A beauty therapist has been left blushing after being crowned Bridport News' Beauty Therapist of the Year.

Residents are urged to take part in a walking tour to help the council identify its town's cultural and heritage highlights.

“IT’S part of the risk of going out… but it’s not normal and more needs to be done” - the thoughts of one teenage girl as it was revealed drink spiking reports in Dorset had reached a record high.

A WOMAN is celebrating her 80th birthday by skydiving for charity.

THIRTY five sites across Dorset - including 22 schools - will be among the first in the country to benefit from the government’s £5 billion full-fibre broadband project.

These are the cheapest places for a summer getaway in the UK.

A comedian said to be comedy's coolest customer is to headline an all-star night of stand-up in Bridport.

BRIDPORT Museum is celebrating its 90th birthday on Saturday, May 28 with free entry all day, fun family activities and a fundraising raffle.

A SPONSORED dog walk in west Dorset - in aid of abandoned cats and dogs - has raised more than £2,000.

A REVIEW of the way Dorset Council operates its powers of delegation for planning applications may be considered.

Adults living in Dorset with long-term mental health conditions are more than twice as likely to smoke as the wider population, new figures show.

DORSET Blind Association has had a week to remember with a trio of events and milestones to celebrate.

The final series of Stranger Things will drop in the UK very soon

A council has slammed yobs after a shocking attack in which a tent was urinated on and then set on fire while people were inside it.

RNLI video shows man being hauled out of the sea after boat capsized

HEARTWARMING tributes have flooded in for dedicated ex-Lyme Regis player and club volunteer Ken Hitchcock, who last week passed away aged 80.

THOUSANDS of people gathered to see the long-awaited statue of fossil hunter Mary Anning unveiled - on what would have been her 223rd birthday.

A man has been sentenced for being drunk and disorderly in a public place in Bridport.

Hundreds of children were being looked after by foster families in Dorset last year, figures show, as an annual campaign to raise awareness of the value of fostering begins.

There was more praise for West Bay Discovery Centre when tourism award winners enjoyed an extra celebration with a party when three special prizes were announced.

Nearly half of Ukrainian refugees accepted to stay with hosts in Dorset have not yet reached the UK, new figures show.

COUNCIL tax in Dorset provides some of the "poorest value for money" in the country, according to newly released figures.

DORSET footballer Dom Gape missed out on promotion back to the Sky Bet Championship with Wycombe Wanderers after Sunderland claimed a 2-0 victory in their Sky Bet League One play-off final at Wembley.

THE number of people on Universal Credit in Dorset is at its highest level since October, new figures show.

DORSET charity Diverse Abilities has celebrated one year of STARs, a service to support children with special educational needs.

DORSET Council is still failing to properly listen to town and parish councils – according to Dorchester independent councillor Alistair Chisholm.

WILDLIFE charity People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) is calling for people across Dorset who spot a stag beetle (or larvae) to record their sightings online, as part of their annual Great Stag Hunt survey.

Supporters are urged to lace up their running shoes and sign up for a shift to help lifesavers.

BRIDPORT manager Edgar Marcu believes he can take the Bees back to the Western League Premier Division this season.

BEAMINSTER pulled off their third straight victory, beating Corfe Mullen by 54 runs to move into second in County Division Two.

UPLYME & Lyme Regis held their nerve in a gripping finale with Ottery St Mary to win their Devon League C Division East clash by two runs at King George V Playing Fields.

The Chancellor will be taking some action to help households deal with a further increase later this year in energy bills.

Martin Lewis grilled Chancellor Rishi Sunak over the cost of living package he outlined on Thursday. What did he ask?

The alleged incidents took place in London between March 2005 and August 2008, and in Gloucestershire in April 2013.

Running from today until June 25, shoppers have a month to get all their favourite summer pieces.

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Bits of guidance for prosecutors could lead to victims having their rights to privacy dramatically reduced

Help your kids doze off to dreamland with Silentnight's new kids mattress and bedding range.

Councils around the country are in the process of paying out the £150 council tax rebate.

POLICE have launched an appeal after a tent was reported urinated on and then set on fire.

A MOTORCYCLIST has died in a crash on the A35 Puddletown bypass.

FLOAT to live - that's the message from lifesavers as they launch their summer water safety campaign.

A section of Rope Walks in Bridport town centre is to be closed for technical engineering works to be carried out.

COVID cases across Dorset are dropping rapidly.

He may be more known for his work in Parliament than as a writer but former Home Secretary Alan Johnson will be special guest at a west Dorset literary festival.

HOMEOWNERS in Dorset are being warned of issues surrounding structural repairs.

DORSET Police are urging people who live in rural or hard to find locations that emergency services use What 3 Words to locate you.

THE Great British Skinny Dip is coming to Dorset this summer.

Boris Johnson brought the cheese and wine pictured in a garden gathering on May 15 2020 from his flat.

THIRTEEN charities will receive more than £1,000 each following fundraising from Co-operative stores in Dorset.