Weymouth overlooked for latest government funding
Weymouth and Portland have been overlooked for a share of a £1 billion government fund for ‘left behind towns’.
Source: dorsetecho.co.uk
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Asylum seekers move onto Bibby Stockholm barge at Portland
The first asylum seekers have moved on to the Bibby Stockholm barge at Portland Port.
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Labour councils scupper government attempts to house asylum seekers on barges as they block plans to dock them at ports around Britain - leaving taxpayers saddled with £6m-a-DAY hotel bill
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.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
MP and furious locals in desperate last-ditch bid to stop Bibby Stockholm barge that will house 500 male asylum seekers for 18 months off the Dorset coast - with migrants given free mobiles, healthcare and an hourly bus service into the seaside town
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.
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Cruise ships set to house 1,000 asylum seekers 'returned to their owners' after they were blocked from docking in Liverpool and Edinburgh - as MP and furious locals launch last-ditch bid to stop Bibby Stockholm migrant barge in Dorset
The return of two cruise ships set to house 1,000 asylum seekers marks the latest blow to the Prime Minister's plans, while residents in Wales blocked off access to a luxury hotel tipped for 240 migrants.
Source: dailymail.co.uk