THE BRIDPORT and Lyme Regis News saw its busiest year ever online.

From rolling coverage of the storms that swept across Dorset in January and February to a dramatic police manhunt after armed poachers chased a gamekeeper in December, the team have been working hard to bring you the latest news as it happens.

Facebook and Twitter sites have also proved popular with readers, as more readers get online than ever before.

January and February were dominated by storms, as bad weather battered the Jurassic Coastline.

Lyme Regis faced big storms in February prompting 5,508 readers to click on our rolling coverage, bring readers all the latest on the flood and weather warnings.

In March it was announced that West Bay would again take centre stage as film crews would return in the summer to begin work on Broadchurch 2.

Broadchurch news dominated the viewing figures across the summer, as thousands of readers clicked online to hear the latest news as filming began.

The series is set to return to our screens on January 5 and readers are already getting excited to see what will happen in the new series.

In July tributes poured in memory of Sir John Colfox who sadly died at the age of 90.

Members of the community paid tribute, describing him as “one of a kind”, “a traditional village elder” and a “great man.”

In September, 1,144 readers read about the thousands of people who packed onto Lyme Regis beach for Guitars on the Beach, with rock legend Ian Gillian from Deep Purple leading the crowds in a rendition of ‘Smoke on the Water.’ In December, 11,795 people clicked online to read the dramatic story of the police manhunt after armed poachers chased a gamekeeper near Beaminster.