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Image source, GoogleA family-run hardware store which has been trading in Reading for almost 90 years is set to close.
Drews the Ironmongers says it is shutting its doors after Christmas because it can no longer compete against online shopping.
Chairman David Drew said telling the store's 26 staff they were going to be made redundant was "the worst day in our family's life".
Image source, ReutersDebenhams is understood to be seeking to close 50 of its 166 stores in a radical overhaul as it prepares to reveal a record £500m loss.
The struggling department store chain has previously said 10 stores were earmarked for closure over the next five years but has raised that target.
It is not known which stores will be affected but branches in the south include Southampton, Bournemouth, Reading, Oxford, Winchester, Weymouth, Thatcham, Portsmouth, Basingstoke and Witney.
The schoolgirl was standing in a queue at break-time when the boy stabbed her.
Read MoreSouth Western Railway and Network Rail have apologised for the problems on services, external to and from Waterloo yesterday.
Passengers were advised not to travel following the signalling cable fault between Woking and Surbiton.
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A rise in protection plans for children leaves councils claiming they are pushed "to the brink".
Read MoreThe girl was among four people who escaped the fire through a first-floor window.
Read MoreThames Valley Police, external officers were called to a layby in Oxford Road, Bicester, yesterday evening after reports that 19 people were in the back of a trailer.
A police spokesman said a number of people had been taken to hospital for checks.
Others who did not require hospital treatment were either handed over to social services or immigration officers for further investigation, he added.
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A person has been seriously injured in a crash in Christchurch.
Police were called just after 08:40 BST to Barrack Road, which remains closed.
Drivers are advised to avoid the area.
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The floating bridge chain ferry service at East Cowes on the Isle of Wight is out of action this morning.
Isle of Wight Council says it's due to a snapped west prow cable.
A foot passenger service is in place.
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An unannounced inspection was prompted by by concerns from whistleblowers and a series of mistakes.
Read MoreAn anti-Trident group blocked approach roads to prevent workers entering a nuclear weapons factory.
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Image source, DWFRSA not-so-sly fox had to be rescued by firefighters after getting its paws stuck in a picket fence.
Animal rescue specialists were called to Hanlon Close, Bournemouth, shortly after 06:45 BST.
The fire service said the creature appeared to have been "hanging around" overnight but was freed, unharmed, by 07:45.
Image source, DWFRSThree Tommy silhouettes have been put in place in Test Valley to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One.
The council-funded silhouettes have been placed in Andover, Romsey and Stockbridge.
The statues are part of the There But Not There nationwide campaign to represent those who lost their lives.
Image source, Test Valley Borough CouncilQuote MessageThese silhouettes will stand tall for all to see and make sure those who gave their lives are remembered in the most honourable and respectful way.
Dorothy Baverstock, Culture champion, Test Valley Borough Council
Naree the chimpanzee, a victim of the illegal wildlife trade, has been safely rehomed at the UK rescue centre Monkey World.
She was smuggled into Thailand and made to perform in a circus, pulling an orangutan and a tiger around the ring in a rickshaw.
Image source, Hampshire ConstabularyCCTV has been issued of a man police want to trace after a knifepoint robbery at a bank in Portsmouth.
The incident happened at TSB in Arundel Street between 15:10 and 15:20 BST on Tuesday.
No one was hurt.