HEAVY winds overnight have brought trees down across Bournemouth.

In Alumhurst Road near Alum Chine a tree fell just yards from houses and on Harewood Road, a tree is blocking the pavement near the school.

Nobody is believed to have been injured.

Half an inch of rain is believed to have fallen overnight with winds gusting up to 46mph in the early hours of this morning. The Met Office has issued a severe weather warning for today, but Bournemouth and Poole are just outside the boundary of the warning area.

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