A Dorset MP says he hopes the recent government reshuffle will help his campaign to save the county's search and rescue helicopter.

South Dorset's Richard Drax has written to new Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin and minister Stephen Hammond in the hope they'll reconsider the planned closure of the Portland centre.

Mister Drax argues it'll cost lives because the chopper will have so far to fly to some incidents from a proposed regional base in Hampshire.