A sleepy Cotswolds hamlet is in lockdown today following the arrival of US Vice President JD Vance - with locals met by roadblocks, sniffer dogs and hordes of Secret Service agents.
Police have closed off all roads and footpaths leading to the hamlet of Dean, where Donald Trump's deputy is staying with his family at Dean Manor, an 18th-century country house.
Officers are now checking the identity of residents trying to pass through the security cordon, watched on by Secret Service agents in a dressed-down uniform of cream chinos and pale blue-shirts.
Vehicles are being searched with sniffer dogs and walkers told to go elsewhere while Mr Vance, his wife, Usha, and children - Ewan, eight, Vivek, five, and Mirabel, three - are in residence.
The politician is in the Cotswolds today for a relaxed break with his family after arriving from London, where he enjoyed a private tour of Hampton Court yesterday.
