Summary

  • Troubled Sandown Bay Academy 'to be closed'

  • Rowan Atkinson's home joins South award winners

  • Ben Ainslie seeks first British America's Cup win

  • Reading and Huddersfield players will wear black armbands during Championship play-off match

Live Reporting

  1. Oxford Valentine's Day murder: Man pleads guilty

    A man has admitted stabbing a father to death on Valentine's Day.

    Domingos Ramalho, 35, from Oxford, was attacked with a kitchen knife on a busy street.

    Egidio Da Silva Alves, 28 of The Slade, Oxford, has admitted the murder in the Headington area of the city.

    Thames Valley Police said the daylight attack happened in front of "terrified" members of the public including children.

    Domingos RamalhoThames Valley Police

  2. Sandbanks public toilets re-open after U-turn

    The public toilets near the Sandbanks ferry in Poole are re-opening today.

    Residents complained that visitors had started relieving themselves in bus stops, alleyways and private gardens after the block was shut to save money.

    Poole Council says the Haven toilets will be open until the end of September. It'll close then if no-one else can be found to take over the running of the facility.

    SandbanksGoogle

  3. Watch: Ainslie 'excited' over bid for Britain's first America's Cup win

    Ben Ainslie says he's "excited" as his Land Rover BAR sailing team continue their quest to become the first British crew to win the America's Cup when the qualifying stages begin tomorrow.

  4. Troubled Sandown Bay Academy 'to be closed'

    An academy chain has said it plans to close a school on the Isle of Wight which has "halved in size and income".

    Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) said income at Sandown Bay Academy had dropped by £5m in five years because of a "rapid fall" in pupil numbers.

    It said a previously-announced merger with Ryde Academy would now involve the closure of the Sandown site.

    Sandown Bay Academy

  5. Rowan Atkinson's home joins award winners

    Nine buildings in all have won Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) South East Regional Awards. They include a house built for actor Rowan Atkinson.

    A modern house built for the actor Rowan Atkinson near Wallingford in OxfordshireRIBA

    A modern house built for the actor Rowan Atkinson near Wallingford in Oxfordshire

    Residential buildingRIBA

    This residential building in Barns Road, Oxford was also recognised.

    Bedales School, near PetersfieldRIBA

    The Art and Design Building, built for Bedales School, near Petersfield was also awarded

  6. Delays after crash in Slough

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  7. Ben Ainslie seeks first British America's Cup win

    BBC Sport

    Ben Ainslie's Portsmouth-based Land Rover BAR sailing team continue their quest to become the first British crew to win the America's Cup when the qualifying stages begin tomorrow.

    They had been due to start today but strong winds have delayed them.

    The Ben Ainslie Racing teamGetty Images

    Ainsie - the most successful sailor in Olympic history with four golds - was part of Team Oracle USA, which won the last competition in 2013.

    But no British crew has won the oldest sporting event, first held in 1851.

    "For everyone in this team it would be the biggest achievement if we win the America's Cup for Britain," the 40-year-old said.

  8. Oxford headlines

    • Two men have been arrested after what police describe as an "affray" outside Cowley police station earlier this month
    • A new course to help people get in to the horse racing industry has been launched by the Heros Racing Academy, the first of its kind in the UK
    • A man has been charged after an attack on a man in Banbury which left him needing hospital treatment for injuries to his face

  9. Berkshire headlines

    • The empty Queen's Arms pub in Reading is set to re-open as a shelter for homeless and vulnerable people
    • Reading and Huddersfield players will wear black armbands during Championship play-off match - in honour of those killed in the Manchester bomb attack
    • Police renew an appeal for information about an apparent hit-and-run crash on the M4 in which a man was seriously injured

  10. Hampshire, Dorset and Isle of Wight headlines

    • Portsmouth-based Ben Ainslie Racing take part in the final set of qualifying races in their bid to take on the US for the America's Cup
    • Sandown Bay Academy on the Isle of Wight is to be closed following a fall in pupil numbers
    • Police search for fraudulent builder John Hart from Bournemouth who absconded during his trial

  11. Weather: Hot and sunny

    Dan Downs, Weather Forecaster

    Friday will be dry, sunny and hot again everywhere. A warm breeze will develop, and it will be along the coast.

    Highs of 27 Deg (81F)

    Weather for 26 May: Hot and sunny