Welcome to Benefits Street on the beach: Plagued by drugs, violence and people having sex in public, inside Bournemouth's downfall… and how NEIL SEARS was spat at, punched and abused when he went to investigate

Britain's seaside resorts never look better than during a heatwave, and this week Bournemouth was no exception. The rippling waters of the English Channel sparkled in the early evening sun. Britain's seaside resorts never look better than during a heatwave, and this week Bournemouth was no exception. The rippling waters of the English Channel sparkled in the early evening sun.