Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council said the new structures would be the same length as the existing groynes but made from "a hybrid of timber and rock". It said a section of the ...

The coastguard was called after there were reports of an "unconscious and injured person" at Hengistbury Head.

A driver had to be rescued after his excavator got stuck in the sea at Bournemouth beach. The machinery was being used to replace groynes as part of a scheme to protect the beach from erosion.