RENOWNED Chef Ashley Palmer-Watts will be attending the Dorset Knob Throwing and Frome Valley Food Fest, which takes place at Cattistock on Sunday, May 4. Ashley, who heads the kitchen of two Michelin starred Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, will be
‘WE’RE not going to let the criminals defeat us.’ That’s the message from managers of a garage business, which was back open soon after the premises were targeted in a ram raid. Raiders attempted to steal an ATM machine by driving a stolen vehicle
MEMBERS have approved changes to Dorset County Council’s cabinet. The new-look cabinet, the authority’s top decision-making body, was approved at a full meeting of the council. The reshuffle comes after the cabinet member for environment and
HEARTFELT tributes have been paid to a ‘loving and kind’ man and former mayor of Lyme Regis Mike Hartley. Mr Hartley, 79, who lived in Kingsway, Bridport, until he was transferred to Lymewood nursing home approximately four years ago, died at the
LYME Regis town councillors have selected a new short-term tenant for the former Rinky Tinks ice cream parlour on the seafront. An extraordinary full council meeting held on Tuesday, April 29, allowed councillors to consider bids for the concession
BEACHGOERS are being urged to stay safe after a resident snapped this shot of a family close to the scene of a recent rockfall. The photographer, who didn’t want to be named, said he was left ‘shocked and stunned’ when he saw the groups with their
SKATERS in Lyme Regis celebrated as final design plans for the much-anticipated town skatepark were put into place. A group of nine young people from the town met with Wheelscape, the construction company for the skatepark, to add their own personal
A woman and her son escaped without serious injury after their car went into a hedge. Emergency services were alerted to the A356 near Rampisham just before 2pm yesterday, Thursday, May 1 following the single vehicle collision involving a BMW X5
