Summary

  • Today's weather: Sunshine and showers

  • Ultra-large MOL Triumph container ship bound for Southampton

  • Newspaper hub to close in Weymouth, 18 jobs at risk

  • Aldershot runners' deaths: No review of Michael Casey's jail term

  • Reading FC manager fears losing best players

Live Reporting

  1. Berkshire headlines: Record passenger growth at Heathrow

    Sam Clayton
    BBC Radio Berkshire newsreader

    • Heathrow saw record growth in passenger numbers last month. Six million people used the airport last month, which is 11% up on the same month last year
    • The former Mayor of Slough is being honoured in the town today - with the naming of a new development of council flats
    • Bracknell has been shortlisted for a top award. It has been included in the Town of the Year category as part of the Thames Valley Property Awards

  2. Oxfordshire headlines: Arson attacks could lead to playground closure

    BBC Radio Oxford

    • After a spate of arson attacks on a children's play area in Banbury, the town council says it may have to close.
    • A 50-year-old man remains in hospital with serious head injuries after being attacked in Wantage. 
    • A man is due to be sentenced later today after admitting raping a woman at knifepoint near a university campus in Oxford.

  3. Welcome to The Beautiful South

    Alex Regan
    BBC South

    Good morning one and all and welcome to The Beautiful South live page where - like Paul Heaton - we're good as gold and stupid as mud, but carry on regardless.

    And in the style of The Beautiful South (who were actually from the north) we'll be offering you our own eclectic variety of news, sports and weather from across the South region. 

    SquirrelsChris Roberts

    If you have any pictures or stories from across the region don't hesitate to send it to us on email. 

    Above is a lovely picture sent by Oxfordshire-based Chris Roberts, simply titled Lunchtime in the Cotswolds.