Weekly round-up: Five stories you may have missed

A story about a 79-year-old passing her driving test was among the most read stories in the south of England this week.

Friends riding all seven chain ferries in the UK and the possible return of the land train in Ryde were among our other most popular articles.

We have picked five stories from the past seven days across Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Dorset, Berkshire and Oxfordshire to keep you up to date.

A woman passed her first driving test in decades at the age of 79.

Olwen Bursua, based in Henley-on-Thames, recently moved back to the UK from the US to help care for her brother, but found she needed to be on the road to assist with hospital appointments and other errands.

She last passed the UK test when she was 17 and had to relearn with the help of Deen Ameer from Henley Driving School. She passed her latest test on her first try without clocking up a single fault.

She told the BBC: "I'm a much better driver for it. We all think we can drive don't we? We all think we're really, really good at it, and we're not."

Soldiers from around the world travelled to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst to compete in a marching contest.

The All-Arms International Pace Sticking Competition is said to be the ultimate test of uniformity, dress and movement and saw teams from Berkshire pit their skills against teams from as far afield as Pakistan, Oman, Bahrain and, for the first time, Iraq.

Soldiers had to stick to a pace of 30in (75cm), the length of the standard international marching pace.

Pakistan's team won the international trophy, while a team from the Grenadier Guards took the home trophy.

A 14-year-old chef who was banned by a council from cooking at his family food truck has been providing live demonstrations and recipes at his local foodbank.

Dexter, from Four Marks in Hampshire, helped Alton Foodbank celebrate its 15th birthday by cooking free tasters and sharing his favourite recipes with residents.

In February, Hampshire County Council threatened to prosecute the teen's father Greg Olejarka for letting Dexter work at their family food truck which it said was against the law under The Children & Young Persons Act 1933.

The family said Dexter continues to cook and no action has been taken by the local authority.

Five friends completed a charity fundraising event using all seven vehicle chain ferry routes in the UK within a 24-hour period.

The group, from the Isle of Wight, are thought to be the first people to complete the challenge.

They began on 10 June in Cumbria, where they crossed Lake Windermere, and finished on the King Harry Ferry across the River Fal in Cornwall. It included the Sandbanks Ferry in Dorset.

The friends were raising money in memory of Daniel Demissie who passed away in 2019. It began when they were on the Isle of Wight chain ferry discussing what an "obscure" mode of transport it was.

A company is bidding to bring back a land-train service to a seaside town.

Ryde on Tyme Ltd wants to start running an all-electric version of the Ryde 'dotto' train on the Isle of Wight.

It is preparing a bid for a Central Government Strategic Regeneration Grant. The application process is due to open in September.

A company spokesperson said it wants to "reintroduce the popular seafront attraction more than a decade after the original trains disappeared from the town".