The Premier League club say they hope the new stadium will be completed by the summer of 2020.

After a cloudy start to the day, the sun is set to make an appearance later in the afternoon.

Temperatures are expected to peak at 21C

Two hedgehogs suffered a "painful and cruel death" after being set on fire deliberately on a school playing field, police have said.

The animals were discovered in a box following the "small" blaze at Mudeford Junior School, Christchurch.

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Dorset Police said it was likely the spiny creatures would have been alive when they were set alight.

Officers are appealing for witnesses to the fire which happened on 8 July when the school was closed.

An MP has requested urgent talks with the education secretary after a school in his constituency said it might close early on Fridays due to a "funding crisis".

Tobias Ellwood, who represents Bournemouth East, intervened after Epiphany Primary School's head teacher said it was facing a £280,000-a-year shortfall.

Mr Ellwood said he wanted to make the government aware of the pressure schools are facing.

"Nobody wants to see schools being threatened, or even considering having to send children away in the afternoons," he said.

The director of a boat charter firm has been found guilty of failing to ensure the safe operation of the yacht Cheeki Rafiki, which capsized in the Atlantic in 2014 with the loss of four lives.

The jury at Winchester Crown Court is still considering manslaughter charges against Douglas Innes, 42, of Whitworth Crescent, Southampton.

His company Stormforce Coaching was also convicted of failing to operate the yacht in a safe manner.

A man in his 80s has been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a crash in Weymouth.

Officers were called just before 1740 on Thursday after the man was struck outside Oasis cafe on Bowleaze Coveway.

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The road was closed for several hours.

The BBC has obtained exclusive images of what the new Broadmoor Hospital in Berkshire looks like.

After 150 years the Victorian building is being sold off and a new hospital, costing £242m, has been built. It is due to open in the autumn.

BBC South's Ben Moore also visited a similar new hospital in London to see what the new Broadmoor will be like.

An increasing number of children are not potty trained when they start school, according to a Dorset businesswoman.

Amanda Jenner, who runs The Potty Training Academy in Bournemouth, said more than 30 parents have told her they are delaying their child going to school this September.

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King Felipe VI of Spain and Queen Letizia will be in Oxford for the final day of their state visit to the UK.

Their time in Oxford will include stops at the Weston Library, Exeter College, and Divinity School, where the king will give a speech.

Portsmouth sign Ipswich Town striker Brett Pitman on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.

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Sunday's British Grand Prix could be one of the last to take place at Silverstone after the track's owners activated a break clause in their contract with Formula 1.

Speaking to BBC Radio Oxford's Ross Heaton, Valtteri Bottas, who drives for the Brackley-based Mercedes team, said it would be a hard race to replace.

A Basingstoke school is offering hip hop classes as part of an effort to have more contemporary after-school clubs.

Break for Life organisers say it can get youngsters exercising, socialising and building confidence, but needs further funding for its long-term future.

The force has joined with Devon and Cornwall Police to use the new technology.

Devon and Cornwall Police and Dorset Police have launched what they say is the first dedicated police drone unit in the UK.

The drones are to be used for missing person searches, crime scene photography, road crashes, coastal searches and firearm or terrorist incidents.

The unit currently has three staff but could have up to 40 trained officers in the future.

The first dedicated police drone unit in the UK has been launched by Devon, Cornwall and Dorset police forces.

The drones could be used for missing person searches, crime scene photography, road traffic collisions, coastal searches and firearm or terrorist incidents.

By 2018, the force could have up to 12 drones helping to monitor the 900km (600 miles) of coastline and woodlands to help combat wildlife crime in addition to other duties.

Engineers are working to repair a water main which serves 20,000 homes in an area around Chandlers Ford north of Southampton.

John Keble Church Of England Primary School, in Hursley, and Ampfield C of E Primary School in Knapp Lane, Ampfield, announced they would be closed today because of a lack of water.

Southern Water said it first became aware of a burst affecting properties in the Chandlers Ford, Otterbourne and Chilworth areas at about 01:00.

It said it is bringing in bottled water supplies and tankers while work continues.

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The two officers were taken to hospital, one with a cut to his shoulder, the other a cut to his hand.

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AFC Bournemouth has announced it's planning to build a new stadium on land at Kings' Park, alongside the current ground.

It's preferred site is where the athletics stadium and the club's existing training pitches are located.

A planning application is expected to be submitted next year and a feasibility study will look at a new site for the athletics track. It's hoped work would be complete in three years.

• AFC Bournemouth has announced it is planning to build a new stadium on land alongside its current ground
• The first images of what Berkshire's new £242m Broadmoor Hospital looks like have been revealed
• Hundreds of homes have lost water supply in parts of Hampshire
• The parents of a woman who died while she was in respite care in Oxford have been speaking about the mistakes that were made
• This year's Swanage Jazz Festival could be the last one after almost three decades, organisers have revealed