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ON SCENE: Devon and Cornwall air ambulance attends the scene of the incident at West Bay on Sunday PICTURE: Susan Carter

Man dies in tragic crash during West Bay powerboat race

General view of the proposed site off Chickerell link road. Photo: Richard Percival

Plans unveiled for 470-home scheme (and there's land for a new school)

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PICTURE: WEST BAY COASTGUARD RESCUE TEAM

Swimmer suffers allergic reaction on beach

Traffic light fault causing delays on A35 at Bridport

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Traffic light fault causing delays on A35 at Bridport

COOKING UP A TREAT: TV chef Phil Vickery cooking a friend gurnard dish at The Club House, West Bexington

Celebrity chef visits the Jurassic Coast to cook up a storm on live TV

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Third phase of Barton Farm development given green light - despite objections

QUEUES: Motorists were unable to pass through Chideoc Picture: JOHN TILLEY

Six-hour road closure sparks fresh calls for village bypass

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Teresa Wolff, Vice Chair of GO Girls!

GO Girls! one step closer to fundraising target after village fete

West Dorset MP Oliver Letwin (Pic MAISIE HILL)

Column: When it comes to news, truth is less interesting than fiction

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Charlotte Eve

Meet the Dorset musician who's impressed rock legend Sir Ray Davies

PROPOSALS: McCarthy and Stone plan to develop land at the former Mountjoy School site

Have your say on plans to develop former school into retirement accommodation

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MISSED BEYOND MEASURE: Lulu Covey.

Keeping the memory of Lulu alive

Dorset Studio School prom, Zac Green, 19/06/18, PICTURE: FINNBARR WEBSTER/F19730

Pictures: Dorset Studio School prom

Revitalisation of historic event boosted by community support

OUTDOOR THEATRE: Love's Labour's Lost

Enjoy one of Shakespeare's best-loved comedies al fresco

Guitars on the Beach
June 16 2018

Pictures: Britain’s biggest guitar festival returns (and things were a little different this year)

Bridport Museum Picture: Graham Hunt

Examining the lives of wartime women

Gillian Perrott and Team Rector, the Revd David Baldwin, with Beaminster’s EcoChurch award. Picture: Diocese of Salisbury

West Dorset church celebrates EcoChurch honour

Witness appeal to help finding missing sheep near Loders

Witness appeal to help find missing sheep near Loders

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LEGACY: Lule Rocks is a celebration of the life of Lulu Covey

In memory of Lulu: Here's what to expect from this weekend's special event

Grab your spade and gardening gloves - new community project launches

WORKOUT: Spandex Ballet

Enjoy an 80s workout in all its neon glory

PLANS: David Smith and Lloyd Brown have launched Dark Bear inLyme Regis Picture: SIMON EMMETT

Duo launch cocktail bar with Dorset-themed drinks - including the Bridport dagger!

FESTIVAL: The Jurassic Fields Festival is returning, with acts such as Tankus the Henge due to perform, Picture: Jurassic Fields Festival

All the headliners and performers for the Jurassic Fields festival

West Dorset MP Oliver Letwin (Pic MAISIE HILL)

Column: TB is again one of the biggest killers - because of antibiotic resistance

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CHEERS: The inaugural Melplash Cider Festival has been labelled as a 'thundering success' by organisers, PICTURE: Melplash Cider Festival

Success for cider festival (and organisers are already looking to 2019)

Cllr Lynda Wise, new mayor of Chickerell

Meet the new mayor of Chickerell

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REHABILITATION: Cllr Gill Taylor WPBC, Gareth and Joyce North from C'Siders, Jane Boyle from About Face Head and Neck Cancer Support, kneeling is John Jennison, general manager at Osprey Leisure Centre, image by Fi Woods LRPS

Meet the people helping cancer patients to get fit

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A disused barn could get a new lease of life as a micro-brewery

ANCIENT BEAUTY: The event expolores the South Dorset Ridgeway PHOTOGRAPH: Tony Gill.

Discover the ancient secrets of the Ridgeway with this free festival

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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall of River Cottage talks foodie habits ahead of festival

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Neighbourhood plan approved by referendum (although only one in five people voted)

ALL SET: Bridport MusicAthon will take place on Saturday Picture:JOHN GURD JG16451.

All the performance times and venues for this weekend's Bridport Musicathon

BUZZING: Beekeepers preparing to get the bees that were in the tree, Picture: GERRY DUDGEON

These unusual visitors brought a buzz (and some luck!) to a Dorset Arts Week venue

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MAKE A SPLASH: Charity places are available for Lyme Splash on behalf of Dorset Abilities, Picture: LYME SPLASH

There's still chance to sign up for the Lyme Splash (even though it's sold out)

Live in West Dorset? Here's how to meet your neighbourhood police team

Picture: PA

Signed up for online council services? Your data could be shared with 80 organisations

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HISTORIC MIGRATION: Keith Moores (on the right) with his cousin James from the US (left) with then mayor Sandra Brown in 2000 in the Bridport News, provided by Jane Ferentzi-Sheppard

How migration affected people in Dorset hundreds of years ago

Rosemary Cottage in Rampisham

Village to open range of beautiful gardens

UPPORT: The funding was unanimously agreed Picture: PETER BYRNE/PA

£350,000 boost to kickstart affordable housing schemes

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Lyme Regis RNLI called to search for missing elderly man

Missing man sparks multi-agency search along coast

Revd Canon Stephen Batty. Picture: Gary Waldron

Tributes paid to 'impressive' priest and artist

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File photo dated 04/03/17 of a person using a laptop, as the Home Secretary Amber Rudd is to launch a crackdown on criminals who exploit the internet underworld known as the dark web. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday April 11, 2018. On Wedne

Couple lose thousands in BT phone scam

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Generations of cyclists have ridden the Great Dorset Bike Ride

What to look forward to on tomorrow's Great Dorset Bike Ride

West Bay coastguard were called to reports of a person in distress on Burton Cliffs

Coastguard called to reports of a person in distress

PLEASE SUPPORT: Rachel Bobeckyj in the current day, is calling on people to back new charity haven for young people

'This will help hold families together': Woman who battled cancer backs appeal for 'haven'

Parnham House, Beaminster, Dorset, UK. 15th April 2017. A major fire has destroyed the historic Parnham House at Beaminster in Dorset. An estimated 100 fire and rescue personel were at the scene. Picture Credit: Graham Hunt Photography..

Efforts to save Parnham House stepped up...as it's revealed the stately home needs urgent works

A base jumper jumps off the top of East Cliff at West Bay in Dorset on to a busy beach filled with holidaymakers during the Bank Holiday weekend. 28th May 2018. Picture: GRAHAM HUNT PHOTOGRAPHY

Shocking moment basejumper throws himself off 150ft cliff

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Spring has been banned from Beaminster for a year

Man who punched ex-partner in face handed prison sentence

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VISIT: Laura Moncur docked in the harbour Picture: SAM BEAMISH

Did you see this historic lifeboat at Weymouth harbour?

COMMEMORATION: The standard bearer from Lyme Regis British Legion, Jon Hunt, at the service

One hundred years on: Memorial for soldier who fell in the First World War

MINDFEST: Bel Mooney, the Daily Mail's Agony Aunt is due to provide advice at the 2018 Mind Fest

'We want mental health service to be accessible to everyone': Fundraising begins ahead of popular festival

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DIVING IN: Members of the Severnside Sub-Aqua Club with their wreath for the SS Baygitano

Divers remember sunken First World War ship

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