More details on plans to create senior living accommodation on South Street, Bridport, have been revealed

Campers are causing misery for residents who claim that they have been pitched up at the beach all weekend

A CAT that ran away and was missing for more than two months after its owner died has been reunited with family in Bridport

St Mary's Church in Bridport is in full bloom this summer with residents praising the "beautiful" green space.

Sir John Colfox Academy is appealing for former students and staff to share their memories, photographs and anecdotes.

The Bridport and District Model Railway Club will once again be holding its annual exhibition at the Sir John Colfox Academy

Three fire crews from Lyme Regis, Charmouth and Colyton were called to Broad Street at 12.39pm to tackle a fire in a first floor kitchen.

A town’s ‘vital’ bus service that is used by both the elderly and schoolchildren has again been put under threat as Dorset Council has ended the contract with the bus operator

Travellers have been moved on after setting up camp at Station Road in West Bay.

There have been reports of slow traffic on the A35 between Honiton and Axminster due to a broken down vehicle near Fern Lane.

A £2 million project to repair part of the A35 damaged by a landslip in Chideock has been completed by National Highways

A new branch of a family-owned bakery will be opening in Bridport this summer

Staff at a primary school in Dorset are celebrating after a recent Ofsted inspection praised the school for being ‘ambitious.’

AN outdoor caravan storage site off the Dorchester Road, Brdport, is to be allowed to continue in use.

Bridport Folk Festival is taking place this weekend from Friday, July 26 to Sunday July 28 following last year's cancellation.

Songs of the 20th century inspired by Thomas Hardy's words and the local Dorset landscape can be heard in Cattistock

A popular seven-day festival, hailed as one of the events of the summer, will return to a seaside town in Dorset this weekend

Plans to turn the former Moores Biscuits factory - home of the Dorset knob - into homes have been put forward

A crash at a busy Dorset roundabout is causing major delays for commuters

In the Dock - See who has been before the courts in these details from Weymouth Magistrates Court registers, May 30 to July 11

Suspected class A drugs and psychoactive drugs have been found at a property on St Michael's Lane in Bridport.

An extreme sportsman is looking to raise awareness for a rare medical condition known as congenital adrenal hyperplasia by cycling more than 1,100 miles

The inquest has opened into the death of a 26-year-old-man who was found unresponsive in the water at Weymouth Beach

A FORMER day nursery in Bridport town centre has been given planning consent to be converted into a six-bed home.

The RSPCA West Dorset branch Taylors Rehoming Centre is looking for homes for these lovely animals

SOME Dorset Council staff are putting the authority at risk of cyber attack by not undertaking mandatory training.

The annual RNLI raft race is set to return this summer as teams get set to sail on the River Brit

Three children in west Dorset are set to benefit from a theatre company's new youth programme

Dorset's police and crime commissioner delivered the opening address at a conference tackling violence against women

THESE evocative old photos show the village of Bradpole from 1922 onwards, where the long gone village manor was owned by the last wife of Henry VIII

An elderly woman with dementia was targeted by suspected cold callers who fled the scene in West Allington, Bridport.

A closure of a rural road in west Dorset is planned to allow drainage and surfacing works to be carried out.

Entries to the Uplyme & Lyme Regis Horticultural Society Summer Show at Uplyme Village Hall must be submitted by 8pm on Wednesday, July 31.

Dorset Wildlife Trust is celebrating National Marine Week which has been backed by TV presenter and adventurer Steve Backshall

Schools are being encouraged to sign up to a unique learning opportunity as part of an art trail coming to Bridport, West Bay and Lyme Regis

Dorset Council has announced that its Household Recycling Centres will have dedicated bins for vapes and cigarettes

The aurora borealis is linked to Earth's magnetic field

The couple has announced they will have to unexpectedly close the café from today

The A35 is to close from 8p until 6am overnight as National Highways carry out planned maintenance work.

These six estates in the west Dorset area still need to be claimed

Hundreds enjoyed a traditional street fair last weekend.

A letter writer has praised the kindness of a stranger in a Lyme Regis car park

AN ABUSE survivor has praised an NSPCC campaign that helps keep children safe from harm.

The latest NHS figures have found that dementia diagnoses in England are now at a record high.

Residents in Bridport have welcomed the speed limit reduction to 20mph

A crash on the A35 is causing significant delays to traffic.

One of Bridport's favourite festivals returns next weekend - Bridport Folk Festival

One butterfly has taken the top spot for its number of sightings across Dorset

Here are pictures of Woodroffe School students stepping out to attend their proms

COUNCIL staff, and others, appear more willing to complain about wrong doing by their colleagues and councillors.