Summary

  • Dorset council merger proposals move forward

  • Victorious headliners revealed

  • Murder accused charged over stab death

  • Hampshire roads to see £209m investment

  • Updates from Wednesday 1 February

  1. Three clubs may miss disability deadlinepublished at 18:12 GMT 1 February 2017
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    At least three clubs are at risk of missing a self-imposed deadline to improve access for disabled fans, the Premier League says.

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  2. Exhibition explores lives of naval womenpublished at 17:51 GMT 1 February 2017

    A new exhibition at The National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, looks at some of the remarkable stories of naval women over the last 250 years, external.

    The exhibition features early pioneers who disguised themselves as men, the first professionals in the Naval Nursing Service and WRNS as well as women who serve in the naval forces today.

    Female navy despatch ridersImage source, National Museum of the Royal Navy

    The exhibition opens on 18 February.

  3. Weather Watchers: Winter reflectionspublished at 17:42 GMT 1 February 2017

    It's been a grey and damp day but that's not stopped lots of you submitting some great photos to our BBC Weather Watcher's page.

    Thanks to Kate for this arty shot of reflections in the floodwater, snapped in Southampton earlier.

    Southampton floodwaterImage source, Kate / BBC Weather Watchers

    Share your weather pictures on the BBC Weather Watchers page.

  4. Man shot in leg with air riflepublished at 17:37 GMT 1 February 2017

    A man has been shot in the leg with an air rifle in Poole.

    The 23-year-old was targeted from the window of a black Ford Fiesta in Rossmore Road on Monday evening.

    Rossmore Road and Brixey Road in PooleImage source, Goo

    The man received treatment at Poole Hospital.

    Police are appealing for witnesses.

  5. More than 200 drivers stopped in week-long phone crackdownpublished at 17:19 GMT 1 February 2017

    More than 200 motorists in Hampshire were caught using their mobile phones, external while driving during a nationwide week-long crackdown.

    Police said 166 men and 38 women were stopped, 132 were driving cars and 61 were driving vans.

    Of those stopped, 180 were issued with fixed penalty notices.

    Driver using a phoneImage source, PA

    Hampshire Constabulary said one driver stopped at Rownhams told officers it was the third time in three weeks he had been stopped for the same offence.

    Another driver said he had been checking his account to see if his payment had gone through for a previous court fine which had been issued for using his phone while driving.

  6. Man and woman seriously injured in street attackpublished at 17:18 GMT 1 February 2017

    A man and a woman were seriously injured in an attack in Lymington in the early hours of Sunday.

    The man, aged 32, and the woman, aged 46, were involved in an altercation with two men outside the Thomas Tripp pub at about midnight.

    They were later attacked in Southampton Road.

    Thomas Tripp pubImage source, Google

    Police believe the two men involved in the initial incident were also involved in the assault. They are described as white, in their 20s and under 6ft.

  7. Referendum to decide neighbourhood planpublished at 17:18 GMT 1 February 2017

    Residents in part of Poole are going to the polls tomorrow to decide whether to accept the council's proposed Poole Quays Forum Neighbourhood Plan, external.

    The plan will help shape planning decisions in Poole Old Town, Poole Quay, Poole High Street south of the railway line, Hamworthy Local Centre, the eastern part of Hamworthy, the Port of Poole and the former power station site.

    Poole Quays Forum Neighbourhood Plan mapImage source, Google

    The three polling stations at Hamworthy Library, St James's Church and Skinner Street United Reformed Church will be open between 07:00 and 22:00.

  8. Alfie Barker given seven-month ban for Harry Arter tweetspublished at 17:02 GMT 1 February 2017

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    A non-league player has been suspended for seven months as a result of tweets he sent to Bournemouth's Harry Arter about the death of his baby daughter.

    During Bournemouth's 3-3 draw with Arsenal, the then-Hitchin Town player Alfie Barker posted: "Big hype just for a disappointment... like the nine months leading up to your child's birth."

    Harry ArterImage source, Rex Features

    Barker, 18, admitted an FA charge at a hearing on Tuesday and is banned from all football activity until 1 August.

    He was also fined £250.

  9. Weymouth Town Bridge night work completepublished at 16:50 GMT 1 February 2017

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  10. DVLA in car tax clampdownpublished at 16:46 GMT 1 February 2017

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  11. Murder accused in court over stab deathpublished at 16:37 GMT 1 February 2017

    Two women appear in court in connection with the death of a 36-year-old women in Portsmouth

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  12. 'Drainage problem' forces council office closurepublished at 16:34 GMT 1 February 2017

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  13. Keeper extends stay at Weymouthpublished at 16:29 GMT 1 February 2017

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  14. Police name driver killed in A33 crashpublished at 16:26 GMT 1 February 2017

    Police have named the driver killed in a crash on the A33, external on Sunday afternoon.

    Adam Hardwick, 39, from Chandler's Ford died when his BMW hit a tree north of Kings Worthy, near Winchester.

  15. £7.5m cuts in island budget planspublished at 16:26 GMT 1 February 2017

    Isle of Wight Council's executive has published its budget plans for the next financial year.

    The authority says the proposals are based on the strategy agreed by the full council in October which seeks to cut spending by £7.5m.

    The full council is due to set the budget at its meeting on 22 February, external when it will also set the council tax for the next year.

    Council leader Dave Stewart said he was "finding himself in a very unexpected place" in presenting the budget because he was only elected two weeks ago.

    Isle of Wight from the ISSImage source, Tim Peake/ESA/NASA
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    Much of what we have presented in the budget is based on the preparatory work of the previous administration.

    Councillor Dave Stewart, Isle of Wight Council leader

  16. Maximum increase proposed for island council taxpublished at 16:17 GMT 1 February 2017

    Isle of Wight councillors are being asked to approve the maximum rise in council tax of 4.99%, external.

    The authority says the average payer in a band C property would see their bills rise by £1.19 a week.

    The full council is due to meet on 22 February, external to set the level of council tax and the budget for the next financial year.

  17. Man to appear in court after allegedly stealing two elderly women's handbagspublished at 16:16 GMT 1 February 2017

    A man has been charged in connection with two robberies on pensioners in Gosport. 

    Both robberies took place in Lees Lane on Monday and one of the victims suffered a fractured elbow when they were pulled to the ground. 

    The first incident happened at about 09:00 GMT and involved a 71-year-old woman who suffered the injury to her elbow when someone tried to steal her handbag. 

    A 75-year-old woman then had her handbag stolen 15 minutes later. 

    A 42-year-old Gosport man has been charged with possession of a class'A drug, robbery, and attempted robbery and remanded to appear at Portsmouth magistrates this afternoon.

    Lees LaneImage source, Google
  18. Rolf Harris jury retirespublished at 16:02 GMT 1 February 2017

    A jury has begun to consider its verdicts on new charges against the entertainer Rolf Harris.

    He denies six indecent assaults and one sexual assault on alleged victims aged 12 to 42.

    The youngest told Southwark Crown Court she was at a radio station in Portsmouth in 1977 when he put his hand up her skirt.

    The 86-year-old is currently serving a prison sentence for indecent assault on four females.

  19. Isle of Wight residents facing bus cutspublished at 16:01 GMT 1 February 2017

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