Flooding risk prompts evacuation of Ilford mobile homes

Two people were rescued from their car at Little Bredy after it became trapped in floodwater

A mobile home park in Dorset is being evacuated due to a high risk of flooding following heavy rainfall over the weekend.

Residents at about 90 homes at Iford Home Park have been asked to leave the site as a precautionary measure.

Bournemouth Borough Council is arranging alternative accommodation for residents.

Elsewhere in the county several people have been rescued from their cars after they became trapped in floodwater.

The council and the Environment Agency have asked people living close to the River Stour to remain vigilant.

They warned that other low-lying properties at Iford, Redhill and Christchurch, including Wheatplot and Red Hill Home Parks and Stour Park Homes, may also be affected.

Council officers, the Environment Agency and Dorset Police are on site at Iford Home Park, which is next to the river, to help with the overnight evacuation.

Visitors and locals have been asked to avoid the area at this time.

Weymouth's Olympic sailing park-and-ride site also flooded

Dorset Fire and Rescue Service was called out to more than 200 incidents over the weekend.

A man was rescued from his car on Sunday after it became trapped in floodwater in Sturminster Marshall.

Two people were also helped to safety from their car in Little Bredy by firefighters and the coastguard helicopter.

Meanwhile a cleaning operation is in place at Weymouth's Olympic sailing park-and-ride site, which flooded after Radipole Lake burst its banks overnight.

Flooding has also closed the A35 in Dorchester in both directions between Monkeys Jump Roundabout, in Dorchester, and the Longland's Lane junction, in Winterbourne Abbas.

Weekend rainfall in Portland made it the wettest place in the country, with 96.6mm (3.8in) of rain during Friday and Saturday.

Flood warnings are still in place for the region.