BBC: The UK Foreign Office (FCO) has urged Britons to leave Bahrain on Thursday, as violence and protests continue.
The government has organised charter flights to Dubai, to supplement the number of commercial flights available.
The FCO advised UK nationals without a "pressing reason" to stay to leave via the international airport on 17 March on commercial or UK-chartered flights.
Security forces with tanks have moved in on anti-government protesters, in the Gulf state's capital Manama.
The protesters have been camped in a square in the city for weeks.
Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken to his Bahraini counterpart to express "serious concern" at the situation on the ground.
At least three civilians were reportedly killed after police fired on mainly Shia protesters. Officials said three police also died.
Troops have taken over a hospital treating the wounded. Officials have imposed a curfew and banned protests.
The country's Sunni rulers on Tuesday called in Saudi troops to keep order.
Bahrain's health minister, himself a Shia, has resigned in protest against the government's use of force, and the BBC's Caroline Hawley in Manama says Shia judges have resigned en masse. » | Thursday, March 17, 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Government tells Britons to flee Bahrain: Britain will send charter planes to help its citizens leave Bahrain as soon as possible, officials said on Wednesday, with an uprising and deadly clashes surging in the kingdom. » | Wednesday, March 16, 2011
