Latest stories

South Today

See the latest programme in full.

Latest weather report

See the latest weather.

BBC Oxford

See the latest programme in full.

Latest weather report

See the latest weather.

Boycott urged after student death

The stepmother of a Berkshire teenager who fell to his death from a cliff in Cornwall says she wants parents to boycott the town until the council takes action.

'Robo doctor' in first operations

A Berkshire hospital starts using a £1.2m 'robotic surgeon' to carry out regular operations.

Seafront traders hit by rent hike

Traders on Brighton seafront have launched a petition claiming many of them could go out of business because of a big increase in rents.

Weather creates more plant life

The cold winter, coupled with a warm spring and hot summer, has created an explosion of plant life on the South Downs.

Cat tablets help tigers' joints

Researchers have found that Bengali tigers based at the Isle of Wight Tiger Sanctuary have benefited from taking a nutritional joint supplement for domestic cats.

People live longer in Dorset town

New research has found people live longer in the Dorset town of Wimborne than in any other UK town.

Footballer visits paralysed girl

A teenage footballer who was recently paralysed after falling from a tree has been given a surprise visit on her 14th birthday by one of her sporting heroes.

Tributes paid to cliff death boy

Tributes have been paid to a Berkshire student who died when he fell from a cliff in Cornwall.

Swiss group to takeover Saints FC

The future of Southampton Football Club, which was put into administration in April, has been secured in a takeover deal by the Swiss business magnate Markus Liebherr.

Smell plagues Gosport residents

People living in the Workhouse Lake area of Gosport have made complaints about the smell of hydrogen sulphide which has been plaguing the area.

Army medics preparing for duty

Four hundred army medics have been training in Aldershot ahead of a trip to Afghanistan.

Fears raised on defence projects

Thousands of defence workers in the South of England will have to wait until after the General Election to find out where billions of pounds of defence money will go.