Bridport is the happiest place to live in Dorset, according to a new survey. The seaside town was the highest rated location in the county in a list of the 75 happiest places. In second place was ...

The account goes on to describe people waking to think thieves had broken in, and people feeling dazed in terror, as reported on Burton Bradstock village website. The shock was most violently felt ...

A FORMER shop is set to become part of a home following a planning decision made by Dorset Council. At 5 George Street, West Bay, permission has been granted to convert a former shop with living ...

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Plans to reduce bus services in west Dorset have been withdrawn following criticism from users. First Bus had announced its winter timetable with reductions to its X51 and X53 services, linking ...

Seventy live turkeys have been stolen from a farm in Dorset. The birds were taken along with equipment from the farm in Dottery, near Bridport, at about 01:30 GMT on Monday. Dorset Police urged anyone ...

A man has been arrested after a 37-year-old woman died and a man suffered severe injuries following a crash involving two ...

From this evening, the A35 will be closed between Axminster and Bridport for five nights from Monday to Friday. Closures will begin at 8pm and the road will reopen again at 6am. The work on this ...

The scarf stretched for more than 400m from the community kitchen to Bridport Town Hall A hand-knitted scarf measuring more than 400m (1,300ft) has been unfurled as the culmination of a community ...

One person has been airlifted to Southampton General Hospital after a serious two-car crash. Emergency services rushed to the ...

On the winding drive from Bath down to the Dorset coast, Bristol and Devon-based Barefoot Architects founding director Sam Goss, communications consultant Jenny Stephens and I discuss everything from ...