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  • Don't get caught out by A35 closures this week

    Work has started on the A35 and it will lead to overnight closures. The road will be closed every week night this week from 8pm to 6am in both directions between Bridport and the Monkeys Jump roundabout, Dorchester. The work involves essential

  • Postie turned Home Secretary to talk about music he loves

    HEAR the personal story of a prominent politician as An Evening with Alan Johnson comes to the Marine Theatre in Lyme Regis. Now a bestselling author with his memoirs having sold half a million copies to date, the talk is inspired by Alan’s latest

  • Dorset's unmarked police cars use shadows to catch speeders

    Dorset's unmarked police cars can catch speeding motorists using just a shadow on the road – and they’ll even get you if you’re driving too fast behind them. The force’s roads policing vehicles are fitted with VASCAR, is a type of device for calculating

  • People on the brink of homelessness being helped by new law

    Fewer West Dorset households are living in temporary accommodation since a law was brought in last year to help those on the brink of becoming homeless, figures reveal. But with nationwide figures at a decade-long high, Shelter has warned that

  • Letter: Thanks for making RNLI barbecue a success

    Bridport RNLI would like to thank Paul Wiscombe and all the staff at The Anchor Inn, Seatown, the committee members, particularly John Parker and Steve Hilleard, music was by ‘HiDDEN’, all the volunteers and the public who supported us at the Seatown

  • Dorset is standing up to scams - here's how

    Dorset Council Trading Standards has made a commitment to take a stand against scams by signing up to an anti-scam initiative. The Trading Standards has become a Friends Against Scams Organisation. This is an initiative which aims to inform people