Weekly round-up: Five stories you may have missed

Stories about dogs, puffins and the Southampton FC Spygate saga were among our most read in the south of England this week.

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

Props and clothing from the award-winning TV show A League of Their Own have found a new home with animal and homelessness charities.

The sport-based panel show, which starred James Corden, Freddie Flintoff and Romesh Ranganathan among others, ended in 2025 after 15 years on Sky TV.

Following its conclusion, Sky said items including clothing and set materials would be donated to charities across the UK, including two in Oxfordshire.

The Oxfordshire Animal Sanctuary in Stadhampton and The Porch Oxford, a homeless day centre in Oxford, are among 38 charities to have benefitted from donations.

Southampton FC has suffered perhaps its worst week after the English Football League's damning verdict that found its head coach authorised a "contrived and determined plan" to spy on three opponents.

Ian Mcauley, 71, who has been a fan since he was seven, flew to the UK from Australia for the playoff final, and has spoken of his "anger" and "disappointment" at the decision.

It was his life-long love for the club that made him take the 22-hour flight from his home in Perth to see them play.

Mcauley was in the air when the decision to kick Southampton out of the final was made and only found out when he landed.

A warning urging people to avoid swimming in the sea off the Isle of Wight following a sewage spill has been lifted.

On Thursday, Isle of Wight Council advised residents to "avoid swimming in contaminated water" at Totland Bay and Colwell Bay on the island's west coast, after the Environment Agency reported a "pollution incident".

Southern Water said the wastewater pumping station at Madeira Road, Totland, had failed and it "sincerely apologises to everyone affected".

Local councillor Chris Jarman said despite the warning being lifted, bank holiday visitors may be "cautious" about swimming in the sea.

Six puffins have returned to the Dorset coast after the National Trust stepped up investigations amid fears the colony would be lost.

The puffins returned to Dancing Ledge in Purbeck in late March to mid-April and have since been spotted showing signs of nest-building and egg-laying, says the trust.

It comes after conservationists warned in March that the last remaining colony of puffins was in danger of being lost altogether.

The trust says it was "very relieved" as so many puffins washed up dead on beaches this winter due to extreme storms.

Two men have been caught on camera fly-tipping after what is thought to have been a children's birthday party.

Slough Borough Council said two men were caught on CCTV "dumping bags of present wrappings, left-over food and other rubbish by the litter bins," on the Cinder Track at the junction of Hampshire Avenue in Slough, Berkshire.

A spokesperson for the council said: "If anyone is under the impression that this is OK, it is not. It is fly-tipping and there is no excuse for it."

They added the video was "just one example [of what] we are forced to deal with on a daily basis" and that in 2025 it had started two campaigns to tackle the issue.