South Live: Tuesday 4 June

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Updates from Tuesday 4 June

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Plans to redevelop old ground 'extremely poor'published at 10:36 British Summer Time 4 June 2019
Local Democracy Reporting Service
Plans to redevelop the old football ground at in Newbury have been criticised as "extremely poor" and lacking "detail".
West Berkshire Council wants to use the Faraday Road ground as a multi-use games area temporarily, before the land is redeveloped into flats.
Football was played at Faraday Road for more than a century, but in June last year the council ended Newbury Football Club’s lease.
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Faraday Road was previously home to Newbury Town FC, which folded in 1995
The new games area could be opened this summer.
Councillor Rick Jones said: "We are currently going through a planning process, which will be quickly followed by a procurement to have the multi-use games area installed and opened as fast as possible."
He said the council has budgeted £88,000 for the plans. However, Sports England said the plans "lack detail" and are "extremely poor".
Appeal after burglary in North Oxfordpublished at 09:57 British Summer Time 4 June 2019
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Brewery site to become apartments rather than hotelpublished at 09:40 British Summer Time 4 June 2019
Local Democracy Reporting Service
A Dorchester Brewery Square site set aside for a high end hotel will now be converted into apartments.
The former Brewhouse was identified as a location for an up-market hotel when the development started on the former Eldridge Pope site.
But now developers have been given permission by Dorset Council to convert the building into 29 apartments with 32 parking spaces, together with and area of commercial space.
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Dorchester Town Council decided not to object to apartment proposal for the Grade II listed building, which overlooks the fountain area and shops, when it considered the application last year.
The development will include the addition of balconies to apartments to the side of the building, new openings and a new internal layout, including new floors.
Brewery Square is a £100 million mixed residential, commercial and leisure development on the former Eldridge Pope brewery.
Council to raise bridge toll by 20ppublished at 09:15 British Summer Time 4 June 2019
Drivers crossing the Itchen Bridge will pay more from 17 June.
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'I'm the queen of the wrestling ring'published at 09:13 British Summer Time 4 June 2019
Ollie has been wrestling as 'Priscilla, Queen of the Ring' for the past nine years.
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The moment Trump lands for UK state visitpublished at 08:32 British Summer Time 4 June 2019
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive in the UK for a three-day state visit.
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Plans for new hotel and flatspublished at 08:32 British Summer Time 4 June 2019
Local Democracy Reporting Service
Plans have been unveiled for a new hotel and more than 100 flats in Southampton.
A nine-storey Travelodge and a 19-storey building providing 113 flats could be built in Southern Royal Crescent Road near Central Bridge.
The proposals comes after plans for a new hotel in High Street and one at the former Compass House site in Romsey Road were unveiled earlier this year.
Developers said the nearby block of flats could become one of the tallest buildings in the city as it would stand alone at a height of 67.4 metres.
Arrests after van set alight in Readingpublished at 08:01 British Summer Time 4 June 2019
Four men have been arrested after a van was set on fire in Reading.
Thames Valley Police said the men, aged 28, 47, 36 and 44 had been arrested on suspicion of arson.
They remain in police custody.
Officers said the van was set alight in Mill Road, Burghfield on Monday morning.
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Good morning!published at 07:59 British Summer Time 4 June 2019
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