A clean-up operation is under way after about 200 barrels of reservoir fluid including oil leaked into the water at Poole Harbour in Dorset. A major incident was declared when a leak occurred at a ...

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Swimmers, beachgoers, anglers and sailors have been urged to continue to avoid using a harbour over the weekend after a pollution incident last Sunday. About 200 barrels of mixed water and oil leaked ...

A FIREWORKS display exclusion zone will be put in place in Poole Harbour. Mariners are being advised that a four-minute ...

Here's everything we know so far. When did the incident happen? The Environment Agency said it is aware of a “large amount of oil” in the harbour and a gold command unit has been established in ...

A MAJOR incident has been declared after around 200 barrels of reservoir fluid leaked into a harbour, leaving a “large amount of oil” in the water. The incident at Poole, Dorset, happened shortly ...

New photographs have shown the scale of devastation after the oil spill in Poole as a black mass spread throughout a river. Members of the public have been urged to avoid using the water and beaches ...

The Government has launched an investigation into an oil spill in Poole Harbour after MPs raised concerns for sensitive nature reserves and the impact of local fisheries. Poole Harbour Commissioners ...

THE ANNUAL Poole Bath Tub Race is set to return to the quay on New Year’s Day. Handmade boats, featuring bath tubs, will take ...

Environmental charities and experts say the oil spill in Poole Harbour could have a “devastating” impact on sensitive nature reserves in the area. Dr Malcolm Hudson, associate professor in ...

WEALTHY residents of posh Sandbanks are terrified the Poole Harbour oil spill has crashed their house prices. Around six tonnes of reservoir fluid bubbled into the Dorset harbour on Sunday after a ...

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