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

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

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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.

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.

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."

Simon Colley was targeted online after avoiding jail for kicking a wreath at a cenotaph.

The power supply at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth was affected earlier this afternoon after a fire at a nearby substation.

The incident on Southwick Hill Road was reported to Hampshire fire and rescue shortly after midday.

The fire service said no-one was injured in the incident.

Paul Bytheway, chief operating officer at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, said: "Mains power to parts of the Queen Alexandra Hospital site was lost shortly after noon today."

He added: "We instigated our incident response plan and normal power has been restored in all patient areas in the hospital."

The car, which was in a crash that killed three, was reported to police five days earlier, it emerges.

A 48-year-old pedestrian died in hospital after being struck by a motorbike in Andover.

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Isle of Wight zoo was temporarily closed yesterday after a black and white ruffed lemur escaped from its enclosure.

The zoo confirmed that Lalaina got out at 11:30, sparking its "standard escape procedure".

The good news is that Lalaina is now back in her enclosure and is "none the worse for her adventure".

Chief executive Veronina Chrisp said at no time were any visitors, animals or team members in any danger.

Lemurs are on the critically-endangered list as their population has declined 80% in 21 years. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature now considers them to be at extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

Oxford University's Conservative Association cancels a ban on members of the notorious dining club.

Planning permission is usually not granted to buildings exceeding the height of the Carfax tower.

Justice for Shaftesbury lodged a legal bid over a council's plan to sell the town's cattle market.

Four people are in a serious condition after taking drugs thought to include diazepam and tramadol.

Oxford United striker Jon Obika may miss the rest of the season after damaging his anterior cruciate ligament.

Prince William has been in Oxfordshire to see the latest research in the search for nuclear fusion.

Scientists at the UK Atomic Energy Authority site, at Culham, are building a type of reactor which could produce almost unlimited supplies of clean energy.

The Duke of Cambridge's visit marked the end of construction of the Mast (Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak) Upgrade Fusion Experiment that aims to bring the power source a step closer.

It has taken five years to make the new instrument.

Fusion is the process which powers stars and fuses hydrogen, the most abundant element in the Universe, to produce huge amounts of energy.

The 24-year-old attended a voluntary interview after the owner's snap of a suspect was widely shared.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a shop in Shaftesbury was robbed at knifepoint.

A masked man entered the Co-op on Beaufoy Close at around 06:10 and threatened and assaulted a member of staff and then made off with a quantity of cash.

The victim sustained minor injuries during the incident, but did not require hospital treatment.

"This must have been a very distressing incident for the member of staff involved and I can assure members of the public that a full investigation has been launched to identify the man responsible," said Detective Sergeant Tom Hall of Dorset Police.

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The Salvation Army in Reading is providing lunches for children who receive free school meals.