Emily Hudson
Hampshire & Isle of Wight political reporter

Antonio Rodrigues oversees the arrival of 80-100 tonnes of food waste a day at this anaerobic digestion plant near Piddlehinton in west Dorset.

He works for Eco Sustainable Solutions which is opening a second site next month to meet rising demand from councils across the south of England.

The new £16m facility, north of Christchurch, will take a further 70,000 tonnes a year collected from kerbsides and will cut the distance waste has to travel for processing.

Councils from across Dorset and as far away as the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth have been sending their food waste to the Piddlehinton site for years.

Antonio, who's the plant manager, admitted the smell could be overwhelming but he had got used to it after 20 years.

"I love my job, it's incredibly clever, the technology behind it and to be able to give back to the environment and community is fascinating," he said.

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Police, funeral sector leaders and MPs believe a "lack of laws" to stop wrongdoing "beggars belief".

Poole MP Neil Duncan-Jordan says a change of leadership is needed in the Labour party.

Carolyn Rice
In Christchurch, Dorset

I live right on the edge of the amber storm warning area for Storm Chandra, but at times last night it felt like we were in the middle of it.

The rain was pounding on the windows of the house and the wind was howling - it woke me up several times throughout the night.

This morning, there is a brief respite from the rain - it’s due to be heavy again (see our latest forecast here), just in time for the school run - but the wind is still gusting.

The trains from here up through Hampshire to London are already seeing delays and cancellations. It’s going to be a day of disruption.

Image source, BBC Weather Watchers/Patsy Mags

The incident between Winchester and Basingstoke caused disruption to services until about midday.

Pubs in Hampshire and Dorset say showing the hit TV show live is helping attract new customers.

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council is asking the government for powers to introduce a tourism levy.

Police are investigating the disappearance of three white-tailed eagles across the country.

The £1.5m study will look at whether the site at Portland is suitable for a wind turbine manufacturing.

Two grave stones laid on the seabed for almost 800 years before being discovered by divers.

Lyall Babington, 74, was skippering his yacht Mollie on a round-the-world voyage.

Amanda Cronin spent her childhood in Hampshire countryside and spending time on Dorset beaches.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Foundation says it is oversubscribed and unable to meet demand for grants.

The victim of a Dorset house fire believes it could have been started by her son's computer.

Curtis Lancaster
BBC South

Turning now to BBC Radio Solent, Polanski tells Alun Newman it’s “really important to protect green belt land”.

He admits more housing is needed but said they should be built on brownfield land.

He adds that there is a need for more “affordable housing” and says pointing the finger at people who want to protect our nature and wildlife needs to stop.

As a reminder, a brownfield site is an old industrial or inner-city site that is cleared for a new building development.

Image source, BBC Radio Solent

Curtis Lancaster
BBC South

"My number one focus and my relentless focus is on lowering people’s bills,” Zack Polanski tells Steve Harris on BBC Radio Solent.

“People in this country are tired and exhausted” by the cost of living, he says.

He proposes a 1% tax on the assets of multi-millionaires and billionaires.

Ewan Murrie
Politics reporter, Westminster

For Zack Polanski, this radio round is all about trying to project confidence ahead of the Green Party Conference.

He told me that he's keen to stress that, since his landslide victory in the leadership election last month, party membership is up by a third to 80,000.

Speaking on BBC Solent, he boasted that these numbers show his party already has "clout", while promising to use his platform to hold ministers to account on issues like the cost of living.

But despite the bravado, the stakes tomorrow are high indeed - his speech will help to determine how effectively he can pitch his party as a viable alternative to disaffected Labour voters.

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council is considering discount cards for residents.

The council by-election saw the Reform candidate finish second in a seat they had hoped to win.

Researchers from the University of Warwick and Welsh Ambulance Service took part in the experiments.