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  • Updates from Monday 8 October

  1. Christmas break pledge over roadworkspublished at 11:32 British Summer Time 19 October 2018

    The works, which have led to two-hour queues, will resume on Sunday with a southbound lane closure.

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  2. Queen to visit Berkshirepublished at 10:50 British Summer Time 19 October 2018

    Members of the public prepare for The Queen's visit to Bracknell

    The Queen will visit Bracknell's Lexicon shopping centre later.

    It's just over a year since the site opened.

    During her visit the Queen will tour the development and Union Square, meeting staff, architects, builders and developers.

    She'll also unveil a plaque to mark her visit and hear a performance from the Berkshire Maestros Band.

  3. Paddington station: Further disruption expectedpublished at 10:50 British Summer Time 19 October 2018

    Commuters using London's Paddington station are being warned there could be further disruption today.

    PaddingtonImage source, PA

    The chaos was caused by damage to 500m of overhead power cables inflicted during a train test run on Tuesday.

    Network Rail engineers have been carrying out repairs but one line will remain out of action for electric trains.

    Some disruption continued between London and Reading on Thursday.

  4. Have you seen Marlon Windett?published at 10:11 British Summer Time 19 October 2018

    The 37-year-old from, Benfleet in Essex, has links to Bournemouth and south London.

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  5. Hospital trainee doctors 'left alone'published at 10:05 British Summer Time 19 October 2018

    Concerns are raised about patient safety, bullying and racism at St Mary's Hospital in Newport.

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  6. Hampshire travel latest: M27 and A32 delayspublished at 09:38 British Summer Time 19 October 2018

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  7. Crews honoured for plane crash rescuepublished at 09:36 British Summer Time 19 October 2018

    Emergency crews had to walk across marshland to reach the crash site near Bembridge in July.

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  8. Video: New Forest brothers show off UK's biggest ever pumpkinpublished at 09:34 British Summer Time 19 October 2018

    It weighs over 1,000kg and will soon be heading to London to be put on display.

    A pumpkin that was grown by twin brothers, from Lymington in the New Forest, weighed in as the heaviest ever grown indoors in the UK.

    Ian and Stuart Paton beat their own record and have now set their sights on the world record.

    The brothers have been growing giant pumpkins together for over 40 years and say it's "pretty cool" to have grown "the third biggest fruit that's ever sat on the face of the Earth".

  9. Planned £4bn Oxford-Cambridge expressway 'should not go through Botley'published at 09:23 British Summer Time 19 October 2018

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  10. Hatecrimes against disabled people on the rise in Dorsetpublished at 09:03 British Summer Time 19 October 2018

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  11. Southampton Labour party backs unions over council care home cutspublished at 08:52 British Summer Time 19 October 2018

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  12. Weather outlook: Dry and sunny after a misty startpublished at 08:26 British Summer Time 19 October 2018

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  13. Caversham woman faces deportation to Thailandpublished at 08:15 British Summer Time 19 October 2018

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  14. South Western Railway disruption due to blocked linespublished at 08:01 British Summer Time 19 October 2018

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  15. South Live: Friday 19 Octoberpublished at 06:54 British Summer Time 19 October 2018

    All the latest headlines from across Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

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  16. Strikes threat over care home planspublished at 18:24 British Summer Time 18 October 2018

    Unison and Unite say strikes could take place if Southampton council shuts two care homes.

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  17. 'Near normal' service after rail chaospublished at 17:46 British Summer Time 18 October 2018

    Three of the four closed lines into Paddington reopen but passengers have faced further disruption.

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  18. Woman sexually assaulted in taxi in Abingdonpublished at 17:45 British Summer Time 18 October 2018

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    The assault happened in West St Helen's Street in Abingdon

    A woman was sexually assaulted in a taxi in Abingdon in the early hours of Sunday morning.

    Thames Valley Police said, external at about 01:30 a woman in her 20s caught a taxi from Park End Street in Oxford.

    During the journey she fell asleep, but woke up at about 01:45 to find the driver undoing her trousers. He then sexually assaulted her.

    The victim got out of the taxi near West St Helen Street, Abingdon, and the driver followed her for a short distance, before walking off after she approached a member of the public.

    The driver is described as an Asian male with short black hair and stubble.

  19. Man Booker Prize nominee Daisy Johnson 'working on next book'published at 17:24 British Summer Time 18 October 2018

    This week Anna Burns was named the winner of this year's Man Booker Prize, becoming the first author from Northern Ireland to triumph.

    Milkman beat competition from Everything Under by Oxford's Daisy Johnson - who, at 27, was the youngest nominee in Man Booker history.

    Daisy is still in good spirits though, and has since tweeted that she's working on her new book.

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  20. Large stash of illegal cigarettes seizedpublished at 17:03 British Summer Time 18 October 2018

    Twenty-four thousand smuggled cigarettes were seized in Witney, Oxfordshire, yesterday.

    Trading Standards and Thames Valley Police officers raided a property in Highworth Place with sniffer dogs and found the suspected counterfeit cigarettes which have a market value of £12,000.

    Jody Kerman, Oxfordshire County Council’s operations manager for trading standards, said: "Illegal tobacco poses an additional threat to our children and communities, because it is sold at pocket money prices by criminals who may not be interested in asking for proof of age.

    "We’re committed to helping people live safe, healthy lives; cracking down on the illegal tobacco trade is one of our top priorities."