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Passengers have told of their travel problems in crossing from Portsmouth and Plymouth following strikes. Barbara Robinson was attempting to get back to her home in France from Plymouth with her husband, Brian.

A Weymouth councillor is putting forward an idea to transform a derelict toilet building on Portland Road, Wyke Regis.

A new wave of public sector strike action is looming large on the horizon after the subject dominated the start of the annual TUC conference, which ends today in Brighton.

A fireworks display was the probable cause of a blaze at Ryde Castle Hotel back in the spring. An investigation has found the building, owned by Greene King, partially collapsed during the fire, which broke out while a Hampshire couple were staying.

An Isle of Wight council is being asked to approve public toilet refurbishment costs of £500,000.

Police had to detain a mental health patient given home leave after using threatening behaviour in the street. The man was returned to Lee Mill Hospital, which is run by Plymouth Community Healthcare (PCH).

“It’s absolutely disgusting.

Thames Valley Police were duped into letting a man visit his friend at Abingdon police station. James Mangan persuaded officers to let him see fellow Blue Mountains, Wallingford, resident Keith Bailey.

The chairman of the Dorset Police Federation has laid into Olympic security measures.

Activists camped outside Bournemouth’s town hall have moved on following a week-long demonstration. The members of Occupy Bournemouth decided to leave the site outside the offices voluntarily on Monday (July 2, 2012) night.

A move of parliamentary staff to Southampton is causing a major upset. The MPs’ switchboard staff, some of whom have been in the job for more than 20 years, are being asked to move next May.

The case is continuing of a Southampton man who is accused of trying to incite a riot during the height of last summer’s unrest.