WORK to complete essential repairs to the harbour wall in West Bay remain on schedule, the council said. The latest repair works to stabilise the wall near the harbour master office got underway at ...

A West Dorset barber is back up and running after his mobile business was destroyed in a van fire. As previously reported, Dan Atkinson was left devasted after his van, which was fully renovated into ...

Users of Bridport’s Household Recycling Centre were relieved to hear that Dorset Council had scrapped plans to implement a pre-booking system ...

After serving the local community for over 55 years, Livingstone Textiles in St Michael's Lane, a well-loved local fabric retailer of dress and furnishing fabrics and haberdashery, is officially up ...

The British Beer and Pub Association has estimated that 378 pubs will close this year across England, Wales and Scotland.

Britain and France are to order more Storm Shadow missiles, as they step up work to replace the weapon as part of a refreshed defence pact. Storm Shadow, or as the French call it SCALP, is a ...

The most popular road trips across the country have been revealed and a Dorset route tops the list. Motoring association, the AA, has released a list of the most popular UK road trips and it’s a route ...

Britain and France have signed a raft of agreements to work more closely on protecting critical infrastructure and on AI, dubbed the “Entente Technologique”.

Research suggests the cost of living is still ‘grinding down’ many families a year on from Labour’s general election victory.

Kemi Badenoch is to call for health benefits to be restricted to people with the most serious conditions as she sets out her plans for welfare.

MPs have warned of a “long road ahead” to improve the children’s social care sector amid rising need and a “severe” shortage of appropriate placements for young people. The Education Committee noted a ...