People living near the pier have been advised to keep their windows and doors shut.

Former Chelsea CEO Ron Gourlay replaces Nigel Howe as chief executive at Championship club Reading.

Police are advising motorists to seek alternative routes after a crash involving a motorbike in Ringwood Road, Totton.

Tim Dellor
BBC Berkshire sport editor

Ron Gourlay has a tough act to follow.

Nigel Howe has been central to Reading's success as a club in the last 20 years. It is good he is still going to be involved as vice chairman ensuring some stability in the boardroom.

Gourlay arrives at Reading with a glowing CV, having done well at Chelsea and Manchester United.

He will need all his skills to ensure the new Chinese ownership is a successful chapter.

Image source, Empics

The long-standing pottery business is expected to close on 15 October putting 33 jobs at risk.

All Saints and Melanie C wrapped up the Henley Festival last night.

The festival, which attracted 25,000 people over the five days, also saw performances by Jess Glynne, Pet Shop Boys and Chaka Khan.

The riverside festival, which has a black-tie dress code, saw many arrive by boat.

Proceeds from the not-for-profit event go to a variety of local charities alongside The Children’s Society.

Image source, Henley Festival

Image source, Henley Festival

Police have arrested a man after a suspected hit-and-run accident left a woman with serious injuries in Bournemouth.

The collision, involving a red Nissan X-trail, happened on Friday at 22:30 BST on Christchurch Road.

Police said a 53-year-old man from Hampshire has been arrested in the Sussex area on suspicion of driving offences. He has been released under investigation.

The 20-year-old pedestrian from Bournemouth remains in hospital.

Police Constable Tim Gooding said: “I am still appealing to anyone who knows the current location of the vehicle, or who may have seen it travelling out of the county through East Hampshire to the Worthing area of Sussex since the time of the collision, to contact Dorset Police.”

A behind-the-scenes documentary on TV tonight shows how Thames Valley Police solved the murder of an antique dealer from Oxford.

Michael Danaher stabbed Adrian Greenwood in April last year before stealing a £50,000 first-edition of The Wind in the Willows.

Danaher was jailed for life with a minimum of 34 years in October.

The programme on Channel 4 shows how the force worked around the clock in the initial days to find Danaher and charge him.

Reading have appointed Ron Gourlay as their new chief executive.

The former Chelsea CEO replaces Nigel Howe, who moves to the role of vice-chairman of the Championship club.

Gourlay succeeded Peter Kenyon at Chelsea and was also previously a senior director at Manchester United.

"I'm delighted to take up this new position and I consider it a real honour to be presented with the fantastic challenge of guiding the club to the next level," he said.

A documentary shows the police investigation of a book dealer's killing over a £50,000 first edition.

London Irish director of rugby Nick Kennedy expects a tough first month on their return to the Premiership.

A fire has broken out at a garage in Hythe.

Hampshire Fire and Rescue said crews were called to the garage near the pier just after 05:36 BST.

Eight fire appliances and more than 50 firefighters are tackling the blaze.

The service has advised anyone living close to where the fire has broken out to keep their windows and doors shut.

Prospect Place has been closed in both directions.

Image source, Caryll Young

An album of drawings by 18th Century painter Thomas Gainsborough has been discovered in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle.

Image source, Royal Collection Trust

The drawings had been misattributed to another artist, Sir Edwin Landseer, since the reign of Queen Victoria.

But after studying the 25 black-and-white chalk sketches, historian Lindsay Stainton confirmed they are actually early works by one of Britain's most famous painters.

"It's thrilling," she told the BBC.

Much of today will be dry and very warm again with sunny spells.

Some showers are possible in the late afternoon, including the odd heavy one.

Maximum Temperature: 23 Deg C (73 Deg F).

Pet owners in Bicester are being urged to keep their animals inside at night after a cat was killed and had its tail removed in Bure Park.

The police are concerned it's the same person who's been targeting cats across the South East in recent years.

Anyone with any information on the attack is asked to contact the police or the RSPCA.

The fire, on the first floor of the terraced house, is not being treated as suspicious.

Witnesses are being asked to come forward after a man aged in his 40s was found with serious head injuries in Bournemouth.

Police said the man from Poole was discovered in Durley Gardens shortly before midnight on Sunday.

He remains in hospital in a serious condition.

A police cordon is currently in place at Durley Gardens.

Fire crews have dealt with a fire at two houses in Poole Road, Southampton which broke out just after 04:00 BST this morning.

More than 20 firefighters fought the blaze which spread to the roof of both houses and the upstairs of one.

Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service said no-one was injured in the fire.

Just over half of bathing spots along England's coast have no lifeguards on duty over the summer.

This includes Dorset's Durdle Door, which has been a popular spot for so-called tombstoning - where people jump from the cliffs of the beauty spot.

Image source, Alexa Mullane

A BBC analysis suggests 195 out of 402 official bathing waters are patrolled between July and September.

The National Water Safety Forum said it was "impractical" for every beach to be covered.

The absence of lifeguards was raised as a concern after the deaths of seven men at Camber Sands in 2016, but an inquest concluded they may have drowned anyway.

People living near Hythe pier are being asked to keep their windows and doors shut after a fire broke out in a garage.

More than 50 firefighters are now on the scene - some have been brought in from Dorset.

The ferry is back running again but Prospect Place remains closed.

Image source, Caryll Young