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Inside the floating barge that’s set to hold 500 asylum seekers in Dorset

With “natural ventilation and wi-fi connection throughout”, the barge can accommodate up to 506 people across 222 bedrooms

The Independent UK

Dorset asylum seeker barge will not be like a prison, says minister

But Richard Holden also says efforts will be made to avoid people needing to leave port to access local services

The Guardian - UK

Home office confirms plans to house asylum seekers on barge at Dorset's Portland Port

The barge, called the Bibby Stockholm, will be berthed in Portland Port for at least 18 months

Birmingham Post

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'Ministerial cruelty': Tories slammed for leasing barge to house asylum seekers

The Bibby Stockholm vessel will hold 500 asylum seekers for at least 18 months - a move condemned by human rights groups

The National (Scotland)

Barge leased to house 500 asylum seekers off Dorset coast, despite Tory row

The Home Office announced the ‘basic and functional’ accommodation will be provided on the Bibby Stockholm.

The Independent UK

Asylum seekers to be housed on Dorset barge despite local opposition

Human rights groups and Tory council criticise move to house 500 men on Bibby Stockholm vessel in Portland port

The Guardian - UK

Suella Braverman ploughs ahead with migrant barge plan despite Tory legal threat

The Home Office has confirmed its plan to house more than 500 asylum seekers on the Bibby Stockholm vessel docked at Portland Port in Dorset - but Tory MP Richard Drax says he is considering a legal challenge

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Government reveals full details of plan to house 500 asylum seekers on a barge in Dorset

At least one asylum seeker died on the ‘Bibby Stockholm’ when it was used to detain migrants in the Netherlands

The Independent UK

‘It’s inhumane’: anger at plan to house asylum seekers on barge off Dorset

People on small island of Portland say scheme would be bad for them and bad for those on the vessel

The Guardian - UK

Sandbanks in Dorset loses title of most expensive seaside location to buy a home to Devon's Salcombe

In list of priciest and cheapest seaside places to purchase property, the most expensive areas are in southern England

Wales Online

Most expensive seaside locations where buying a home can cost you £1.2MILLION - see list

Average house prices in the coastal town of Salcombe, Devon, have hit just over £1.2 million - meaning it has replaced Sandbanks in Dorset as the priciest seaside spot

Daily Mirror

Suella Braverman's refugee barge plan in chaos as Tory MP threatens to take her to court

Tory MP Richard Drax said legal action is being looked at as he called on Suella Braverman to scrap the plan to house more than 500 asylum seekers on a barge in Dorset

Daily Mirror

Tory MP issues legal threat over plan to put migrants on ‘floatel’ barge in Dorset

‘We will look at any way we can stop this’, says Richard Drax

The Independent UK

‘Travel is medicine’: how the Sherborne Travel Writing Festival can inspire our trips

Colin Thubron, Sara Wheeler and other celebrated writers will be in Dorset to explain why travel literature still has an important role to play despite the climate crisis and hardening of borders

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Daily Mirror

Location chosen for mega-barge that will house 500 asylum seekers on the British coast

The gigantic barge named Bibby Stockholm was deemed an 'oppressive environment' when it was used by the Dutch government to house asylum seekers in 2005

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re ready for it’: Dorset lifeguards expecting busiest summer ever

RNLI says more than 25 million people visited a lifeguarded beach in UK and Channel Islands in 2022

The Guardian - UK

Give it some welly: the 30 best UK music festivals still available to book

The summer’s big events sell out sooner every year but, whether you like gnarly moshpits, banging dance tents, kid-friendly jazz retreats or gastro entertainment, there’s still time to take your pick and get looking for your camping gear

Birmingham Post

Lush relocates Bristol store to Cabot Circus shopping centre

The Dorset-based cosmetics brand is expanding into a bigger outlet in the city's retail quarter

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The Conversation

Poole oil spill expert Q&A: why is there an oil field in Dorset anyway?

A major incident has been declared after a leaky pipeline caused 200 barrels of oil “reservoir fluid” to spill into Poole Harbour in Dorset, south-west England. The oil was being transported from nearby Wytch Farm, which hosts western Europe’s largest onshore oil field.

Daily Mirror

Fuming neighbours say new 10ft 'eyesore' tower in back garden robs them of privacy

Neighbours in Lyme Regis in Dorset have hit out at the 'eyesore' structure overlooking fossil collector Mary Anning's grave, which they say robs them of their privacy

Birmingham Post

Gas company Perenco to investigate Poole Harbour oil leak

Approximately 200 barrels of reservoir fluid - consisting of 85% water and 15% oil - were released after the leak occurred at the UK’s largest onshore oil field in Dorset

The Independent UK

Poole Harbour leak: Public urged to avoid water and beaches after major oil spill

Anyone who came into contact with the spill in Poole in Dorset is urged to ‘wash immediately’

Evening Standard

Dorset oil leak: Clean-up underway after 200 barrels ‘reservoir fluid’ leak at Poole Harbour

‘Any spill is an extremely serious matter and a full investigation will be launched’ said a boss at gas firm Perenco

Reuters

Perenco UK says oil leak occurred at well site in Southern England

Anglo-French oil company Perenco's UK unit said on Sunday that a limited oil leak occurred at one of its well sites in Wytch Farm in Dorset, southern England.

Daily Mirror

Major incident declared after 200-barrel fluid leak in UK harbour with 'do not swim' warning

A major incident has been declared at Poole Harbour, in Dorset, after around 200 barrels of reservoir fluid leaked into the water from a pipeline

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