SCHOOLCHILDREN in Lyme Regis have been playing their part in commemorating the 70th anniversary of D-Day with a themed week of activities. Students at St Michael’s Primary School in Lyme Regis have had talks from the local community, had their
A MAN has been airlifted to hospital after collapsing in Bridport. Paramedics called to the scene at Meadow Court, Folly Mill Lane at 12.40pm today, Friday, June 6. A spokesman for the South West Ambulance Service said the man is believed to
THE CREW of the RNLI’s Lyme Regis lifeboat will feature in flagship BBC One antiques show Flog It! following a visit by the production team to the town. Lyme Regis received a visit from the show’s production team with presenter Paul Martin, who
THE poignant story of how three brothers all died in the First World War has emerged after their medals were put up for sale last week. The Legge brothers from Chilfrome, near Maiden Newton, joined the Dorsetshire Regiment in 1914 and fought alongside
A CONCERT held in memory of a Bridport man who died following a battle with cancer is set to become an annual fundraiser. Paul Wicken, 36, died last year just days before the event in aid of the Weldmar Hospicecare Trust took place. Colleagues
YOUNG men in Dorset are being blackmailed in a scam where fraudsters threaten to send explicit videos to friends and family. One man from Beaminster and another from Weymouth have both fallen victim to the scam in the past week – but there could
A TALENTED writer who started her career at the Bridport News is celebrating the publication of her first novel. Before The Fall is the debut work of mum-of-three Juliet West. She has described it as a ‘moving tale of a love affair, set in
DORSET will be hit again by further strikes by firefighters. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has announced two more strike dates as part of an ongoing dispute with the government over pensions. The dates of the walkouts are Thursday, June 12
THE cameras returned to film in front of the iconic West Bay cliffs for smash-hit TV show Broadchurch. It was the first time the cast and crew have filmed in front of the cliffs on East Beach during the shooting for the second series of the BAFTA
A WEST Dorset man who rapidly gained weight after he was diagnosed with a heart condition is backing new NHS guidelines to ‘lose a little and keep it off’ for life. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) wants overweight people
