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.

  1. EFL play-offs: Brentford beat Bournemouth to reach Championship final, Lincoln overcome Sunderland in League Onepublished at 11:24 British Summer Time 22 May 2021

    Relive all the action as Lincoln City overcome Sunderland to reach the League One play-off final, after Brentford beat Bournemouth to reach the Championship final.

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  2. Snowdonia wettest place in UK as winds hit Walespublished at 21:41 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    Heavy rain and 70mph winds bring disruption and flood risks to Wales

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  3. Weather for the Week Aheadpublished at 17:58 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    Weather for the Week Ahead

  4. Rain-drenched 36 hours confirms sodden Maypublished at 15:02 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    Almost three quarters of a month's worth of rain fell on some parts of NI in just a day and a half.

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  5. 'Barbaric' sex attacker jailed for stabbingspublished at 14:50 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    Mark Williams is jailed for a minimum of 14 years for offences including attempted murder.

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  6. Tech to slow e-scooters to 3mph on seaside prompublished at 11:16 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    GPS technology will automatically restrict e-scooters in "go-slow" or "no-go" areas of Bournemouth.

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  7. Surfer rescued as 70mph gusts hit Walespublished at 00:09 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    A woman was pulled from the sea off the north Wales coast as strong winds sweep across the country.

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  8. 'Momentous day' as UK cruises resumepublished at 22:48 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    MSC Virtuosa set sail along the south coast of England on Thursday evening.

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  9. Wind and rain batters Northern Irelandpublished at 17:48 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    Inland areas of Northern Ireland experience wind gusts peaking between 40-50mph.

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  10. Weather for the Week Aheadpublished at 16:19 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    Weather for the Week Ahead

  11. Student Covid jabs halted amid high demandpublished at 12:17 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    Hundreds of students queue for hours after being offered the chance of walk-in jabs in Bournemouth.

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  12. Westpublished at 12:03 British Summer Time 20 May 2021

    Professor Alice Roberts and archaeologist Matt Williams present 2014's most outstanding archaeology.

    In the summer, archaeologists have been unearthing our history in hundreds of digs across Britain. They have gone to extraordinary lengths to uncover long lost treasures - retelling our story in a way only archaeology can.

    With unique access to some of the country's best digs, our teams have been self-shooting their excavations to make sure the audience is there for every moment of discovery.

    In this episode, we're in the west of Britain, and the archaeologists join us back in the Dorset Country Museum to look at the new finds and what they mean. Sites include:

    Barrowclump: This Bronze Age burial site also holds dozens of Anglo-Saxon warrior graves. The archaeologists here are former British soldiers.

    Durotrigues Big Dig: A glimpse into the twilight world after the Roman army left around 410AD.

    Winchester: One of the UK's earliest hospitals, revealing insights into the lives and deaths of lepers.

    Bronze Age Bling: Metal detectors unearth a Bronze Age hoard, revealing the secrets of childhood thousands of years ago.

    Ipplepen: A huge Roman settlement in an area the Romans were not thought to have conquered.

  13. Swan dies after being shot through eyepublished at 16:52 British Summer Time 19 May 2021

    The swan was fired at with an air gun while its mate sat on their nest of eggs, the RSPCA says.

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  14. Weather for the Week Aheadpublished at 16:37 British Summer Time 19 May 2021

    Turning wet and windy in the next few days. But will this trend continue into next week? Louise Lear has the details.

  15. Bypass reopens after sink hole repairspublished at 09:36 British Summer Time 19 May 2021

    The Puddletown bypass was shut westbound for over a week after the large hole opened up.

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  16. Why is the weather so rubbish right now?published at 09:34 British Summer Time 19 May 2021

    BBC weatherman Owain Wyn Evans explains what's going on.

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  17. Weymouth 1-3 Boreham Woodpublished at 22:02 British Summer Time 18 May 2021

    Boreham Wood win at Weymouth as a small crowd returns to the Bob Lucas Stadium

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  18. Plans for controversial £2.6m beach huts approvedpublished at 20:06 British Summer Time 18 May 2021

    Controversial beach hut design sparks a "Marmite" debate as one councillor calls them "container ships".

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  19. Anti-Covid graffiti sprayed at vaccination centrespublished at 19:06 British Summer Time 18 May 2021

    CCTV images of a suspect are issued after "mindless damage" is caused to two centres in Bournemouth.

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  20. Chemo-overdose patient 'died of natural causes'published at 18:35 British Summer Time 18 May 2021

    Barbara Curtis died after being given drugs five times stronger than prescribed, an inquest hears.

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