalf of Bridport Business Chamber members and all business-owners in the town, may I pay tribute to those unsung heroes and heroines - our street cleaners!

YOUNG people are being invited to help a local artist create a piece of art to highlight the problems of marine plastic pollution.

A MAN walking from one end of the country to the other while hitting a golf ball and also stopping to teach lifesaving skills is passing through Dorset this week.

Containers with metal ends such as Pringles tubes, hot chocolate, nuts and other products can now be recycled in Dorset.

AN EXHIBITION bringing together more than 100 artists to raise funds for air ambulance charities in the region including Dorset & Somerset is still available to view.

Mr Robins caught the encounter on camera and was eager to show people when he was back on shore.

Rather than more traditional methods, students will receive grades based on recommendations from their teachers.

A MAN who is on trial for alleged historic sex offences dating back to the 1980s has been described by friends and family as 'honest' and committed to his charity work, a court heard.

SCHOOL pupils will enjoy a taste of the outdoors thanks to a new garden which is being created for them.

A CAMPAIGN to bring a refugee family to Bridport has taken another step closer to becoming reality after reaching a fundraising target.

An electrical pole on fire sparked an emergency response.

A CHARITY shop will be adding a bridal room to 'make brides feel looked after and find their perfect dress'.

LIVE open-air theatre is returning to Beaminster this summer with an 18th century comedy.

ROAD users are being reminded to be mindful of large slow machinery on the roads now harvest is in full swing.

MORE than 450 new coronavirus cases have been recorded across Dorset within the last 24-hour period, according to latest statistics.

COASTGUARDS were able to quickly locate a woman who sustained injuries to her wrist and was left unable to walk after slipping on a coastal path.

Sometimes there’s nothing better to eat than tucking into a big burger.

Award-winning garden designer Andrew Duff looks at late showstoppers that just keep on giving.

"WE'RE offering something new to Bridport": Owners of a Mexican food outlet have taken over as tenants of a West Bay pub.

A LANDMARK Bridport building has relaunched with new tenants as part of its controversial new vision to ensure a stable financial future.

A RENOWNED literary festival is set to return to Bridport this year.

RESIDENTS are invited to attend a free open day at a new flower farm.

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WITNESSES described the moment they saw ‘huge clouds of black smoke and a big fireball’ as a lorry burst into flames on a busy Dorset route.

AN INTERACTIVE MAP shows how coronavirus cases are still rising in areas of Dorset - with Weymouth town centre seeing a spike in cases.

RAIL passengers in Dorset should expect long distance journeys to London to be up to 40 minutes longer as works to replace tracks are set to cause major disruption over the next few days.

As Ghosts returns to our screens, Charlotte Ritchie and Kiell Smith-Bynoe tell Georgia Humphreys why the family show has resonated with people.

As hit Amazon Prime series Modern Love returns to our screens for a second series, Danielle de Wolfe discovers more from actress Minnie Driver.

The changes will come into effect from January 1, 2022.

NEGOTIATIONS are underway as a community looks to take over its local pub.

BRIDPORT'S indoor skate park has celebrated its first birthday following a year of lockdowns and uncertainties.

MORE than 450 new coronavirus cases have been recorded across Dorset within the last 24-hour period, according to latest statistics.

A PATIENT has died of coronavirus at Dorset County Hospital.

A POPULAR carnival week is set to return after missing out last year.

TOWN councillors in Dorchester have welcomed news that next year may see the re-introduction of two trains an hour on the Waterloo service.