News in Bridport

A community hall could find itself in "dire straits" by the end of the year if funding cannot be found.

St Mary's Church House Hall had to close last year with groups and organisations unable to book hire the hall due to lockdown.

Vote for your food and drink lockdown hero!

Bridport Local Food Group has launched the Bridport food and drink lockdown hero awards to recognise and say a big 'thank you' to the local food and drink businesses.

A hard-hitting film highlights the devastation county lines and drug gangs have in Dorset and how easy it is for young people to get involved.

'Sam - In Too Deep' tells the true story of 'Sam' - whose name has been changed - who was vulnerable, came from a split family and was being bullied in school.

A factory unit on Bridport's Dreadnought trading estate is to be used as a gym.

The application, for unit 24, comes from Richard Harvey of the Hurt Locker.

To mark International Women's Day on Monday, March 8 the mayor of Bridport wants to find out more about the first woman elected to the town council.

Councillor Ian Bark enlisted the help of Cllr Karen Hunt - a historian, chairman of Bridport Museum Trust and a founding member if Bridport Women's History Group - to learn more about Agnes Suttill. It was Cllr Hunt who discovered that in 1921 Agnes had become one of the country's first generation of elected women councillors.

Steven Spurrier of Bride Valley Vineyard, a pioneer in wine who changed the industry forever, died on Tuesday, March 9.

He was surrounded by family at his home in Litton Cheney.

Bridport now has a brand-new website full of everything you want to know about local food.

Bridport Food Matters includes not only a directory of independent suppliers, information about community food groups, how and where to access free food, but also tips about growing your own and adapting to climate change.

Workers in Bridport will be able to get lateral flow tests from Bridport Leisure Centre.

The centre has teamed up with Event Security Southern Ltd to deliver lateral flow testing to workers within Bridport and the surrounding areas to help control the spread of Covid-19.

Residents are being urged to give visiting seals space when seen resting on our beaches.

In the last few weeks, a juvenile male grey seal has been visiting areas of West Dorset and South Devon and has become the focus of a lot of attention. He needs to rest on land to digest any food he has been able to catch, but he still has to learn what to eat and how to catch it. He began visiting beaches like this during lockdown.

The Environment Agency has issued a flood alert for the West Dorset Coast, particularly West Bay Harbour, this evening (Wednesday) and overnight.

High tides and strong winds are likely to cause flooding in the West Bay area. High water is forecast for 4.30am tomorrow morning.