Lib Dems select candidate

West Dorset Liberal Democrats have selected Bridport resident Edward Morello to stand as their parliamentary candidate in the next General Election.

Mr Morello, who secured 8.5 per cent of the 2019 election vote, said: “I am extremely grateful to the members for once again putting their faith in me, and hugely honoured by the opportunity to fight for a better future for the residents of West Dorset.

“Rural communities like ours have been especially hard hit by the policies of successive Conservative governments, especially our farms and rural businesses.

“After 13 years of taking us for granted the Conservatives can no longer pretend to be the party of rural Britain. West

Dorset deserves representatives that will protect our countryside and coast, our rivers and our farms, our way of life. The Liberal Democrats will champion our rural heartland, create job opportunities, provide proper funding for local services, protect our NHS, and clean up our rivers and beaches.“

He added: “For far too long we have been burdened by a Conservative-run Council, a Conservative MP, and a Conservative Government in Westminster. The answer to the problems we face in West Dorset is not more Conservative mismanagement. In May next year we will have local elections and sometime soon a General Election. “Only the Liberal Democrats can win in West Dorset and so I appeal to everyone, of every political persuasion, to vote for change and to vote Liberal Democrat.”

Edward works in renewable energy, and lives in Bridport with his wife, five-year-old son, and rescue dog Reggie. The next General Election must be held before January 24, 2025.

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Get on board for a literary celebration of the county’s picturesque coastline.

Bridport writing group Story Traders has launched a new anthology called A Jurassic Omnibus inspired by the scenic route of the X53 bus from Portland to Lyme Regis. It is the group’s second anthology, which they are publishing to raise money for Bridport’s Burrough Harmony Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing as well as the Fortuneswell Cancer Trust.

The illustrated collection of short fiction and poetry evokes a motley crew of characters and settings –take a cold dip with wild swimmers, hear the song of the mermen, eavesdrop on Slow Mary as she says her pagan prayers on Colmers Hill, or peer over Turner’s shoulder as he sketches sailors at work. Story

Traders, established 12 years ago, meets twice a month to compare notes on ongoing writing projects. A spokesperson for the group said: “Story Traders planned this second anthology for 2020 to mark the tenth anniversary