Weekly round-up: Five stories you may have missed

Brothers Gareth (front) and Rhys Paterson were kayaking in Lyme Bay

Stories about brothers rescuing swimmers from a dolphin and Downton Abbey costumes and props going up for auction were among our most read this week.

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

Brothers rescue 'terrified' swimmers from dolphin

A pair of kayakers described rescuing two women in separate incidents after a dolphin began pushing them underwater.

Brothers Rhys and Gareth Paterson said they saw the animal jump on one swimmer's back and force her head below the surface at Lyme Bay in Dorset.

"She was kind of gasping for air," said Rhys. "She was terrified." They later saw the dolphin do "exactly the same thing" to another woman.

Experts from the Marine Management Organisation have warned that dolphins are "unpredictable wild animals" and advised swimmers to stay at least 100m (328ft) away.

'Taking 23 A-Levels was not stressful at all'

Mahnoor Cheema is now off to Oxford to study medicine

A teenager who passed 23 A-Levels said she did not find it stressful "at all".

Mahnoor Cheema, from Slough, Berkshire, said she had done less studying than the average student and was just "very lucky" and able to "read and pick up things quite easily".

The 18-year-old has a place at the University of Oxford to study medicine and has dreams of becoming a neurosurgeon.

She said it was "bittersweet" because her exams had been "a constant presence" in her life, but she was looking forward to the next step.

Downton Abbey items auctioned before last farewell

Items worn by the Countess of Grantham - played by the late Dame Maggie Smith - are being sold

With the third and final Downton Abbey film due to hit the big screen in September, fans have a chance to grab a piece of Downton history.

Props, costumes and set pieces from across the series are being auctioned for charity and the lots are on display in a free exhibition in London.

They include the bell wall from the servant's hall, expected to fetch between £5,000 and £7,000, and the family car - a 1925 Sunbeam - estimated at £25,000 to £35,000.

The exhibition at Bonhams in New Bond Street will remain open until bidding closes on 16 September.

Locations for the TV series included Bampton, Cogges Manor Farm and Kingston Bagpuize House in Oxfordshire, and Basildon Park in Berkshire.

Cut-down traffic cameras being replaced on bridge

The previous cameras were found shattered on the ground

Traffic cameras are being replaced on a bridge where they were cut down hours after being installed.

The new "state-of-the-art" devices are being put up on the A3024 Northam Bridge, in Southampton.

New cameras will also be installed on the A3024 Northam Road, near its junction with Brinton's Road, and the A335 Thomas Lewis Way, near Dukes Road and Horseshoe Bridge.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said the vandalism in January had followed "incorrect" speculation that the previous cameras were to raise money, or could be used for surveillance.

Tiny hole could shut road for a week

The tiny sinkhole has been cordoned off because of concerns about a larger void around it

A tiny hole on the Isle of Wight that has closed a stretch of a road will require "significant work" to fix it because of concerns about a larger void beneath the surface.

The hole, which is about an inch (2.5cm) wide in St Mary's Road in Cowes, has been cordoned off and work to repair a section of broken sewer beneath it will begin on Tuesday by Southern Water.

An Island Roads spokesperson said they hope that because of the "several very short diversions" created and the small number of spaces along that part of the road, disruption will be "minimal".

Southern Water said it is unsure how long work might take but an Island Roads web page shows it is expected to be shut until 29 August.