About 200 barrels of oily water escaped from the pipeline, operated by Perenco, into Poole Harbour on 26 March ... oil smudges had been spotted in the bay the day after the leak.

under Owers Bay on Sunday. Members of the public have been urged not to swim at the harbour or nearby until further notice, Poole Harbour Commissioners said. Perenco said it was "under control".

the Poole logboat is the largest logboat ever found in Southern Britain, and the only one to have been found in a harbour. Half of the boat was found by men dredging the harbour in 1964.