A county bowls final was abandoned after an argument erupted when a player appeared to headbutt an opponent, who fell and broke a finger.

The Hampshire County Mens Final between Southsea Waveley and Boscombe Cliff was held in Southampton on Sunday.

Players reported a Boscombe player squaring up to an opponent following a dispute over bowls "etiquette". Other Boscombe players immediately conceded the match, meaning Waverley retained the county champions title.

Waverley secretary Peter Aldridge said both clubs were "mortified by the behaviour".

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Hampshire and Lancashire's hopes of winning the County Championship title are dealt a blow after rain forces a draw.

The Prison Officers Association has called for a review of the prison's security.

A coach will carry campaigners to a key meeting in Oxford tomorrow where changes to the maternity unit at Horton General Hospital in Banbury will be decided.

The unit has been temporarily downgraded to a midwife-led unit due to a shortage of doctors and Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (OCCG) will decide if the move will be permanent.

The proposal has been controversial, on Monday Oxfordshire County Council's Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee agreed to refer the decision to the Secretary of State for Health - if it is approved.

Four other recommendations will also be considered at the meeting:

• Axing 146 hospital beds in Oxfordshire, of which 110 have already gone, in order to enable investment in other services
• Requiring every patient from Oxfordshire where stroke is suspected to be taken to the Hyper Acute Stroke Unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford
• Changing the critical care unit, which helps patients with the highest needs (intensive care), at Horton General Hospital to a level two centre, to leave Oxfordshire with a single level three critical care unit
• Creating a new diagnostic and outpatient centre at Horton General Hospital

The recommendations are part of phase one of the Sustainability and Transformation Plan for Oxfordshire which is designed to save £200m from health and social care budgets by 2020.

The college aims to help students learn and develop skills to prepare them for the world of work.

A man carrying a stun gun and knife has been arrested in Oxford city centre.

He was also carrying more than 60 wraps of Class A drugs and £1,000, police say.

The arrest was part of Operation Stronghold, external, a Thames Valley Police initiative to tackle serious and organised crime.

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Portsmouth City Council has bought the final piece of land needed to regenerate the city's King's Theatre.

The authority paid £185,000 for 26 Albert Road. It already owns 24, while 28 is owned by the King's Theatre trust.

The acquisition will allow a "holistic approach" to the restoration of the grade II listed building, according to the theatre trust.

Relive the action from a rain-affected day in the County Championship, as Notts beat Derbyshire by an innings and 61 runs.

Two inmates at a prison on the Isle of Wight gained access to a building roof.

The prisoners climbed on to the roof of HMP Albany, Newport, on Tuesday afternoon.

Fire crews attended with an aerial ladder platform as a precaution. The service said crews were stood down shortly before 03:45 BST this morning.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said prison staff resolved the situation "with no injuries to staff or prisoners".

The MoJ said the incident was being investigated.

The prison in Newport is a category B prison with a capacity of 1,139 made up of male inmates and vulnerable/sex offenders.

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A man has been found guilty of stabbing his friend 32 times after falsely accusing him of being a rapist.

Ryan Merna suffered wounds to his head, groin and chest in the attack at his flat in Poole in August last year.

Paul Taylor, 50, was found guilty of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and acquitted of murder, following a 16-day trail.

He will be sentenced at a later date. The case was adjourned for a psychiatric report to be prepared.

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The NHS has agreed to fund baby Oliver Cameron's life-saving surgery in the US.

Portchester Castle has stood at the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour for centuries. Its role holding prisoners of war is no secret to anyone who's seen the prisoners' names carved into its Norman stone walls.

What's less well known is that in 1796, at the height of slavery, the castle held over 2,000 black men, women and children from the Caribbean. They weren't slaves, but French prisoners of war.

New research by English Heritage is revealing remarkable detail about their life at Portchester.

Tareiq Holmes-Dennis faces up to four months out having picked up a knee injury on loan at Portsmouth.

Christchurch council said it remained opposed to plans to reorganise Dorset's nine authorities.

Southampton sign Juventus midfielder Mario Lemina in a club record deal worth up to £18.1m on a five-year deal.