Flags attached to lampposts along Weymouth seafront have been removed by Dorset Council.
Flags attached to lampposts along Weymouth seafront have been removed by Dorset Council.
Police were present during the early-morning operation.
The council says permission had not been given for the flags and insists the decision was about safety and compliance, not politics.

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