Summary

  • Updates from Monday 8 October

Live Reporting

  1. Paddington station: 'New Hitachi train on test responsible for disruption'

    Paul Clifton
    Transport correspondent, BBC South Today

    A new class 802 Hitachi train, on test, ripped into the overhead wires at Hanwell in west London.

    It has torn down 500m of power cables.

    It would be a surprise if Network Rail can get that repaired in less than a day, and it might well be longer.

    The train, running overnight, was driven by GB Railfreight, which provides test drivers. It will eventually be handed to Great Western but is not theirs at present.

  2. Work begins on £3.4m office block in Whiteley

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  3. Bid to keep prayers before Bournemouth council meetings

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  4. Arrested man released after 'murder bid' attack outside Sandown pub

    A man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following an attack outside a pub on the Isle of Wight has been released from custody.

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    A 49-year-old man suffered a life-threatening head injury during an assault outside The Old Comical in St John's Road, Sandown, on 17 September.

    A 24-year-old man, from Sandown, who was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder has been released under investigation.

    A 31-year-old man who was also arrested has been released with no further action.

  5. Hampshire travel latest: Long delays on M3 at Winchester

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  6. Weather outlook: Cloudy and damp

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    BBC Weather

  7. South West Railway delays due to signalling problem between Reading and Wokingham

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  8. Driver dies in two-car bypass crash

    Police are appealing for witnesses to the crash on the A35 Puddletown road in Dorset to contact them.

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  9. Trains stopped between Paddington and Slough

    Paddington Station

    Passengers are facing major disruption due to damage at one of London's busiest railway stations.

    Network Rail said all Great Western Railway (GWR) trains between Paddington and Slough have been cancelled until at least midday after overhead electric cables were damaged at Ealing on Tuesday night.

    Trains between Paddington and Heathrow airport are also not running.

    Services are likely to be affected all day, Network Rail said.

  10. Hampshire travel latest: A27/M27 delays in Portsmouth

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  11. South Live: Wednesday 17 October

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

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  12. Plastic pollution found on shipwrecks

    Divers find a "surprisingly large quantity" of rubbish on historical wrecks in coastal waters.

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  13. Trio to appear in court after bar 'glassing'

    Three people are due to appear at court in connection with a reported affray after a man was reportedly glassed and a woman punched in a Bournemouth bar.

    Dorset Police say the alleged attack, at Felson’s Bar on Old Christchurch Road at around 23:40 BST on 26 March, caused a man to have a small bleed on the brain, which was not life threatening. The woman suffered a facial injury.

    A 22-year-old Bournemouth woman, a 30-year-old man from Manchester and a 22-year-old Derbyshire woman have been issued with a postal notice to appear at Poole Magistrates’ Court on 26 October 2018 charged with affray, assaulting a police constable, criminal damage and possessing a class B drug. A 28-year-old man from Cheshire who was arrested on suspicion of affray in connection with the incident has now been released without charge.

  14. One dead and one critical in crash

    A motorbike and a bicycle were involved in the crash near Kidlington, Oxfordshire.

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  15. Dawkins named new Yeovil chairman

    Yeovil Town Ladies confirm Gary Dawkins will replace Steve Allinson as chairman at the Women's Super League club.

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  16. Lover 'laughed' at sex 'catapult' fall

    John Marshall said at first he laughed at her fall, not realising that she had hurt herself.

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  17. M40 junctions closed after 'serious accident'

    Thames Valley Police have said they are dealing with a "serious collision" on the northbound carriage of the M40, on a junction close to east Oxford.

    The force have closed the motorway in both directions as a result of the incident.

    It comes a day after another serious crash in which three people died.

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  18. Chill out in Chillerton

    Thank you to Lizzi Burden who sent us this wonderful picture a countryside vista near Chillerton on the Isle of Wight.

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  19. Gavin Whyte makes NI competitive debut

    BBC Sport NI

    We need to take our chances - Whyte

    Oxford United winger Gavin Whyte made his competitive debut for Northern Ireland in their 2-0 defeat in by Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Nations League.

    It was a frustrating night for the 22-year-old as he hit the post twice after coming on as a second half substitute - as Northern Ireland made it six games without a goal away from home.

  20. Man stabbed by group in Gosport

    A man has been left in a serious condition in hospital after being stabbed in Gosport yesterday evening.

    The 22-year-old man was assaulted by a group described as young men or teenage boys at around 21:00 BST on Barnfield Close in the town.

    Hampshire Police said his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

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