News in Bridport

Village fetes and other local events are the experiences we are most looking forward to when government restrictions are lifted, according to a poll seen by Nub News.

The finding comes in a survey of more than 2,000 consumers for #wecreateexperiences, a campaign being launched today (March 30) by One Industry One Voice, a group representing the UK's events industry. Leading names from music, sports and showbiz are encouraging us to plan to start sharing live experiences again, with the message: 'Together, we can do this right".

Works to improve access to the disabled toilet by East Beach are complete.

A new path now runs from alongside the West Bay Discovery Centre from the Bridport Arms car park to the toilets.

Two West Dorset activities have been named finalists in the South West Tourism Awards.

Jurassic Coast Guides is a finalist in the experience of the year category, while White Star Running - organiser of the Run Jurassic event - has been shortlisted in the tourism event/festival of the year category.

A range of Easter activities have been planned for the next three weeks at the Bridport Garden Glut stall.

As well as offering surplus food every Thursday from 10am to 1pm, the stall in St Swithun's Church car park will have something extra.

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In order to raise some vital funds, St Catherine's Pre-School is encouraging families to plant some sun for '21

The pre-school is holding a sunflower challenge competition this summer.

Every Friday we are sharing a photo of the week in our newsletter.

We then publish it across our social media for everyone to enjoy.

More coronavirus restrictions have been lifted today (Monday) as part of the Government's roadmap out of lockdown.

Here's what's changed:

The clocks will be changing on Sunday morning as we welcome British Summer Time (BST), also known as Daylight Saving Time.

We may be losing an hour, but the evenings will be getting lighter and summer is on its way.

It has been a year since the first national UK lockdown, adjust our lives to living with the coronavirus pandemic and experiencing a lot of devastation.

There's no way to easily sum up the last year, so we wanted to share some photos and stories gathered as part of the Bridport Lockdown project that particularly touched us and highlighted the effects of life during the pandemic.