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A large purple three-toed shape in the mud and shingle. At the top of the photo is a black wellington boot.Image source, Wight Coast Fossils
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Fossil guide Joe Thompson found the 130-million-year-old Iguanodon print

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A story about a huge dinosaur footprint discovered on the Isle of Wight was among our most read this week.

We have picked five stories from the past seven days in Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Dorset, Berkshire and Oxfordshire to keep you up to date.

Carry On film star Julian Holloway dies, aged 80

Julian Holloway in character as Algernon Moncrieff. He has a large moustache and is wearing a brown pinstripe suit with a bow tie. He is sitting on a black and gold chair upholstered with crimson brocade.
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Julian Holloway was Algernon Moncrieff in The Importance Of Being Earnest

Carry On film star Julian Holloway has died after a brief illness, his agent said.

The Oxfordshire-born actor played various characters in the comedy films which included Carry On Doctor, Carry On Up The Khyber and Carry On Camping.

His theatrical agency, Sharkey and Co, said he died on Sunday at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital in Dorset.

Holloway had a daughter, supermodel-turned-author Sophie Dahl, with British actress Tessa Dahl, daughter of children's author Roald Dahl.

'Lorry traffic constantly shakes my home'

Mortimers Lane turning. The road sign is on a grass bank to the right of the road.Image source, Google
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Mortimers Lane is in Fair Oak, Hampshire

Residents have urged a county council to introduce restrictions on lorry movements on a road to stop their homes from being "further damaged".

Four people who live on Mortimers Lane, in Fair Oak, have appealed to Hampshire County Council to also alter the road's speed limit.

Philipa Hampton told a full council meeting that her home "constantly shakes dramatically" due to its proximity to the road.

The council's highways chief said the authority would review the concerns highlighted by Mortimers Lane residents.

Storms reveal huge dinosaur footprint on beach

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Dinosaur footprint discovered on Isle of Wight

A palaeontologist has discovered a huge dinosaur footprint on a beach on the Isle of Wight.

Fossil guide Joe Thompson said the 130-million-year-old Iguanodon print at Shepherd's Chine was the best footprint he had ever found.

The three-toed shape, which is almost 1m (3ft) across, was revealed after storms stripped the beach of shingle.

Mr Thompson described the find as "really lucky", adding it would wash away in "a few months".

Micro artist sets world record for smallest sculpture

A silver disc holds the two microscopic red Lego bricks on it, with a brown rectangular strip - the strand of hair - to the side and the head of a needle leaning against it. The background of the image is purple.Image source, David A Lindon
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Here the red four-spot and one-spot Lego bricks can be seen next to a pin and a strand of hair for comparison

A micro artist has set a new Guinness World Record for creating the smallest handmade sculpture.

David A Lindon, from Bournemouth, said the creation took months of planning and months of creating to bring to life.

He set the world record, external for his sculpture of a red Lego piece which measures 0.02517mm by 0.02184mm.

Mr Lindon, an engineer by trade who started work as a micro artist in 2019, says the sculpture is about the same size as a human white blood cell.

Reading legend on Royals' record-breaking season

Glen Little of Reading celebrates scoring their third goal during the Coca-Cola Championship match between Reading and Hull City at the Madejski Stadium on November 19, 2005 in Reading, England.Image source, Getty Images/Julian Finney
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Glen Little celebrated with Bobby Convey as Reading beat Hull in November 2005

A hero of Reading's record-breaking promotion to the Premier League is to be quizzed by fans about the club's stunning 2005/06 season.

Glen Little will answer questions about his career at a bar he used to avoid as a player because it was frequented by former chairman John Madejski.

He said it was "hard to say" what drove the Royals to win the Championship in such emphatic style in 2006 other than confidence and belief.

Little told BBC Radio Berkshire he was lured to Reading by the prospect of potentially playing in the Premier League and for his former childhood hero, Steve Coppell.

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