SHIPTON Gorge’s village-run pub the New Inn – held up as a shining example of the Big Society – is to lose its licencees. Gary Pellow and Sandra Tyson have said the time is right to go after six years association with the community venture. Palmers
DAY care centre volunteers have urged the council to keep the centres open as it considers ways to save £600,000. They warned of the human cost of closing or reducing funding for centres – including those in Bridport and west Dorset. The comments come
THE number of drink drivers has increased in the first fortnight of the police’s summer crackdown. A total of 40 drivers were arrested compared with 14 last year in the drink and drug driving campaign. Chief Insp Bob Nichols, who is head of Dorset Police
ALL the hard work that went into organising Bridport’s Food Festival paid off with locals and visitors flocking to Asker Meadows despite the threatening clouds. And if the heavens did open on occasion nobody seemed to mind – there was plenty of shelter
EXHILIRATION, exhaustion and fun will be served up in equal measures at the 21st Charmouth Challenge and Fun Run. The event will see competitors taking on either the eight-mile Challenge or the 2.5-mile Fun Run, starting and ending at Charmouth Primary
