Police have referred complaints about a Weston Mercury billboard poster to the Crown Prosecution Service.

The Avon and Somerset force say they received several after the boards saying 'Gypsies could be on your doorstep' were placed outside newsagents in March.

The paper withdrew the posters and has printed an apology.

North Somerset Councillor Tom Leimdorfer complained about the 'damaging use of words':

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