Weekly round-up: Five stories you may have missed

Danielle Harding said the implant for severe acid reflux had been life changing

A story about a new devise to curb the effects of severe acid reflux was among our most read stories this week in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

A variety of local issues were featured on the BBC News website, BBC Radio Solent and South Today.

We have picked five of them to keep you up to date.

The RefluxStop implant is smaller than a ping pong ball

Acid reflux patient hails 'life-changing' implant

A woman who suffered the debilitating effects of severe acid reflux has described a new implant as "amazing" and "life changing".

Danielle Harding, 30, could not eat without enduring severe coughing and pain because of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD).

She was one of the first patients in the UK to receive the implant of a silicone ball into her upper stomach wall.

Fern Britton stalker given 10-year restraining order

Fern Britton received "unwanted" flowers from Haviland in the "prolonged" stalking campaign

A man with a "crush" on TV presenter Fern Britton has been given a 10-year restraining order following a "prolonged campaign" against her.

James Haviland, 63, admitted stalking Ms Britton without fear, alarm or distress between November 2021 and September 2023 in Wadebridge, Cornwall.

He sent the former This Morning host "unwanted" flowers and stayed in the cottage she rents out in the county.

DNA search brings siblings together after 70 years

Josie Morey (right) found her brother Jim McLoughlin and sister Lorraine Williams through a DNA kit that was given to her as a Christmas present

Three half-siblings, in their 70s, have met for the first time after finding each other through a DNA match on a family history website.

Josie Morey, 76, from the Isle of Wight, was given a genealogy kit for Christmas by her granddaughter to find out more about her mixed-race heritage.

It led to matches with 77-year-old Jim McLoughlin in Liverpool and Lorraine Williams, 74, in Canada.

Residents evacuated after suspected e-scooter fire

The roofs of several homes were badly affected

Residents were forced to leave their homes overnight after a house fire thought to have been caused by an e-scooter battery spread to seven neighbouring properties.

The blaze broke out in a three-storey home in Hill Park Road, Gosport, on Wednesday shortly before 21:40 BST.

The fire service said it was most likely started by an e-scooter that was left on charge overnight.

Historical Solent sea forts each sell for more than £1m

No Man's Fort boasts its own lighthouse and helipad

Two sea forts that were built to deter a French invasion in the 19th Century have each been sold at auction for more than £1m.

The pair, both previously converted into luxury hotels, are among four so-called Palmerston's Follies - artificial island fortifications in the Solent between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.

No Man's Fort sold for £1,120,000 while Spitbank Fort fetched £1,010,000 at the Savills sale on Tuesday.