News in Bridport

Cases and cases rates have fallen slightly across Dorset, but residents are urged to remain vigilant as restrictions are eased.

Due to the bank holiday, Public Health Dorset has published figures today (Thursday, April 1) rather than tomorrow.

The crew at Bridport Fire Station is looking back on a busy year, in which they were called out on average six times a week.

From April 1 2020 to April 1 2021, Bridport Fire Station was called upon 335 times to attend a range of incidents.

Despite the pandemic, Nantes Solicitors is still busy offering its services, help and advice.

A law student on his placement year at the firm explains how his day is quickly filled up.

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Here are some of the latest vacancies available in and around Bridport.

A proposal for a home to be built near Coneygar Hill has been described as a 'Trojan Horse' to more houses and has been strongly objected to by Bridport Town Council.

Plans for a home with four or more bedrooms off Rawles Way in Osbourne Road, with its own access road, have been submitted to Dorset Council. The land is close to Coneygar Hill, which is managed by Bridport Millennium Green Trust.

The Jurassic Coast Healthcare Primary Care Network (PCN) is urging all those over 50 to call and book their Covid-19 vaccination.

Bridport Medical Centre is the vaccination hub for the Jurassic Coast Healthcare PCN, which covers Bridport, Beaminster, Lyme Regis and Charmouth.

The team at Groves Nurseries had an Easter treat this week.

The garden centre has been open throughout lockdown, but it wasn't until Monday that a family of ducks decided to visit and take a swim in its pond.

The date and venue for the Bridport Business Awards have been announced.

The ceremony will take place on Thursday, June 10 at lunchtime at the Tithe Barn at Symondsbury Estate.

Rising beach levels at West Bay mean work to remove a buried sewer has been paused, minimising disruption as lockdown restrictions ease.

Wessex Water had planned to remove the remains of a Victorian brick sewer and other redundant infrastructure at East Beach over the coming weeks, but GPS surveys have shown they are located much deeper below the sand than at the turn of the year.

A Bridport reader is set to take part in a national radio charity appeal.

On Easter Sunday, April 4, at 7.45am on BBC Radio 4, presenter Richard Madeley will be making an appeal on behalf of Read Easy UK, asking listeners to donate to the charity so it can help more adults who struggle to read.