First Wessex buses running through the county are introducing a tap on tap off (TOTO) system of payment for commuters. The technology will be set up from Sunday, December 1, allowing passengers to ...

As world leaders met at Cop29, UN-appointed experts said countries must ramp up climate finance to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

Countries have made “minimal progress” in increasing action to curb global warming in the past three years, analysis shows. An assessment by the Climate Action Tracker (CAT) initiative says that ...

Bridport Literary Festival ended on a high at the weekend, with actor Simon Russell Beale charming the audience at the Electric Palace. The 20th festival was a resounding success, with a record number ...

Dorset sisters living in Valencia have taken matters into their own hands to help those affected by the disastrous flooding ...

A WEEKEND art exhibition is to be held in West Bay. Dorset artists Jon Adam and Jason Anderson will showcase their collaborative exhibition, Parallel Origins, at The Salt House from November 16 to 17.

These beautiful pictures taken by a local photographer show the amazing moment when a bank of fog rolled over the cliffs at West Bay. They're the work of Daryl Gill, who took up photography as a hobby ...

An electricity pole outside a church caught fire sending out 'white, firework-like sparks'. The electricity pole caught fire on Priory Lane, Bridport, just before 9am on November 7. The overhead mains ...

The papers on Thursday are led by a shake-up to the pension scheme. The Financial Times reports Chancellor Rachel Reeves is to announce pension “megafunds” are set to be created to help unlock ...

The largest coral in the world, measuring 32 metres long, has been found in the Solomon Islands. The coral, which is visible from space, is three times larger than the previous record-breaker, and is ...

A teenage girl was left ‘dripping’ in blood after her school refused to let her go to the toilet while she was on her period.

Home-buyers in a dual-salary household face paying nearly four times their income to purchase a property typically, according to Zoopla.