Cotswolds village on lockdown amid heavy police presence
The lockdown includes road closures, ID checks, and sniffer dogs as US Vice President JD Vance combines holiday with official meetings, officials confirmed a 29-vehicle motorcade presence.
- A tight security lockdown surrounds Dean hamlet, Oxfordshire, as US Vice President JD Vance's visit results in road closures, police, and US Secret Service presence.
- Following a private tour of Hampton Court, Vance visited British Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Saturday at Chevening House in Dean, with his family.
- Security personnel have deployed ID checks, car searches, and sniffer dogs at all entry points to Dean, with only residents permitted entry and exit.
- A no-entry lockdown in the village has disrupted local routines, with residents only allowed in and out amid heavy police presence and searches.
- A local called the security a 'waste of resources', and residents plan protests tomorrow against the lockdown and heavy security, criticising police allocation and tactics.
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Cotswolds village on lockdown amid heavy police presence
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