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 Echo is the only regional daily in…
West 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. The earthbound days following left him with…
Birdmen 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 cycle park. The Trick Factory on St Michael’s…
DING 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 (owned by the giant American corporation Gannett),…
“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 people were left homeless; up to 1,000…
Dorchester 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 for word – are two press releases issued today. Why word for…
New use needed for site of class war in Dorset
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 members of the Bridport Area Development Trust,…
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