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Police have released CCTV of two boys they want to trace after a 15-year-old was threatened with a knife and what was claimed to be a bottle of acid on a train from London to Slough.

The victim was forced off the train shortly after 21:00 BST on 1 September by a group of boys who stole his mobile and headphones.

He was made to withdraw money from a cash machine before the group used his phone to order a taxi.

Police believe the boys pictured may be able to help with the investigation.

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Weymouth is among the beaches to be featured in filmmaker Danny Boyle's nationwide event marking the centenary of the end of World War One.

Portraits of soldiers who lost their lives will be drawn into the sand on dozens of beaches around the UK on 11 November before being washed away by the tide.

The event, titled Pages of the Sea, is part of 14-18 NOW, external, an arts programme marking the centenary.

Southampton is the first city to join Oxford's Cleaner Air Charter, external.

The charter calls on the government to make 10 changes to put the health of communities first.

It is believed to be the first formal co-operation between Greenpeace UK and Friends of the Earth and led by a local authority.

It was launched by Oxford City Council in August with Southampton City Council leader Christopher Hammond signing up.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

A new political party has been launched in Ascot, claiming to take party politics out of local government.

The Borough First (TBF), which covers south-eastern Ascot, says it will give residents a chance to vote for candidates who don't have an allegiance to a national party.

The Local Democracy Reporting Service said four independent councillors at the Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead had signed up to become TBF candidates - Charles Hollingsworth, Lynne Jones, Claire Stretton and Wisdom Da Costa.

A Conservative MP accuses the rink's owner of trying to "make a quick buck" after closing it.

Police closed part of Portsmouth for nearly six hours amid concern for a man seen on a roof.

Officers closed Arundel Street between Fratton Road and Holbrook Street after reports of someone on top of a building in Murefield Road at 08:40 BST.

A 23-year-old man from Southsea has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and remains in custody.

The road reopened at about 14:30.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Location tracking shoelaces, automated pill-boxes and talking televisions are just some of the devices that could be rolled out in Portsmouth in a bid to help the elderly stay in their homes.

With costs and reliance on adult social services mounting, Portsmouth City Council along with its health partners, is considering a more technological approach when it comes to care.

At a health and wellbeing board meeting officers revealed the new options for providing tailor-made care for people.

It's hoped using technology could reduce numbers of elderly people in the city needing to move into nursing homes and assisted living, as well as cutting down on domiciliary care.

National League strugglers Dover Athletic reappoint Eastleigh boss Andy Hessenthaler as their new manager.

Another attempt to return the fairy lights to Weymouth seafront is being made.

A 980-signature petition will be debated on 11 October by Weymouth and Portland Borough Council.

The recommendation to the council's cabinet says no further action should be taken.

The council is already committed to a scheme which will see computer controlled lights spread across the seafront on lampposts paid for by grant funding of around £200,000 which has to be spent by the end of 2019.

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Anthony experienced depression after his sister died - but is using his experience to help others.

Police horses will be out on the streets of Windsor this week ahead of the royal wedding.

Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie of York is marrying Jack Brooksbank at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, on Friday.

Odin and Atlas will be on the Long Walk and in Windsor town centre along with both armed and unarmed officers.

Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online

The Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissoner Alison Hernandez has said the final case for a merger between her force and Dorset Police will not be submitted to the Home Office.

After a debate on Friday, members of the Police and Crime Panel voted to support Ms Hernandez's position that she was minded to not pursue the merger.

She says the potential merger was "not in the best interests of the people of Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly".

• Plans for police merger 'definitely off' says Dorset PCC

Doodles by a bored schoolboy about a dog and chicken inspire JK Rowling to consider using the tale.

Peter Henley
Political editor, South of England

The Type 26s, which are being introduced over the next decade, will all have Plymouth as their home port.

There will be disappointment in Portsmouth that none of these eight new frigates will come to the home of the Royal Navy, especially after the loss of navy shipbuilding in the dockyard.

But there are sound strategic and political decisions to choose Plymouth instead.

It makes sense to meet the technical challenge of servicing a smaller number of increasingly sophisticated ships in one place.

And after Labour won Plymouth council on the back of a campaign to win more naval work, a Conservative defence secretary is keen to show the government's commitment to the city.

Portsmouth will be pretty busy anyway, coping with the work around the new aircraft carriers.

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Some bizarre road markings have appeared on Green Road in Reading overnight...

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Public access would be enabled to Sir James Thornhill's mural at Sherborne House after its revamp.

A Thames Valley Police officer who had his leg amputated after a crash in Maidenhead is back home after more than a month in hospital.

PC Tom Dorman's marked car and another vehicle were stationary when they were struck by a silver Ford Focus.

A second officer and a teenage girl were also injured in the crash on Norden Road in Maidenhead, Berkshire, on 2 September at about 05:30 BST.

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The former US presidential candidate delivered the University of Oxford Romanes Lecture at the Sheldonian Theatre.

Memorials are set to be removed from graves for health and safety reasons.