Thames Water says it will reduce household bill increases next year by £40m after admitting it "let down" customers.

Britain's biggest water supplier said the expected annual rise would effectively halve for 2018-19, meaning bills will be £8 less on average than they would have otherwise been.

The move comes after a tough year for the utility, which received a record £20m fine in March for pumping 1.9 billion litres of untreated sewage into the River Thames.

Outgoing chairman Sir Peter Mason said: "Our leakage performance over the last year has let down our customers and stakeholders and we're working hard to improve our performance."

St George's Chapel, in the grounds of Windsor Castle, is emerging as one of the front runners to host the royal wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle.

The church, set in the Lower Ward of Windsor Castle, was where Prince Charles and Camilla had their televised blessing back in 2005. Harry was also christened there in 1984.

It's also close to Harry's grandparents, who live in a nearby property.

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With space for 800 guests, it would be a more private affair than St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey, which have also been touted as potential locations.

The Abbey is the favourite with the bookies, Windsor their second tip and St Paul's third.

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A college and two hotels are among more than 60 properties to have lost their gas supply in a New Forest village.

SGN said the problems in Brockenhurst had been caused by a flooded gas main, and engineers had removed 7,000 tonnes of water from the network overnight.

Brockhenhurst College, which lost its heating supply as a result of the incident, has sent thousands of its students home.

Blamer Lawn Hotel and Careys Manor Hotelin the town have also been affected.

SGN said it was important for customers not to try to use gas until the incident is resolved.

After a bright and chilly start to the day, much of the same is forecast this afternoon.

Temperatures are expected to peak at 9C before dropping to 3C overnight.

Portraits to celebrate the diversity of ex-students and staff at the University of Oxford have gone on display.

They are part of the Diversifying Portraiture project, external which aims to broaden the range of people shown on the university's walls.

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The university has been criticised for a lack of social and racial diversity among its students and academics.

Journalist Reeta Chakrabarti and director Ken Loach were among those chosen for the pictures.

The government has agreed to review the case of a two-year old girl who disappeared 36 years ago.

Katrice Lee, whose family comes from Gosport, went missing from a Naafi supermarket at a military base in Paderborn, Germany, where her family was stationed in 1981.

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International appeals have failed to find the toddler, who was from Hartlepool, but her family has never given up hope she could still be alive.

Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said he was "happy" to sanction a review.

A man charged with the murder of a man in Finchampstead, Berkshire, will appear at Reading Crown Court today.

Anthony Wheaton, 24, of Dart Close, was charged with one count of murder on Sunday after the death of Gee Smith.

He was remanded in custody after appearing at Reading Magistrates' Court yesterday.

Mr Smith died after being stabbed at a property on Dart Close in the town.

The 29-year-old died in the early hours of Saturday after Thames Valley Police officers were called to an address in Dart Close, Finchampstead on Friday.

A widespread power cut has affected the Chandlers Ford area of Eastleigh, with Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) saying it covers 63 postcodes.

The firm say that the fault, which was first reported at 09:53 GMT, has caused a loss of power to many addresses in the S053 area of the town.

SSE added that power is expected to be restored at 12:00 GMT.

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Aung San Suu Kyi has been formally stripped of an honour granting her the Freedom of Oxford because of her response to the Rohingya crisis.

The de facto leader of Myanmar was granted the freedom of the city in 1997 for her "long struggle for democracy".

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But Oxford city councillors said they did not want to honour "those who turn a blind eye to violence".

More than half a million Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh following recent violence.

South Western trains had previously said they would be closed until midday, but they have reopened.

The operator says there is still "major disruption" between Reading and Wokingham, which is not expected to be sorted until 12:00 GMT.

Plans are under way to capture an otter seen swimming in a river with a plastic cable tie lodged around its neck.

The animal, believed to be a male, was spotted in the River Stour at Blandford, Dorset.

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Dave Webb from the UK Wild Otter Trust (UKWOT) said there are fears it "could drown or choke" as the plastic tie could get caught underwater.

The trust said it was seeking permission from Natural England to trap the otter and remove the tie.

BBC Berkshire's breakfast reporter Bridgitte Tetteh is at Kings Coppice Farm near Maidenhead, having a little chat with the poultry.

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Plans to create a major new quarry in south Oxfordshire have been rejected following concerns about "gridlock" on local roads.

Hills Quarry Products Ltd was seeking permission to remove sand and gravel from a 104 hectare site in Clifton Hampden, near Culham Science Centre.

It said the land would be restored as farmland with lakes afterwards.

But the plan was rejected after a report by council officers said there would be a "severe" impact on traffic, external.

An objection filed by Oxfordshire County Council's Transport Development Control said surveys and modelling showed it would cause "gridlock" on the A415.

There will be no trains between Reading and Wokingham until 10:00 GMT this morning, South Western Railway has announced.

The operator confirmed that an electrical supply problem would mean there would be no services between the two stations during rush hour this morning.

It says engineers are having to replace burnt out cables and trains will not be able to run until at least ten this morning.Bus replacement services are in place.

It's also reported services between Reading and Ascot will be severely disrupted until lunchtime today because of a points failure and a different electricity supply problem.

The prime minister is filmed by a passer-by taking an alternative route to work as she leaves her Berkshire home.

The Metropolitan Police said they will often close roads for people under their protection as it helps officers get to their locations safely.

It's the romance everyone is talking about.

We will be hosting the wedding of the best of local news, sport, weather and travel from across the South today.

You can get in touch with your pictures and news on our Berkshire, external, Hampshire, external, Dorset, external and Oxford, external Facebook pages, or by using Twitter @BBC_Hampshire, external, @BBCDorset, external, @BBCBerkshire, external and @BBCOxford, external.

There will be no roast chicken though.

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