News in Bridport

Bridport Police want to make residents aware of a possible suspicious vehicle seen in the area.

A spokesman for Bridport Police said: "There has been a report of a suspicious vehicle driving around farm buildings in the early hours of this morning. At 3.30am, a cream-coloured, old style Mitsubishi was seen around the buildings at a farm in the Nettlecombe area.

A Bridport-based theatre company has been awarded £94,000 to help face the challenges of the coronavirus and ensure it has a sustainable future.

Stuff and Nonsense joins Bridport Museum in receiving a share of the Government's £1.57mbillion Culture Recovery Fund.

New applications approved this week by Dorset Council include a proposal to convert rooms above a Bridport West Street shop into flats.

Applications in the area approved this week are:

An amazing art installation has emerged in a quiet Bridport lane, which all started with a rainbow and a dove.

Whilst we have been learning to live with the restrictions brought on by the coronavirus, Crock Lane artist Ian Williams has created a stunning piece of work that makes walkers and drivers alike stop and admire.

Chideock Parish Council is calling on Dorset Council to install monitors to assess pollution in the village.

Following Chideock's pollution problem being highlighted on BBC's Countryfile earlier this month, the parish council is urging West Dorset MP Chris Loder to help get PM2.5 monitors in the village.

If you have been to Seatown recently you may have seen a new little wooden hut on the seafront and you would be right to not just walk on by.

The west Dorset coast is lucky enough to welcome the amazing travelling Seaside Sauna Haus, the brilliant idea of Bridport resident Sarah Higgins.

A Bridport pre-school needs residents' help and their unwanted clothing, shoes, duvet covers and more to help raise £2,000.

St Catherine's Pre-school has launched a fundraising project to help fund a new garden fence.

Tony Blair's chief spokesman and strategist, Alastair Campbell, is the latest speaker to be announced for Bridport Literary Festival

He will be talking about his new book, Living Better, at BridLit on Thursday, November 5.

A West Bay fisherman has been recognised for all his work in the fishing industry, a career that has spanned more than 60 years.

David Sales has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to commercial fishing and the marine environment in Lyme Bay in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.

Closing down sale signs have been put up in Peacocks' windows in East Street, Bridport.

It was announced last week that Edinburgh Woollen Mill, which owns Peacocks, is at risk of closure as the company lodged a notice of intention to appoint administrators to look for potential buyers.