South Central Ambulance Service says it was called to the scene of a collision on the A338 between a van and a car at 06:01.

A man was taken to the major trauma unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford with a serious head injury, described as "potentially life threatening".

Councillors have agreed to push forward with plans to oust an academy chain from managing schools on the Isle of Wight.

It comes after Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) announced plans to merge its Sandown Bay and Ryde academies.

Conservative councillor Chris Whitehouse said: "We want AET out of Sandown Academy and preferably off the island altogether."

The authority will now take its request to the Department for Education.

The council wants to establish or bring in another body to run the island's schools.

AET said a consultation on the merger between the two schools was due to start next week.

You can watch the debate live here, external.

Thames Valley Police says it is investigating a road traffic collision involving a van and a car on the A338 between Hungerford and the M4, and recovery is ongoing.

One man was taken to hospital.

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• Oxfam has called for urgent funding to halt the spread of a cholera epidemic in Yemen, saying it's received only a fraction of the $22m it has asked for
• Oxford University's new biomedical campus at Headington has opened after a £115m investment
• The AA says more police officers are needed on Oxfordshire's roads, after a survey of more than 140,000 members showed tailgating is the trait drivers find most irritating

Bee Tucker
BBC Weather

• A man from Poole has pleaded not guilty to selling fake car airbags on eBay
• A couple who lost their newborn baby have raised more than £12,000 towards buying an area of woodland in his name
• A soldier has admitted grooming a child after sending explicit messages over the internet and getting caught in a sting in Andover
• Dave Stewart, the head of the Conservative group on Isle of Wight Council, has been elected leader
• Members of the RMT union will be protesting in Poole against what they believe is the use of cheap labour by Condor Ferries

• The Reading-based team Shinfield Rangers have lost £7,000 after scammers sent emails pretending to be from companies the club owed
• More than 700 workers at the Atomic Weapons Establishment in Aldermaston and Burghfield are expected to strike today in a row over pensions
• Tickets go on sale this morning for Reading's Championship play-off final at Wembley against Huddersfield Town for a place in the Premier League

Southampton and Manchester United play out a goalless draw with visiting goalkeeper Sergio Romero saving a Manolo Gabbiadini penalty.

A pair of Chinese paintings found hanging on a sitting room wall by a Dorset auctioneer are expected to sell for more than £1.5m in Dorchester later.

The works are by the late artist Wu Guanzhong - regarded as one of the greatest Chinese artists of the 20th Century.

They were spotted in a house in London during a routine valuation.

Image source, Duke's Auctioneers

Dave Gilyeat
BBC South

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