Summary

  • Updates from Monday 10 July

  • Firefighters tackle blaze near Hythe pier

  • Police leave note after drugs raid

  • Fire at two Southampton homes

  • Southern rail strike

  • Gainsborough sketches found at Windsor

  1. Police leave 'kind' note after drugs findpublished at 08:19 British Summer Time 10 July 2017

    Thames Valley Police tweeted that they had "kindly left a note to the owner".

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  2. Firefighters tackling fire at two Southampton homespublished at 08:19 British Summer Time 10 July 2017

    More than 20 firefighters are tackling a fire at two houses in Southampton.

    Crews were called to the blaze, which is fire is affecting the roofs of the two homes and the upstairs of one, just after 04:00 BST to Poole Road.

    There is no suggestion anyone is inside either of the properties.

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  3. Regional headlines: Fire breaks out at garage in Hythepublished at 08:10 British Summer Time 10 July 2017

    • Eight fire appliances and more than 50 firefighters are tackling a fire at a garage in Hythe.
    • Passengers on three train companies across England are to see action by striking union members today.
    • Police have started a new week-long crackdown on motorists using mobile phones while driving on roads across Hampshire and the Thames Valley.
    • An album of drawings by 18th Century painter Thomas Gainsborough has been discovered in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle.
    • Dorset Police is hunting the driver and appealing for witnesses to an apparent hit-and-run in Bournemouth.
  4. 'Sorry we missed you'published at 08:04 British Summer Time 10 July 2017

    CannibisImage source, Thames Valley Police

    Police left a "kind" note saying "sorry we missed you" after digging up a cannabis plantation.

    Thames Valley Police officers left the notice on Saturday after receiving a tip-off the drugs were in woodland near Oxford.

    It read: "Ooops! [sic] Sorry we missed each other, but feel free to call me on 101 so we can discuss a deal.

    Lots of love, TVP xx". The force tweeted that they had left the note because "#We'vegotmanners"

  5. Rail strikes to hit Northern, Southern and Merseyrailpublished at 08:01 British Summer Time 10 July 2017

    Passengers on three train companies across England are to see action by striking union members today.

    Southern trainImage source, Pa

    Northern staff are on the last day of a three-day strike, while Merseyrail staff are on strike for the day and also plan action on 23 July.

    Southern workers plan to walk out on a one-day strike.

    The RMT union is in dispute with the companies over driver-only-operated trains, which it says would be unsafe and lead to widespread job losses.