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You are in: South Today > Features > Week beginning 25th June 2007

Inmates are to be released on licence.

Inmates are to be released on licence.

Week beginning 25th June 2007

Here are some of the news stories from the BBC South Today programme, for the week beginning the 25th of June.

Michael Cox

A Hampshire lawyer was arrested for not paying child support to ex-wife for the past 12 years because he sees his children half the time.

Robert Bridges

A handyman from Farnborough who raped and tried to kill a woman who was walking her dog is given a life sentence.

The phone that saved man's life

A robber is jailed for the attempted murder of a jewellery shop manager who was saved by a mobile phone in his pocket.

Prisoners walk free

Dozens of inmates are allowed to walk free on licence in an attempt to free up places in overcrowded prisons.

Smoking

As smoking is set to be banned in enclosed public areas and workplaces we visit a pub gearing up for the new law.

Flowers

Police arrested a man in Brighton after a woman's body was found in a plastic box in a garden.

Idris Francis

A driver from Hampshire who took his legal fight against speed cameras to Europe loses his case.

Bunker discovered in Salisbury

A mystery underground bunker is discovered in the garden of a house in Salisbury.

Shirley Bassey

Bad weather forces Dame Shirley Bassey's helicopter to land in a school field in Surrey as she was flying home from the Glastonbury Festival.

Manor Cottages

Six men are tasked with refurbishing one of the longest thatched roofs in the country, in the village of Freefolk near Whitchurch.

Other stories of the week (to view, see links on top right hand side of page) :

  • Weymouth council introduces secret cameras to catch fly-tippers in the act.
  • Two women from Brighton plan to set off to a remote part of China to climb and ski the highest ski peak in the world.
  • The Worthing Dome is ready to open once again as a cinema following the completion of restoration work.
  • Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain is up against Machu Pichu in Peru and the Taj Mahal in a race to find seven top man-made wonders of the world.
  • After a long campaign, two mothers from Basingstoke secure entitlement to disabled badges for their daughters who have a hip condition.
  • A cat that disappeared for 10 years is re-united with its owners after being found 60 miles from her Hampshire home.
  • More than 14,000 sailors took part in this year's yacht race around the Isle of Wight. Dame Ellen MacArthur was first across the finish line.
  • Two Hampshire students come back from the Boccia world championships in Canada winning gold medals.

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last updated: 04/07/07

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