Dorset Fire and Rescue says it's unlikely residents will be allowed to return home until tomorrow after a gas main leak in Swanage.

Nearly thirty houses were evacuated on Victoria Avenue at about about nine-thirty A-M today - and fire crews and police remain at the scene.

A local church is being used as a base for those evacuated, while repairs are carried out - and householders are being escorted to get overnight belongings before then being helped to find accommodation for tonight.