Very cold weather to hit UK this weekpublished at 10:31 British Summer Time 4 April 2021
After a week of warm weather, wintry conditions are set to return over Easter. Ben Rich explains.
Summary
Huge numbers of visitors flock to beaches in Dorset and Hampshire
BCP Council declares 'major incident' in response to the numbers of people
People from as far away as the midlands have come for the day to the coast
The scenes have been described as a "complete breakdown of decent, normal behaviour"
Reports of anti-social behaviour, illegal parking, piles of litter, overnight camping and gridlock
A councillor said she was verbally abused and spat at as she directed traffic.
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Dan Kerins, Andre Rhoden-Paul and Stephen Stafford
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