News in Bridport

Minister for Media and Data John Whittingdale has praised Nub News for showing there is still a demand for community-focussed local journalism.

The Maldon MP's endorsement follows the expansion of Nub News into 62 towns across the UK in recent months, including the launch of Bridport Nub News in October last year.

Bridport Tree Planting volunteers have been able to plant 75 trees in 75 minutes.

They have been planted at Dibdin View on a piece of land in the Flaxhayes area and owned by Magna Housing Association.

The Allington Hillbillies has celebrated its 10th birthday, marking a decade of volunteering to look after Allington Hill and Coopers Wood/Field.

The group has achieved a lot in the past 10 years since January 23, 2011, with wildlife projects such as improving the diversity of the woodland and improving the connectivity of the area by making wildlife corridors improving the hedge lines around the site.

The West Dorset Western Area Transport Action Group (WATAG) will be holding its AGM on Thursday, January 28 at 7pm.

The agenda will be:

The pandemic has meant many of us have missed out on big events and being with family when we need them the most, adapting weddings, funerals and birthdays for almost a year.

But a Bridport family were able to get the closure they needed and pay respects to their loved one at a special funeral service in West Bay.

A new radio programme hopes to give a voice to those with disabilities in our community.

Anna Golding of No Limit's Bridport, the dance and music project for people with learning disabilities, has come up with the idea of Radio People.

More than 1,700 people in west Dorset received Covid-19 vaccines on Saturday, thanks to the community pulling together.

It was Bridport Medical Centre's biggest challenge yet, which was selected as the Jurassic Coast Primary Care Network centre to deliver the vaccines for patients in Bridport, Beaminster, Lyme Regis and Charmouth.

A message of thanks has been issued to the Dorset team working tirelessly to vaccinate the most vulnerable.

The NHS in Dorset is working incredibly hard to deliver the Covid-19 vaccine to the most vulnerable local people, at the same time as providing care to all those who need it and whilst coping with the rising number of Covid-19 cases and winter pressures.

Bridport Arts Centre will benefit from funding support, thanks to Dorset Council.

From April 1, it will be supported with a three-year funding agreement courtesy of the council's new Organisational Revenue Support Fund.

Business support grants are being automatically paid by Dorset Council to qualifying businesses.

The council has sent emails to 3,500 businesses to confirm they will receive two payments this week.