New security fencing at airport

Terror expert Professor Frank Gregory criticised the broken wire fence

New fencing has been installed at Bournemouth Airport, the day after a BBC investigation highlighted concerns about perimeter security.

A security expert said the quality of fencing around the whole airfield left it "vulnerable" to intruders.

Sections damaged three weeks ago and patched up with plastic mesh have now been repaired.

The airport said security was its highest priority - and the new fencing had already been planned.

A BBC South Today examination of perimeter fencing at the airport showed stretches where it had collapsed had been covered in loose plastic, and in places at the back of the airport it was non-existent.

Terrorism expert Professor Frank Gregory, of the University of Southampton, said: "I see the airport as being vulnerable to a number of intrusions - for a whole variety of purposes, protests, etc - and I am surprised there is not a consistent standard of barrier around the whole perimeter."

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