http://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/thames-valley/default.aspxen-gbFri, 17 Jul 2009 09:15:51 GMThttp://www.teletext.co.uk/images/Logo64x64.gifhttp://www.teletext.co.ukA Brighton journalist investigating a seal hunt in Namibia has been attacked and arrested, the World Society for the Protection of Animals said.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/regional/thames-valley/~4/hNegPazlixo" height="1" width="1"/>
Jim Wickens was assaulted along with his cameraman Bart Smithers as they tried to film seals being killed at the Cape Cross Seal Reserve.

A group of hunters apparently attacked them and police seized their cameras.

]]>7ebc48dffd074246089c02fab9901060http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/thames-valley/~3/hNegPazlixo/Seal+hunt+reporter+arrested.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/thames-valley/7ebc48dffd074246089c02fab9901060/Seal+hunt+reporter+arrested.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/thames-valley/7ebc48dffd074246089c02fab9901060/Seal+hunt+reporter+arrested.aspxThe Duchess of Cornwall has turned 62 and will spend much of her birthday on the Isle of Wight with Charles.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/regional/thames-valley/~4/0vSyMf5crec" height="1" width="1"/>
The couple will visit a farmer's market, an in-shore rescue team and tour Osborne House, a one-time retreat of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

Camilla was born on July 17 1947 in London, the daughter of Bruce and Rosalind Shand.

]]>5122507ca343cc542da6f7bbc94ef9d1http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/thames-valley/~3/0vSyMf5crec/Camilla+in+birthday+visit.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/thames-valley/5122507ca343cc542da6f7bbc94ef9d1/Camilla+in+birthday+visit.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/thames-valley/5122507ca343cc542da6f7bbc94ef9d1/Camilla+in+birthday+visit.aspxPortsmouth and England footballer Peter Crouch is engaged to his model girlfriend Abbey Clancy.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/regional/thames-valley/~4/VVf3KybLlA8" height="1" width="1"/>
The 6ft 7in 28-year-old is understood to have proposed to the 23-year-old model while on holiday in Sardinia.

Crouch, who is famed for his "robot" dance, scored 16 goals in 49 appearances last season for his club, and has played six times for England.

]]>1c39b32a8a43dee1dda3504d11a9a2fdhttp://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/thames-valley/~3/VVf3KybLlA8/Crouch+proposes+to+girlfriend.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/thames-valley/1c39b32a8a43dee1dda3504d11a9a2fd/Crouch+proposes+to+girlfriend.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/thames-valley/1c39b32a8a43dee1dda3504d11a9a2fd/Crouch+proposes+to+girlfriend.aspxA fire in Brighton that caused properties to be damaged and homes to be evacuated is believed to have been started deliberately, police said.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/regional/thames-valley/~4/2ewL9JGLE_Y" height="1" width="1"/>
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service and Sussex Police were called to Hallett Road after a fire was reported to the rear of houses.

Anyone with information is asked to call Sussex Police on 0845 60 70 999.

]]>22a50be86399023609b7f2ac7ce80a44http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/thames-valley/~3/2ewL9JGLE_Y/Fire+'was+deliberate'.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/thames-valley/22a50be86399023609b7f2ac7ce80a44/Fire+'was+deliberate'.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/thames-valley/22a50be86399023609b7f2ac7ce80a44/Fire+'was+deliberate'.aspxPolice have closed two cannabis factories in Eastleigh in a crackdown on the supply of the drug.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/regional/thames-valley/~4/UJb-R3XCXgo" height="1" width="1"/>
Officers raided a house in Chamberlayne Road and a 39-year-old man was subsequently arrested.

They also went to an address in Bishopstoke, where more than 100 cannabis plants were discovered and two men were arrested.

]]>79faa5bc9cda5995d2823514c1d6a8d5http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/thames-valley/~3/UJb-R3XCXgo/Arrests+in+cannabis+raids.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/thames-valley/79faa5bc9cda5995d2823514c1d6a8d5/Arrests+in+cannabis+raids.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/thames-valley/79faa5bc9cda5995d2823514c1d6a8d5/Arrests+in+cannabis+raids.aspxA man found murdered at his home in Andover, Hampshire, by paramedics has been named by police.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/regional/thames-valley/~4/yExZlR4V5RE" height="1" width="1"/>
A post-mortem examination carried out on Dean Sinclair, 29, revealed that the cause of death was a stab wound to the abdomen.

Two people, a man and a woman, have been arrested and remain in police custody.

]]>5392c1d1c5875ea8b336b60ed03007f1http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/thames-valley/~3/yExZlR4V5RE/Police+name+murdered+man.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/thames-valley/5392c1d1c5875ea8b336b60ed03007f1/Police+name+murdered+man.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/thames-valley/5392c1d1c5875ea8b336b60ed03007f1/Police+name+murdered+man.aspxA man riding a moped has been killed on a road in the New Forest, police have said.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/regional/thames-valley/~4/VgQvOUMN-Tw" height="1" width="1"/>
The 30-year-old local man came off his dark grey coloured scooter on Marchwood Road, Marchwood, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Officers are appealing for any witnesses to the incident to come forward.

