AMID the ban by the Church of England on all “mass gatherings” due to the Covid-19 epidemic, meaning no formal religious services are allowed, Weymouth churches are seeking to maintain public contact.
The United Church Dorchester has made several changes to its events and services in light of the coronavirus outbreak.
“WE are not stopping church, we are not closing anything, we are saying - church is changing”, that’s the message of the Bishop of Salisbury amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Lyme Regis Town Council has backed plans for a new development at The Woodroffe School.
Residents and the parish council have objected to plans to build 40 homes in a west Dorset village.
Bridport Leaisure Centre has closed its doors to the public.
A CHEF from Lyme Regis will appear in the Great British Menu 2020.
The new owners of a pub which is set to reopen today admit it’s a difficult time for a relaunch – but they felt it was important to start trading. The Coach House Inn, formerly the Coach and Horses in Winterbourne Abbas, will be opening at 12pm. New owners Lee and Jo Worsley have spent £250,000 refurbishing the premises.
LAST week, I asked you to consider how we can prepare and help our community with this unprecedented challenge of Coronavirus. The response since then has been brilliant, including West Dorset businesses who have offered help to manufacture emergency ventilators. In Broadmayne, West Knighton, Beaminster, Bishops Caundle and Sherborne – to name just a few so far – volunteer groups have sprung into action to prepare to help the most vulnerable in our rural areas with shopping and delivering fo
PET owners are being urged ‘not to abandon their animals’ and to think about how they will care for them animals if they need to stay at home with suspected symptoms of coronavirus.
