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• Teen sought after Southbourne beach fight

  Police are trying to identify a teenage girl following an assault at Southbourne beach. Around seventy young people gathered at Fisherman’s Walk on Friday evening, where council CCTV captured a group of girls attacking another female believed to be about sixteen years old. Officers attended the area in significant numbers, but the victim left on foot before police arrived and enquiries are continuing to check on her welfare and offer support. One female suspect was detained and identified, while investigations continue to identify others involved in the incident, which also saw reports of nitrous oxide, cannabis and alcohol use. Anyone who knows the girl involved is being asked to contact Dorset Police.

• Local figures named in honours list

  Several people with Bournemouth and Dorset connections have been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours List. Dorset Police Chief Constable Amanda Pearson receives the King’s Police Medal, while former Bournemouth councillor Philip Broadhead has been awarded an OBE. MBEs go to LoveLove Films founder Georgina Hurcombe and Bournemouth University professor Jian Jun Zhang. Wimborne residents Paul Kitching and firefighter Keith Prince have both received British Empire Medals.

• BCP apologises over food waste delays

  BCP Council has apologised for delays in food waste collections after higher-than-expected use of the new service.

• Support for tougher Bournemouth parking fines

  Councillors have backed a trial to double parking fines in Bournemouth this summer, but say better transport alternatives are also needed.

• MP welcomes MenB vaccine rollout

  Bournemouth West MP Jessica Toale has welcomed a new meningitis B vaccine rollout for young people following her campaign for wider protection.