Oxford University generates £2.3bn for the Oxfordshire economy each year, a new study has shown.

Oxford had a worldwide gross value added (GVA) of £7.1bn, with £5.8bn of that flowing to the UK.

As well as the univiersity's commercial and enterprise activities, students also inject £62.5m into the Oxfordshire economy and support 1,600 jobs through their spending, work and volunteering. The 17,000 staff employed by the University spend a further £247m in the region.

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The RSPCA is appealing for information after two boa constrictor snakes were abandoned in a sack in Southampton.

The animal welfare charity was contacted on Saturday, 3 June by a member of public who had found the two 6ft (1.8M) long snakes inside a bag that had been left on Donkey Common, off Bursledon Road.

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BBC South

A plane that played a vital role on D-Day in World War Two is to be restored and returned to the Berkshire airfield where it took off 73 years ago.

The C-47 'night fright' plane was in pieces in an Arkansas scrapyard when it was bought in 2012 and about to be destroyed forever.

But it could be returning to base once more.

It's the third time voters in the Oxfordshire constituency of Witney have gone to the polls to elect an MP.

Former prime minister David Cameron retained the seat for the Conservatives in 2015. He stepped down as PM and later as MP after the leave vote in the EU referendum in June 2016.

In October Conservative Robert Courts won the resulting by-election by 5,702 votes, with the party's vote share falling from 60% in 2015 to 45%, as the Lib Dems surged past Labour into second.

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Harry Wright was 21 when he took part in D-Day.

After 75 years, his cousin Mervyn Powell, has been showing us Harry's war diary, which he wrote in every day from June 1944 to May 1945.

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Poole Hospital's Lillput elderly care ward is to close at the end of the month, the NHS trust has announced.

The closure will reduce the total number of beds at the hospital by seven.

Poole Hospital NHS Trust said its services were reducing the time older patients needed to spend in hospital with more being treated as outpatients.

All staff will be offered the same roles elsewhere in older people's services, a spokesman said.

Vehicles and machinery have been badly damaged following a large fire at a commercial greenhouse in Curdridge.

Crews were called to the blaze shortly before 05:30 BST in the 80m-long greenhouse on Wangfield Lane.

Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service said the cause of the fire was now under investigation.

Trevor Devamanikkam did not turn up at court over offences alleged to have taken place in the 1980s.

A 70-year-old former vicar accused of raping a boy in the 1980s has been found dead.

Earlier we reported an arrest warrant had been issued for Trevor Devamanikkam, from Witney, after he failed to appear at Bradford Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.

Mr Devamanikkam was charged with six serious sexual offences committed while he was a vicar in the city.

His body was found by police at about 16:05 BST on Tuesday at an address at Otters Court, Priory Mill Lane. The death is not believed to be suspicious.

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Police have issued advice to people attending the Isle of Wight Festival this weekend.

Following terrorist attacks in Manchester and London, Hampshire Constabulary said festival-goers can expect to see a "heightened police presence".

The statement also said there would be a "clear and tough stance" against illegal drugs and warned people to remain vigilant to the risks of leaving valuables in tents.

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Jermain Defoe has told the BBC he will be signing for Bournemouth this summer.

The 34-year-old striker had been heavily linked with a move to the Cherries on a free transfer following Sunderland's relegation from the Premier League.

Speaking to BBC 5 Live, Defoe also said his friendship with six-year-old Bradley Lowery, who has terminal cancer, has been the highlight of his season.

It was part of an initiative to promote the work of the force's gay and lesbian liaison officers.

There were long delays on the M3 northbound at junction 4a earlier, caused by a lighting tower hitting power lines during planned roadworks.

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BBC South Today sports editor

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By any standard we've witnessed one of the most dramatic days in America's Cup history as the Portsmouth-based BAR team's hopes remain alive after a dramatic end to the day's racing in the Challenger semi finals.

This was racing right on the edge in treacherous conditions out on Bermuda's Great Sound.

For much of the year this North Atlantic island is a sun-drenched paradise, but the clouds darkened, the wind blew up a mighty storm and the best sailors in the world were pushed to the limits. And that's where mistakes can happen.

The capsize was dramatic. Experienced sailors pointed to the young Kiwi helm Pete Burling being out-smarted by Ben Ainslie ahead of the start, forcing the error which sent the boat tripping over itself and into the water. Fans in the grandstand could barely believe what they were seeing.

The Kiwis have been so dominant in this America's Cup, the mightiest of the Challengers suddenly stricken in the Sound.

It left Burling sitting at the helm 15 metres up in the air, no doubt wondering how bad the damage is and whether this competition has just witnessed a huge turning point, just when it looked like the British were at the point of no return.

Here's your mid-morning round-up:

• Cowes chain ferry has bumpy restart
• PM Theresa May visits Southampton ahead of tomorrow's general election
• Arrest warrant issued for Oxfordshire vicar accused of historic sex abuse offences

• Crossrail continues to drive the rise in house prices in Maidenhead, a local estate agent claims.
• Sonning celebrity couple George and Amal Clooney celebrate the birth of twins.