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  • Help shape West Dorset's future

    RESIDENTS will be asked to have their say about a plan to shape the future of West Dorset at special drop-in sessions in June and July. The sessions will be held so people can find out more about the draft Local Plan which sets out how the area will

  • Benchmark of Bridport doc’s success

    FAMILY members unveiled a bench in Bucky Doo Square in memory of a dedicated Bridport doctor. The seat was dedicated in honour of Dr George Crawshaw, who served the town as a GP for more than 50 years. His widow Alice and children Steve and Alice performed

  • Villagers enjoy Milborne Mini Soccer Club’s family fun day

    VILLAGERS enjoyed a day of family fun organised by their local football club. The Milborne Mini Soccer Club’s family fun day was a great success and organisers hope it will be the first of many events run by the club. The Milborne St Andrew club organised

  • Bridport schoolchildren get ready to meet MP for cycle talk

    A CLASS of schoolchildren are looking forward to a face-to-face meeting with their local MP to put their case for a law on wearing cycle helmets. The Year Five pupils at St Mary’s School in Bridport wrote to West Dorset’s member of parliament Oliver

  • Hardy home gets bed boost

    A NEW arrival has taken its place in the bedroom of Thomas Hardy’s former home in Dorchester. Hardy enthusiast Mike Nixon has donated an original Victorian cast iron bed to the National Trust and saw it installed in the attic room where the

  • Latest recycling scheme caters for cartons

    RESIDENTS can now recycle a lot more thanks to a new scheme that has been launched. Recycling banks for food and drinks cartons are springing up at points throughout Weymouth and west Dorset. The scheme means cartons for things like