News in Bridport

Every week we will be sharing a circular walk in and around our local area with directions and photos. We use the OS Map app, which is very useful if you are out walking.

If you subscribe to our newsletter, you will be able to receive the walk first every Friday and be able to enjoy it over the weekend.

Bridport's St Swithun's Church will be 200-years-old in 2027 and the community is encouraged to get involved.

To mark this significant date, the church community is looking at how it can be ready for the next 200 years. As part of this process, an open meeting had been planned at the church for early July, but the delayed lifting of Covid restrictions has forced it to be postponed.

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

Bridport Museum has praised the dedication, positivity and drive of its former chairman of trustees as he is recognised on the Queen's Birthday Honours List.

George Streatfeild has been honoured with an MBE for services to the food industry and community of Bridport.

The Melplash Agricultural Society has had a boost of more than £6,400 to continue its work of inspiring and educating young people.

The organiser of the Melplash Show was NFU Mutual Beaminster's dedicated charity to receive the donation from a national £2 million Agency Giving Fund launched by NFU Mutual

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The Summer Solstice is on its way, taking place on what we call the longest day of the year.

The Summer Solstice occurs when one of the Earth's poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun, so therefore it reaches its highest position in the sky and is the day with the longest period of daylight.

To celebrate 50 years of providing holidays in West Dorset, the family and team at Highlands End Holiday Park in Eype has set a massive fundraising target.

It is inviting holiday guests to mark the park's golden anniversary by bringing its total raised for the Jurassic Coast Trust to £100,000.

Cases across Dorset are "rising quickly" with the Dorset Council case rate almost tripling in a week.

Public Health Dorset reports there are 106 confirmed cases in the last seven days in the Dorset Council area, compared to 42 on June 11, and 228 in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council area, compared to 74 on June 11.

The Love Food - Love Bridport Market will be at the Millennium Green tomorrow (Saturday).

The Bridport Food and Beer Festival may not be going ahead this year, but organisers - Bridport Local Food Group - are putting on the next best thing; a free open-air food and drink market.