Bridport Vintage Market has donated £1,000 to help the community grow fresh food. Edible Bridport, a Bridport Food Matters project, works with volunteers, schools and community groups to transform neglected public green spaces into productive fruit, vegetable and herb gardens
Locally grown star PJ Harvey backed the final push to save Bridport’s historic Lyric Theatre, with a personal donation to its crowdfunder campaign to save the building’s roof. Urgent repairs are needed for the roof of the 250-year-old theatre. Tucked
Who’d have thought the seismic shock of noise, energy and general mayhem that was punk rock was half a century ago? As a spotty, teenage oik in 1976, I certainly remember hearing John Peel play The Damned’s New Rose and
An urgent crowdfunding appeal has been launched to secure the future of Bridport’s 250-year-old cultural landmark, The Lyric Theatre. Already, the Under This Roof appeal has raised more than £66,500 towards £100,000 needed for vital repairs before irreversible damage destroys
Bridport lawyer tackling ‘wrongful conviction’ in infamous farmhouse mass murder Emily Bolton. Photo by Pete Millson The Bridport lawyer who freed wrongly-convicted Andy Malkinson has taken on an even higher profile case – that of Jeremy Bamber, who was jailed
Six rowers are in a traditional Cornish pilot gig, pulling hard in practiced unison, and Dagger skims across Lyme Bay like she’s grown wings. From the pilot seat, there’s a breath-taking view of sunlight dancing on waves as they roll
A little Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA) punching well above its weight was recognised for its outstanding service. The Bridport & Lyme Regis branch has just 37 members, many of whom are serving RAF personnel and stationed away from the
The transformation of St Michael’s Trading Estate in Bridport is finally set to go ahead after more than two decades after a Section 106 agreement was signed. The seven-acre site sits between the River Brit and Bridport’s historic South West
Objections to expanding a Bridport slaughterhouse and its operating times fell on deaf ears as councillors approved the proposal. After being closed for a year, the abattoir in Mangerton Lane was bought out by Pickstock Telford Ltd, who have now
A public meeting to discuss family farm tax and other pressures in Bridport attracted a bumper crowd. The meeting, organised by Hardy Farmers Breakfast Club, was chaired by local journalist Dr Paul Lashmar. The panel included Trevor Cligg, who runs