Summary

  • Storm Doris causes travel disruption

  • Firearms arrest at island hotel

  1. Join in the consultation...published at 18:00 GMT 23 February 2017

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  2. Doris disruption: Trees pretending to be trainspublished at 17:50 GMT 23 February 2017

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  3. Borough freezes council taxpublished at 17:39 GMT 23 February 2017

    Havant Borough Council has announced it is freezing its council tax for the eighth consecutive year.

    In a month when many local authorities are agreeing maximum increases to the charge, the authority says it has achieved "financial sustainability without significant service reduction".

    Havant Borough CouncilImage source, Google
  4. Sixth arrest in attempted murder casepublished at 17:25 GMT 23 February 2017

    The victim who suffered a "life changing" injury in the shooting in Hampshire remains in hospital.

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  5. Driver freed after crashpublished at 17:15 GMT 23 February 2017

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  6. Blowing away the cobwebspublished at 17:10 GMT 23 February 2017

    Weather stations across the region have been recording wind gusts of around 50-60mph this afternoon.

    But the highest was at The Needles on the Isle of Wight where wind speeds reached 82mph.

    The NeedlesImage source, Alan Vincent

    Wind speeds:

    • Boscombe Down 60mph
    • Bournemouth Airport: 54mph
    • Middle Wallop: 60mph
    • The Needles, IoW: 82mph
    • Southampton: 60mph
    • St Catherine’s Point: IoW: 63mph
  7. Youth projects funds up for grabspublished at 16:49 GMT 23 February 2017

    Gosport residents are being invited to apply for money to fund projects for young people.

    The £5,000 You Decide fund, external is available to help schemes for 11 to 19-year-olds or young people up to the age of 25 if they have a disability or are care leavers.

    The kinds of projects that could be considered include allotments or gardens, activities tackling graffiti, help of people vulnerable to crime, promotion of healthy lifestyles, activities and improvements to community buildings.

    The deadline for applications is 10 March.

  8. Doris disruption: Tree cleared from trackspublished at 16:40 GMT 23 February 2017

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  9. Sixth arrest over Crookhorn shootingpublished at 16:21 GMT 23 February 2017

    A sixth person has been arrested over the shooting of a man in Crookhorn.

    A 34-year-old man suffered "life-changing" head injuries in the incident on 13 February.

    A 26-year-old man from Surrey has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to supply class A drugs.

    Scene of shooting

    He has been bailed until 11 May.

  10. Here are today’s wind gusts from Storm Dorispublished at 15:40 GMT 23 February 2017

    Alexis Green
    BBC South Today weather presenter

    Some of the highest wind gusts were this morning. The highest wind gust was at the Needles (No surprise). Widely there were wind gusts of 50-60mph across the south.

    Wind gusts today:

    Brize Norton: 51mph

    Benson: 58mph

    Boscombe Down 60mph

    Bournemouth Airport: 54mph

    Charlwood: 52mph

    Heathrow: 60mph

    Odiham: 64mph

    Larkhill: 58mph

    Middle Wallop: 60mph

    Needles, IoW: 82mph

    Shoreham: 53mph

    Southampton: 60mph

    St Catherine’s Point, IoW: 63mph

  11. Doris disruption: Another tree blocking the railwaypublished at 15:21 GMT 23 February 2017

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  12. Doris disruption: Red Jet returnspublished at 15:04 GMT 23 February 2017

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  13. Power cut should be fixed by teatimepublished at 14:56 GMT 23 February 2017

    Residents experiencing a power cut in North Baddesley should expect to be reconnected by about 16:30, the network supplier has said.

    SSEN said about 132 properties had been affected by the outage in the SO52 area at about 12:30.

    Power plugs
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    We would like to apologise to our customers for the inconvenience and thank them for their patience as our engineers work to restore their power as quickly and as safely as possible in challenging weather conditions.

    SSEN spokeswoman

  14. Lansdowne gets government cash boost for business districtpublished at 14:36 GMT 23 February 2017

    The Lansdowne area of Bournemouth is set to benefit from part of a £19.5m government investment.

    The money has been secured by the Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) to turn the area into a new business district.

    It is hoped the revamp will create new business and job opportunities, Local Growth Minister Andrew Percy said.

    LansdowneImage source, Google

    Money is also going to Bournemouth University to invest in its Orthopaedic Research Institute.

    The cash will also be used on several other projects including building new homes.

  15. Doris disruption: More trees come downpublished at 14:18 GMT 23 February 2017

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  16. Power cut to North Baddesley homespublished at 14:00 GMT 23 February 2017

    A power cut is affecting homes in the North Baddesley area.

    Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) said power was lost in the SO52 area at about 12:20 GMT.

    It said engineers were on site with the power expected to be back on by 16:30 GMT. 

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  17. Saints head to Wembley: how are you getting there?published at 13:54 GMT 23 February 2017

    Dan Kerins
    Assistant Editor, BBC South

    Have you made your plans about how to get to Wembley this weekend? If not, this could come in very handy.

    Media caption,

    Travel advice to the stadium in north west London.

    Of course, we'll be live on BBC Hampshire from 12:00 on the day, and we'll be bringing you all the latest travel news to help you get across London to cheer on Saints.

    If you have anything to share with us - travel updates, photos or even just to tell us how much you love Southampton - send us updates on social media using the hashtag #SaintsFC.

  18. Doris disruption: Fast ferry still suspendedpublished at 13:54 GMT 23 February 2017

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  19. 'Lucky escape' after tree falls onto carspublished at 13:38 GMT 23 February 2017

    Police said it was lucky that no one was injured when a tree fell and crashed through the windscreens of two cars between Basingstoke and Alton earlier.

    The tree came down on the A339 between Bagmore Lane and Avenue Road near the Fur and Feathers pub.

    Tree debris

    According to reports, the tree fell on two cars and a further three vehicles crashed into it.

    The road has since been cleared.