Dorset Echo sales up, Bridport & Lyme Regis News down
CONGRATULATIONS to the Dorset Echo! Its circulation in the second half of 2009 went up by 2.1 per cent to 18,396. According to The Guardian, the…
Read articleWest Dorset birdman targets paragliding world record
EDDIE COLFOX has been flying for 17 years. Early on he used to compete nationally and was top of the league, when he broke his back.…
Read articleBirdmen to help bikeboys
A FILM about the heights and frights of paragliding is to be shown at Bridport’s Electric Palace to raise funds for Dorset’s only indoor skate and…
Read articleDING DING! Seconds away – ROUND ONE! The Bridport News versus the View From Bridport
SO, THIS MORNING, the Bridport News and the View From Bridport began their Wednesday wrestling bout. In the blue corner, the BN – 40p, published by Newsquest…
Read article“For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth”
“FOR THOU knowest not…” was the title of a sermon preached by Evershot’s priest after a fire in 1865 nearly burned the whole village down. More than 100…
Read articleDorchester town centre plans move a step closer
WEST DORSET District Council is making a big effort to win support for plans for the revamp of Dorchester town centre, and below – word…
Read articleNew use needed for Bridport site of class war
THE SEARCH has begun for a new use for a relic of Dorset’s social struggles. Ten interested parties have been shown around the empty Institute in East Street, Bridport, by…
Read articleOld West Dorset media to battle it out midweek
THE Bridport News and the Lyme Regis News will appear in future on Wednesdays. The move is announced on the papers’ website but not (that I can…
Read articleBridport: Hat’s the way to do it!
BRIDPORT is to host the UK’s first ever Hat Festival. It could become the world’s biggest celebration of headwear and millinery, and it should provide an additional…
Read articleBridport’s PVA to create art for deaf people at Roman Town House in Dorchester
DORCHESTER’S Roman Town House will be lit up by a moving image projection that tells its unique story for hearing-impaired people. Dorset County Council is working…
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