Sandbanks chain ferry warning after staff 'threatened'
The ferry, Bramble Bush Bay, crosses between Sandbanks and Shell Bay daily - twice an hour, each way.The company said staff were being supported following Wednesday's incident."We hope by raising awareness of this issue such incidents will not happen in the future," it said. "Please be assured that, for the wellbeing of all, any future incidents of this nature will result in immediate preventative action, and offenders may be banned from using our service."It added that the technical fault had been resolved, and the ferry service was continuing to run as normal.
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