Month: January 2021

DORSET Community Action has been praised for its work in the county during the coronavirus pandemic. […]

Lyme Regis Museum seeks new chair of trustees as it approaches 100th anniversary

IN March this year, Lyme Regis Museum will be 100 years old. We’ve come a long way in recent years; we’ve doubled the size of the museum and the glorious summer of 2018 saw the museum attract almost 33,000 visitors – our highest ever. […]

‘Community pulls together’ to vaccinate 1,700 people in a day

MORE than 1,700 people in West Dorset received COVID-19 vaccines on Saturday, thanks to the community pulling together. […]

LymeOnline website celebrates third anniversary

THE LymeOnline website is celebrating its anniversary having been launched three years ago today. […]

I’m a long way from home (Part II)

I RETURNED to in-person teaching wearing a fresh pair of newly purchased scrubs for each day and a couple of T shirts (I had drawers full of them already) and a pricy F1 style filter mask that promised to protect them from me, and me from them. […]

Pie in the sky – or just crazy?

WHILST we all struggle to adjust our lives around COVID-19, the one thing we look forward to is some kind of normal life resuming as the vaccines hopefully drive away our fears and depression. […]

Why Brian should get a third term

THIS is the time of year when town councillors turn their thoughts to who will be our next mayor. […]

Asymptomatic testing introduced for Dorset’s frontline workers

TARGETED asymptomatic COVID testing for frontline council workers who cannot work from home and who are keeping essential services running has been introduced across Dorset. […]

Dorset preparing for 2021 census

HOUSEHOLDS across Dorset will soon be asked to take part in the 2021 census. […]

Woodroffe student to cut off long locks for charity

A STUDENT from the Woodroffe School in Lyme Regis will be chopping off her long locks on her 18th birthday to raise funds for local mental health and counselling charity Arc. […]

Lyme Regis COVID case numbers drop

24th January 2021

FIGURES for COVID-19 case numbers in the Lyme Regis area have significantly dropped over the past few days. […]

I’m a long way from my home

A LONG way in ways I could never have imagined when I left 3 Jericho and the Skylark at 26 years old for a new life as a married man in the USA. […]

Players past and present rally round to help the Seasiders

LOCAL football clubs are facing the possibility of playing no more competitive games this season if lockdown continues into the spring. […]

Climate Action Network calls for faster action from Dorset Council

DORSET Climate Action Network (CAN) has called on Dorset Council to act far more rapidly than it had planned to cut greenhouse gases and stop the loss of wildlife. […]

Care home staff among those to receive their vaccines this week

MORE than 3,000 Dorset Council and care home staff will have received their vaccines against COVID by the end of this week. […]

WATCH: Lyme Regis News Bulletin – January 22 2021