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.

Will Pope, who has a farm in Dorset, has told us about the “pain and aggravation” of finding a spider-shaped crop circle on his land.

“It’s a lot of damage, a lot of cost and a lot of stress,” he says.

He was alerted to the crop circle on his land last year when images of the farm in Sturminster Marshall started circulating on social media.

Will says he found a “family in the middle having a picnic” when he went to cut the crops.

He suggests the culprits approach the farmer with their ideas before causing “criminal damage” - that way they might be able to come to some arrangement and still be able to enjoy the crop circle.

Dorset Council is told a total of 330 young people in its area are now classified as Neets.

Poole Museum is preparing to welcome visitors as part of a phased reopening after a £10m revamp.