The Hop In The Grapevine  – specialist in westcountry beers and ciders closed recentlystruggling in the current financial climate. Having once been a Threshers chain the owners invested time money in rebranding  only to see a Spar shop open next door.  The inevitable price war started with only one long term winner. This is a very sad loss of a local business that made Bridport highstreet... 

Bridport Prize The Bridport Prize is an annual international creative writing competition for poetry, short stories and flash fiction. The closing date for entries which may either be sent online or by post is 31st May. The Bridport Prize is one of the top prizes of its kind in terms of both prestige and prize money. It has been the first step in the careers of many established poets and novelists.... 

It has been revealed the town of Bridport in Dorset came out top in the National Name Census. Bridport claimed 1st place in the ‘creative name category’ scoring well for diverse and culturally different names such as Monty, Lucias, Genevieve, Erasmus, Etienne, Moses, Noah, Anastasia and Boadicea. Roger Hazelwood from Bridport who researched and compiled the list sent into the Nation Name Census...