Weekly round-up: Five stories you may have missed
Wildlife Conservation SocietyA sly fox that ended up in New York after stowing on a cargo ship and an appeal to find a permanent home for triplets were among our most read stories in the south of England this week.
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.
Urgent plea to find triplets a forever home
Parents And Children Together (PACT)An adoption charity based in Reading has made an urgent appeal to find a permanent home for three "delightful" sisters.
Lily, Rose, and Violet – whose names have been changed to protect their identity - are triplet sisters who have been together since birth.
Parents And Children Together (PACT) is seeking an adoptive family for the two identical twins and their fraternal sister, who are 16 months old and currently based in the south west.
Twins Rose and Violet have been diagnosed with a visual impairment and are registered as blind, while their sister Lily is doing well developmentally and reaching all expected milestones.
Sly fox sneaks on to cargo ship to New York
ReutersA red fox that sneaked onto a cargo ship in Southampton has successfully made it thousands of miles across the Atlantic and is now in the care of the Bronx Zoo in New York.
The zoo said on Wednesday that the fox - a two-year-old male weighing roughly 11lb (5kg) - was now being taken care of by animal and veterinary teams.
"Once the veterinary team determines that the fox is healthy, the zoo will work with wildlife experts to identify an appropriate long-term home for the animal," the zoo said in a press release.
The fox was detected among the ship's cargo by US officials at the Port of New York and New Jersey, and was brought to the Bronx Zoo on 19 February.
Clubs and fans pay respects to teenage goalkeeper
Oxford UnitedA minute's silence was held in memory of Amelia Aplin, the 15-year-old goalkeeper who died while playing for Oxford United's academy last Saturday.
Before United's Championship 1-0 win over Blackburn Rovers, family members, friends and supporters laid flowers and scarves in front of the stadium.
On Tuesday, club manager Matt Bloomfield said his heart was "broken for her parents" before adding that he had met them to share his condolences.
Oxford United legend Peter Rhoades-Brown said Amelia had been "a goalkeeper of immense promise" who would be "greatly missed by everybody who knew her".
'I thought my unborn baby had died in e-bike crash'
A woman who was hit by an e-bike as she used a pedestrian crossing has spoken about how she feared her unborn baby had died in the collision.
Siobhan Barling, 30, was hit as she crossed Herbert Avenue in Poole at about 15:50 GMT on 26 January.
She was 34 weeks pregnant with her third son at the time, and her baby, James, was born six weeks prematurely and seriously ill as a result.
"The first thing I said was 'he's dead' because I'd felt him move and then instantly I couldn't feel him moving any more.
Heating oil orders cancelled and prices hiked
Households relying on heating oil have seen their bills double, orders cancelled - and some have been unable to get heating oil at all - since the US and Israel began their assault in Iran.
About 1.7 million households in England and Wales rely on kerosene for heating and hot water but, unlike gas and electricity, prices are not capped and are subject to volatility.
Nicki Weetman from Sturminster Newton, Dorset, is undergoing chemotherapy so needs to keep warm but says she is rationing her use after a supplier cancelled their delivery.
Boiler Juice, an intermediary website which took the order on behalf of supplier Tincknell Fuels, said the industry aimed to prioritise deliveries for vulnerable customers and urged the Weetmans to get in touch.
