It's a busy Friday morning across the region, here are the hotspots:

• There is congestion on the A27 between Bognor and Chichester, with only one lane open northbound on the approach to Chichester bypass. From Havant to Fareham there is also a 40-45 minute delay on the A27 westbound before junction 11
• In Berkshire, failing traffic lights are causing huge delays on the approach to junction 6 for Slough, with the biggest queues going westbound
• In Oxford, there is heavy traffic heading into the city centre on Woodstock Road and Marsh Lane, and on the A420 London Road towards Headington Roundabout to Headley Way .

Rebecca Knox will lead the county council after the previous leader lost his seat in the elections.

• A 63-year-old cyclist is in hospital with serious injuries after being involved in a collision in Bournemouth. A vehicle reportedly failed to stop at the scene in Christchurch Road yesterday morning - a man has since been arrested
• A new memorial on the outskirts of Dorchester - dedicated to a unit of Winston Churchill's secret army - is to be unveiled this weekend

• Hampshire police say knife crime in Southampton has been reduced by a third following an amnesty
• Aircraft directed from Swanwick in Hampshire is part of a brand new system used by London City Airport, which is abandoning its air traffic control tower to use digital technology to monitor planes remotely
• Up to 600 jobs could be created on the Isle of Wight after the council agreed to spend £2.1m developing a call centre which would be used by a number of well-known brands

• Reading Borough Council is considering introducing a congestion charge after DEFRA listed the town as one of 38 places in the country where Clean Air Zones should be looked at
• Rolf Harris is being released on bail from Stafford prison today for his original conviction. The former TV presenter, who has lived in Bray, is currently on trial on other charges
• Chris Mears, the Olympic diving champion from Reading, will be honoured at Buckingham Palace later, along with his diving partner Jack Laugher

Richard Westcott
Transport correspondent

London City is to become the first UK airport to replace its air traffic controllers with a remotely operated digital system.

Instead of sitting in a tower overlooking the runway, controllers will be 80 miles away, watching live footage from high-definition cameras.

The cameras will send a live feed via fibre cables to a new operations room built at the base of Nats, external, Britain's air traffic control provider, at Swanwick in Hampshire.

The new system, due to be completed in 2018, will be tested for a year before becoming fully operational in 2019.

Image source, PA

Listen to live BBC Radio Essex commentary of day three of the County Championship match between Essex and Hampshire.

Dorset County Council has elected a new leader after its previous leader lost his seat in the local elections.

Conservative Robert Gould was beaten by Liberal Democrat Jon Andrews, although his party retained overall council control.

New group leader Rebecca Knox, who represents Beaminster, was elected leader of the council at the authority's first meeting since 4 May.

Image source, Dorset County Council

Peter Wharf was also appointed deputy leader at the meeting on Thursday.

Adam Whitty
BBC South

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