]]>b477e8ea39c6ffa259854472363402b2http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/thames-valley/~3/VgQvOUMN-Tw/Man+dies+in+moped+crash.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/thames-valley/b477e8ea39c6ffa259854472363402b2/Man+dies+in+moped+crash.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/thames-valley/b477e8ea39c6ffa259854472363402b2/Man+dies+in+moped+crash.aspxThree men, including an Abingdon man, will be sentenced for trying to take a "secret commission" in a takeover deal of football club Derby County.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/regional/thames-valley/~4/DP9ps4QZgps" height="1" width="1"/>
Jeremy Keith, 41, was found guilty of faking documents when he and two others bought the club for just £3 in 2003, Northampton Crown Court found.

Keith, Andrew Mackenzie, 55, and Murdo Mackay, 53, had denied fraud.

]]>c410b6f10b0ac0eaf1fbd4750e5b78echttp://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/thames-valley/~3/DP9ps4QZgps/Derby+FC+fraudsters+sentenced.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/thames-valley/c410b6f10b0ac0eaf1fbd4750e5b78ec/Derby+FC+fraudsters+sentenced.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/thames-valley/c410b6f10b0ac0eaf1fbd4750e5b78ec/Derby+FC+fraudsters+sentenced.aspxNorth west Bicester has been given the go-ahead by the Government to become one of four eco-towns.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/regional/thames-valley/~4/Vka0D-eSms8" height="1" width="1"/>
It had been intended the project would see as many as 10 built by 2020 but it has been dogged by controversy and opposition from communities.

The successful bids will still have to go through the planning process before coming to fruition.

]]>00d4ee6cdc581fa7953347221f6f1c9bhttp://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/thames-valley/~3/Vka0D-eSms8/Go-ahead+for+eco-town.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/thames-valley/00d4ee6cdc581fa7953347221f6f1c9b/Go-ahead+for+eco-town.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/thames-valley/00d4ee6cdc581fa7953347221f6f1c9b/Go-ahead+for+eco-town.aspxThe funeral of an 11-year-old schoolgirl who died in a cycling accident has been held in Abingdon.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/regional/thames-valley/~4/FbwT3EW_Yu4" height="1" width="1"/>
Ty-Ree Partridge, a pupil at Larkmead School, died after her bike was in collision with a van as she cycled home from a science club meeting.

Her family and friends wrote messages to Ty-Ree on paper butterflies which were buried with the girl.

]]>07b22b39eebd9f0807af4f160a91a346http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/thames-valley/~3/FbwT3EW_Yu4/Funeral+for+cycle+death+girl.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/thames-valley/07b22b39eebd9f0807af4f160a91a346/Funeral+for+cycle+death+girl.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/thames-valley/07b22b39eebd9f0807af4f160a91a346/Funeral+for+cycle+death+girl.aspxThe Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have attended the funeral of an Oxfordshire Army officer who was killed in a blast in Iraq.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/regional/thames-valley/~4/D0-QARL63aU" height="1" width="1"/>
Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, from Kirtlington, is the most senior officer to have been killed in action since the Falklands War.

The service was held at the Guards Chapel at London's Wellington Barracks.

]]>e3e09bbc4287ec81e8dda043139a63bbhttp://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/thames-valley/~3/D0-QARL63aU/Royal+couple+attend+funeral.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/thames-valley/e3e09bbc4287ec81e8dda043139a63bb/Royal+couple+attend+funeral.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/thames-valley/e3e09bbc4287ec81e8dda043139a63bb/Royal+couple+attend+funeral.aspxThousands are set to sample a range of beers and good music at Reading&#39;s three-day Real Ale and Jazz Festival.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/regional/thames-valley/~4/0x6kblcnnG0" height="1" width="1"/>
The event, in its 22nd year, has kicked off at Christchurch Meadow, on the banks of the River Thames in Caversham.

More than 30 breweries from across the UK will be showcasing hundreds of ales and stouts, to the sound of six live jazz bands including The Jive Aces.

]]>602d6949d3412136e9d827120d25f365http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/thames-valley/~3/0x6kblcnnG0/Real+ale+and+jazz+on+offer.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/thames-valley/602d6949d3412136e9d827120d25f365/Real+ale+and+jazz+on+offer.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/thames-valley/602d6949d3412136e9d827120d25f365/Real+ale+and+jazz+on+offer.aspxAn Oxford college choir have a starring role in the new Harry Potter film which is now hitting cinemas.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/regional/thames-valley/~4/jDyXfkCY9U8" height="1" width="1"/>
The choir of Queen's College recorded music for Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, the sixth in the series based on JK Rowling's novels.

The song, heard throughout the film and in the closing credits, was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London.

]]>b7558d34a2c0c273df802ab4b70a2d78http://feeds.teletext.co.uk/~r/news/regional/thames-valley/~3/jDyXfkCY9U8/Film+role+for+college+choir.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/thames-valley/b7558d34a2c0c273df802ab4b70a2d78/Film+role+for+college+choir.aspxhttp://www.teletext.co.uk/regionalnews/thames-valley/b7558d34a2c0c273df802ab4b70a2d78/Film+role+for+college+choir.aspxBlur bassist Alex James, who lives in Chipping Norton, has joined a campaign to encourage people to eat locally produced food.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/regional/thames-valley/~4/zXoTPADNfwY" height="1" width="1"/>
James, 40, who produces cheese on a farm in the Cotswolds, has joined other celebrities in the Eat Britain project.

Over the next six weeks they will visit various areas of the UK, with James spreading the word in Somerset.

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