A damning report from the Care Quality Commission has led to the closure of a care service for disabled and elderly people in west Dorset

Of all the towns along Dorset’s west coast, Bridport has a greater air of bohemia about it than others. The market town full of independent shops, close-knit communities and charming coastal walks hardly feels like the ideal location for organised ...

Diana Parker, a potter and ex-teacher living in Bridport, made it to the semi-final of Channel 4's, The Great Pottery Throwdown.

Bridport has been hit with another pothole on busy road a week after National Highways repaired one that caused damage to at least 60 cars.

Business owners are ‘hurting’ following ‘yet another Coast Road closure.’

REPAIRING or replacing chimneys feature among the latest, decided, planning applications for West Dorset. The applications also include a change to a holiday let at Salwayash. Full details of any of the applications can be found on the Dorset Cou...

P/FUL/2024/05724 : St Andrews Church St Andrews Road Bridport DT6 3BL. Change of use of workshop to dwellinghouse (Class C3) and alterations and extension to the former St Andrews Church. Granted

Firefighters in Bridport have been carrying out life saving training exercises

All cat and dog owners in the UK have been warned flea infestations at this time of year “more common than many people realise”.

Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall’s debut novel will be turned into an ITV series, with the news coming ahead of the book’s publication

There's been a crash on the A35 Puddletown Bypass this evening ands the route is closed

A west Dorset resident has captured the moment that beachgoers decided to walk close to the base of a cliff where rocks recently came tumbling down

Emergency cold weather provisions have been activated

Multiple fire extinguishers were set off by thieves who targeted a west Dorset property

The Beaminster Festival has launched its 2025 programme featuring classical, folk and jazz music, theatre, literary events and an art exhibition.

These wonderful old photos of De Vinchies help tell the story of a much loved nightclub which would attract revellers from miles away.

Trains on the Waterloo Line have been cancelled due to an incident on the tracks

Pupils at Bridport Primary School took part in Rare Disease Day to help raise awareness of the challenges facing families living with rare conditions.

It's a big step forward in the fight to save the Elm Tree Inn at Langton Herring near Weymouth after an offer was accepted for the freehold of the property

A broken down lorry is causing delays to traffic along the A35 between Dorchester and Bridport

The Uplyme and Lyme Regis Horticultural Society has now released the programme and schedule for its Summer Flower and Produce Show.

Around 80 women from the RNLI came together for the #WomenInSAR Training Week.

Philip Sutton, the Dorset artist who is now 96, is having a major exhibition at Sladers Yard, West Bay, opening on March 15.

Residents of Broadwindsor, near Beaminster, are joining forces on Sunday 16 March from 10am to 2pm for a mass garage sale.

All you need to know about The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer 2025 including line up, new judge and when to watch on Channel 4.

The Labour Party has broken its silence over potential HMRC inheritance tax changes coming in in just two weeks.

Lady Caroline Waldegrave has revealed she was "completely terrified" when taking over from Dame Prue Leith as judge on The Great Celebrity Bake Off.

The bomb squad was called to Charmouth beach to a suspected explosive device.

Campaigners are calling on a water company to reduce sewage spills to a west Dorset river after their research claims that 297 hours of waste have been spilt into the River Lim

Bell ringers have reached their target of £25,000 to help restore the bells of a church in Bridport

Dorset County Hospital Charity is calling for participants to join the Jurassic Coast Challenge in May to raise money for the hospital

The Great British Bake Off is filmed in the UK with the iconic Bake Off Tent being pitched at Welford Park, Berkshire.

Hay fever occurs when the body reacts to histamine, a substance released in response to allergens such as tree pollen and grass pollen

A crash involving a motorbike and car on A35 near Dorset - Devon border at Axminster

A 2025 date has been set for a major event in a west Dorset town’s calendar

Here are three Dorset walks perfect to enjoy as the weather warms up with the advent of spring

George Somers of Lyme is forever linked to Bermuda, which for a period of time was known as the Somers Isles

The fire service has warned that smoking poses one of the highest fire risks

Politically charged singer-songwriter, Willy Mason, is set to perform in Lyme Regis later this year.

A major million pound restoration project at an historic church in Bridport has received a financial boost

The group behind an indoor football arena at an industrial estate in Beaminster, will be relaunching a crowdfunding campaign in a bid to make the facilities better

A woman is warning other drivers after she was overcharged by more than double for parking in a car park in West Bay because of a 'default option' on the Just Park app

Farmers in west Dorset are calling for dog owners to take responsibility as livestock attacks continue to plague the county

A new independent shop - Wine World - has opened a new shop on South Street in Bridport

Firefighters rushed to tackle ‘a silent killer’ near Bridport town centre

A pub hidden in the hills of west Dorset is the Bridport News pub of the week.

The UK had hundreds of road signs with some being more unusual or rare than others - can you identity some of them?

Martinstown Cricket Club are gearing up for the new season and it hasn’t been a winter of hibernation

Here are the outcomes of planning applications for the west Dorset area decided by Dorset Council

Bridport charity becomes latest hub for mental health and wellbeing initiative, Access Wellbeing, offering drop-in access to support from trained coordinators.