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If you are visiting Poole Harbour this Easter, avoid using the beaches and water for any recreational use until further updates become available.

Oil deposits have washed up on Brownsea Island as the pipeline leakage in Poole Harbour continues to threaten wildlife.

Poole Harbour Commissioners have issued a report following the oil spillage at the weekend when people were warned not to swim in the harbour.

A clean-up operation is being carried out in Pool Harbour following the leakage of around 200 barrels of reservoir fluid, including oil.

The new festival with a maritime theme runs from 19 November until 2 January, with lights throughout the town and at sea.

During patrols, marine officers encountered a number of incidents involving paddleboarders and a sinking yacht at the weekend.

Eggs have been hatched by a successful pair of fish-eating birds of prey that haven’t bred in the south for 200 years.

It is believed that the body found in the Harbour on Saturday 14 May is that of David Haw from Sussex and the major crime unit is investigating.

A man has been released under investigation as a search continues for a man missing in Poole Harbour.

Both Poole lifeboats were launched to assess a 27-foot rib that had got one of its ‘sea legs’ stuck in the mud as low water was approaching.