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A black and white image of the original Thunderbirds, with nine of the puppets standing on the set.Image source, Getty Images
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Most of Thunderbirds was filmed on the Slough Trading Estate

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A story about unseen Thunderbirds films that were found in a garden shed was among our most read stories this week in the south.

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.

Unseen Thunderbirds films found in garden shed

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The film cans were found in a garden shed

Film cans containing unseen footage of the Thunderbirds TV show have been found in a garden shed.

A family found the cans - light-tight containers used to enclose film - in a Buckinghamshire shed belonging to their father, who was an editor on the show and died recently.

Stephen La Rivière, from Century 21 Films which received the 22 old cans, said they mainly contained Thunderbirds material from the 1960s, including an alternative version of an episode that was never broadcast.

It is hoped the footage - filmed on the Slough Trading Estate in Berkshire - can be shown to the public as part of the series' 60th anniversary next year.

Dog rescued after 'dangerous' fall from cliff edge

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The Freshwater lifeboat crew said it was an "incredible outcome" that Ted was uninjured after the fall

A dog has been rescued after a "dangerous" fall from a cliff edge.

The Freshwater lifeboat crew said it was an "incredible outcome" that Ted the dog wasn't hurt during the fall on the Isle of Wight.

He had been on a walk with his owner on Tennyson Downs near Freshwater Bay at about 11:00 BST on Wednesday.

The dog owner's friend realised Ted had wandered off and fellow walkers reported seeing a dog near the cliff edge.

Householder fights 'unfair' £1k fly-tipping fine

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Mr Quillan said there was "no obstruction" and so he appealed the £500 fine

A man has refused to pay a fly-tipping fine he said was issued after he left two old doors outside his home for four hours.

Damian Quillan, from Christchurch, Dorset, said he replaced the doors in his house in July and left the old ones leaning against his rear gate.

He said he took them to the tip on the same afternoon but received a fine from Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council five days later.

The council said it only issued fines for items left on the public land.

Terrapin the size of dinner plate found at water plant

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Terri the terrapin was about 25cm (10in) in length and weighed about 5kgs (11lbs)

A red-eared terrapin has been rescued after it was found lounging in the sun at a water treatment plant.

The exotic animal was discovered by a Southern Water employee at Testwood Water Supply Works in Totton, Hampshire.

Terrapins are a popular pet in the UK, with many thought to have been bought and then dumped during the 1990s amid the popularity of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series.

The reptile has since been re-homed at an animal sanctuary.

Shrunken heads withdrawn from auction after backlash

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Among the items listed were shrunken heads from the Jivaro people of South America [listing not pictured]

An auction house has been forced to withdraw human and ancestral remains from a sale following criticism from native groups and museums.

The Swan auction house, in Tetsworth, Oxfordshire, had listed objects including skulls, shrunken heads and other remains originating from communities across the globe.

Laura Van Broekhoven, who is the director of the Pitt Rivers Museum, in Oxford, said she was "outraged" at the auction, and praised the decision to remove the remains from sale.

The Swan has been approached by the BBC for comment.

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