Summary

  • Cowes chain ferry breaks down a day after new service begins

  • Woman dies in four-car crash in Dorset

  • Man dies two months after Dorchester crash

  • Call for cars to be banned from centre of Oxford after cyclist death

  • Royal Berkshire Hospital affected by global cyber-attack

  • Updates from Monday 15 May

Live Reporting

  1. Berkshire's morning headlines

    • The Royal Berkshire Hospital is urging patients not to call its clinics except in emergencies, after its telephone systems were hit by the global cyber-attack
    • HMP Reading has opened for a final public tour to celebrate the work of former inmate Oscar Wilde
    • Reading manager Jaap Stam says "anything can happen" in tomorrow's Championship play-off semi-final second leg, after a 1-1 draw at Fulham on Saturday

  2. Hampshire and Isle of Wight morning headlines

    • Passengers have been left stranded on the Isle of Wight's chain ferry after it broke down a day after services began
    • Firefighters dealt with a blaze at their own station in Alresford yesterday, which left the building without power
    • Fresh talks to resolve the year-long dispute over the role of conductors on Southern Railway are taking place today

  3. Dorset's morning headlines

    • A woman has died in a four-car crash on the A35 Charmouth bypass
    • A fourth man arrested in connection with the murder of Dorset executive Guy Hedger has been released from custody while police inquiries continue
    • A Bournemouth man has completed his goal of running 44 marathons in consecutive days in 44 different countries

  4. Oxfordshire's morning headlines

    BBC Radio Oxford

    • A pilot was injured when he was forced to make a crash landing at the Abingdon Air and Country Show yesterday
    • An Oxford cycling group is calling for cars to be banned from the centre of Oxford after a cyclist died on Botley Road last Tuesday
    • The Ashmolean Museum is celebrating the 400th birthday of its founder, Elias Ashmole

  5. 44 marathons in 44 days

    A Bournemouth man has completed his goal of running 44 marathons in consecutive days - in 44 different countries.

    Peter Thompson, who has been raising money for mental health charities, finished in Dublin yesterday.

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  6. Floating bridge out of action following breakdown

    The new £4.6m Cowes floating bridge remains out of action this morning after it broke down yesterday - a day after it entered service.

    Travellers had to be helped from the chain ferry by staff, with some taking off shoes and socks to wade through the river water to the slipway.

    Floating bridgeKarl Love

    A launch, used to ferry foot passengers since the start of the year, has been put back in action in the meantime. Car drivers face a 10-mile road diversion while it remains out of action.

    Video footage also showed cars scraping their bumpers while disembarking the vessel after its first journeys on Saturday.

  7. Woman dies, two hurt, in four-car crash

    A 68-year-old woman from Sussex dies and two other people are taken to hospital.

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  8. Weather for the South: Spells of rain and humid

    Holly Green
    BBC Weather

    Holly Green has Monday's forecast

  9. Woman killed in four-vehicle crash

    A driver has been killed in a crash involving four cars at Charmouth, Dorset.

    Police were called to the A35 Charmouth Bypass yesterday at 17:36 BST.

    The 68-year-old woman from the Sussex area was pronounced dead at the scene.

    Two other drivers were taken to hospital.

  10. Good morning

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