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  • Two-car crash on A35

    A two-car crash blocked the A35 this evening.  Emergency services were called shortly after 5pm to a collision about one mile from Monkeys Jump Roundabout, west of Poundbury A black Vauxhall Insignia, registered to a man from Poundbury, and

  • Woman in 70s 'seriously injured' after car flips down hill

    A woman in her 70s was seriously injured after a car came off the road and rolled several times down a hill. Emergency services, including the air ambulance, were called to Walditch, near Bridport, shortly before 5pm yesterday (Friday). Firefighters

  • Trio of artists to make waves with exhibition

    A NEW exhibition at Sladers Yard in West Bay brings together three artists whose work responds to tidal water. It will be running from Saturday, January 26 to Sunday, March 10. Paintings by Anthony Garratt, wood carvings by David West and furniture

  • See a romantic ballet this weekend

    BROADCAST live from the stage of the historic Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, La Bayadere is a romantic ballet in three acts originally choreographed by Marius Petipa in 1877. An audience at the Electric Palace in Bridport can see it on Sunday, January

  • Next best thing to Fleetwood Mac set for town

    FLEETWOOD Mac played at Lyme Regis’s Marine Theatre in the 1970s, just before the peak of their fame. Despite efforts, they are not returning, but the world’s first tribute to the 70s superstars is playing in February. Over the last few years

  • Man charged with affray after hockey stick incident

    A man has been charged with affray in connection with an incident in Bridport town centre when it was alleged people were threatened by a person with a hockey stick on Tuesday evening. Dorset Police said a 40-year-old Bridport man has been charged

  • Speeding concerns raised by residents in North Street

    RESIDENTS in Beaminster are raising concerns of speeding in North Street, which they say has worsened in the last three years. Christine Bright, Beaminster town clerk, read out correspondence from those living in the street, just off The Square,