A technical problem is being blamed for a lack of public access to agendas on the new Dorset Council's online service.

Those trying to look at the papers for next week's shadow executive meeting have been greeted, since Monday, by a sign in American English, which says that access is 'unauthorized' due to invalid credentials.

The council's home page does provide an alternative link to the pages.

The authority says it hopes the issue will be rectified soon, but on Tuesday afternoon the pages were still not accessible.