A trailer carrying a huge tank's knocked down an electricity pole and a street sign while passing through Wimborne.

Southern Electric engineers were called out to West Street yesterday morning to deal with live wires from the pylon, while police also attended as the army vehicle was blocking a lane at the roundabout next to the Pudding and Pye pub.

Officers escorted the trailor and its cargo - a Titan bridge-laying tank - onto the A31.