The Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum is this morning hosting the launch of BBC Radio Oxford's Poppy of Pride appeal.

The station is creating a Poppy of Pride to mark one hundred years since Armistice Day.

Over the next month it is collecting messages on petals from members of the public and then creating a wreath to be laid on Remembrance Day in Oxford.

The wreath will then be returned to the battlefields where local troops fell.

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has described the Isle of Wight council's plans to change firefighters' shift patterns as detrimental to public safety.

The council says a new model could improve efficiency by increasing coverage at the busiest times, and would guarantee a minimum of 12 immediately available firefighters for 12 hours a day, every day.

The FBU say the changes are about saving money with no regard to public safety.

"While I recognise the FBU's concerns, I'm responsible for the safety of our firefighters and I will not put them at any increased risk," said Howard Watts, the Island's most senior fire officer.

"This move will not change our policy on the number of firefighters on fire engines."

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Fr William MacCurtain, now 84 and living in Bournemouth, says he "deeply regretted" his actions

It is thought seven tanks sank in Studland Bay, Dorset, during Exercise Smash in April 1944, killing six men.

Adam Thomas, 22, wore the hooded uniform of the group for a picture with his newborn, a court hears.

Urban explorer Warren Tepper had a look inside Deep Purple star Ian Gillan's former home.

Hampshire left-arm seamer Chris Wood signs a new contract, keeping him at the Ageas Bowl until the end of 2020.

Workers at cable manufacturer Prysmian are holding a third day of strike action.

The walk-out by 160 staff in Eastleigh follows the rejection of a 2% pay offer.

The union Unite said the firm had been forced to reduce production by a third as a result of the action.

The firm said it was holding an "active conversation" with staff and it did not wish to comment further.

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As well as its benefits to physical fitness, for many people running is about mental wellbeing too.

During World Mental Health Week, England Athletics is working to inspire non-runners to dig out their trainers and get moving.

Mark Lygo, from Oxford, suffered mild depression and said running had saved him.

"I've had what I call black cloud days when I just wanted to draw the curtains and make every excuse not to do anything. But the important thing is just to get out and keep up the exercise.

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"There are times when it does you good to get out on your own and clear your head and there are other times when you need to be with positive like-minded people and conversations become therapeutic.

"That feel-good factor once you’ve gone out for a run is a good feeling.

"I’d like to think the last couple of years of depression, I’m on the up, and that is down to exercise, laughter and positive friends."

David Lomax, 83, is accused of forcing himself on a woman in 1978 at her home in Leeds.

They will be among the pageboys and bridesmaids at Princess Eugenie's wedding, Buckingham Palace says.

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Many thanks to Penny Wade and BBC Weather Watchers Fiona and Steve Franklin for their pictures of a "smiling" stag in Hampshire, dappled light through the trees in Mottistone, on the Isle of Wight, and the sunrise over South Stoke in Oxfordshire.

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Transport correspondent, BBC South Today

Network Rail has warned that train delays caused by leaves on the track could be worse than usual this autumn.

The firm has cut back on the number of line-side trees it fells, pending a government review of concerns for wildlife.

Train wheels can crush leaves into a pulp, making the track dangerously slippery.

James Crook from Network Rail said: "The fact that we haven't been able to cut back as much vegetation as we normally would... could well cause an impact."

Bells on Sunday comes from St John the Baptist, Burford in Oxfordshire. There are eight bells with the tenor weighing seventeen and three quarter hundredweight tuned to E. The tower of the church is Norman in origin. The bells are ringing Double Norwich Court Bob Major.

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Oxford United Football Club has identified more sites for a potential new stadium, after two previous options fell through.

The club has appointed a planning consultant to explore a move, according to a joint statement issued by its directors and the city and county councils.

The current Kassam Stadium tenancy has seven years left to run.

The club was previously told by council planners that moves to either Water Eaton or Kidlington were not viable.

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A "one-of-a-kind" customised Fender Telecaster is among two guitars which were stolen in a burglary in Bicester.

Two men entered the property in Haydock Road on 3 October, police said.

The guitars, which also included a red Rickenbacker 4003 bass, were later offered for sale in Banbury.

The transaction was refused but the guitars are still missing, detectives said.

A 41-year-old Banbury man has been arrested on suspicion of burglary and released under investigation.

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An Isle of Wight college, which ran up a £2.7m overdraft in 2017, has been rated inadequate by OFSTED school inspectors.

Christ the King College in Newport has a "disruptive" minority of pupils and a "worrying" amount of bullying, although new leaders have "halted the school's decline", the OFSTED report said, external.

In December, Isle of Wight Council said the school's debt, arising from an "ill-judged" lease agreement, was "one of the biggest overdrafts in the educational system".

Former OFSTED chairman David Hoare was criticised in 2016 for calling the Isle of Wight a "ghetto" because of the poor performance of seven schools.