Rupert Best News Today

A celebration of cider will take place at this years Royal Bath and West Show

Plans to use two giant cruise ships to tackle the Channel boats crisis were in tatters last night after Labour councils were accused of blocking efforts to find a port where they could be docked.

The Bibby Stockholm - a three-storey and 300ft-long accommodation vessel - was pulled by a tug into Portland in Dorset this morning after setting sail from Falmouth in Cornwall yesterday.

The return of two cruise ships set to house 1,000 asylum seekers marks the latest blow to the Prime Ministers plans, while residents in Wales blocked off access to a luxury hotel tipped for 240 migrants.

AN American cruise liner sailed into Portland Port this morning to bring thousands more tourists to Dorset.

The Jubilee weekend was a triumph for the monarchy and our wonderful Queen, especially to bring our communities together in celebration both of the…

PORTLAND Ports operations and services have been boosted with the introduction of a new multi-million pound tugboat - which has been officially named in honour of a former director who died earlier this year. Portland Port director and decorated Royal Navy commander Rupert Best, who retired from duty in the early 1990s, was instrumental in persuading Langham Industries to buy the port from the MOD in 1996, and worked tirelessly to grow the operation. Mr Best died aged 76 in February, and ...