Weekly round-up: Five stories you may have missed

News imagePA Media Georgia Laurie with her King's Gallantry Medal alongside her twin sister Melissa, who is wearing a crocodile on her right lapel.PA Media
Georgia (left) received her award from the King with Melissa at her side in December 2024

In a week where the murder of Henry Nowak dominated the headlines for a second week you may have missed some of the other big stories in the south of England.

News about twins visiting a crocodile project five years after one was attacked, and another about an impromptu Rolling Stone performance in an Oxford pub were among our most read 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.

Sir Mick Jagger performs impromptu pub gig

News imagePA Mick Jagger wearing black tie for a formal event. PA
Sir Mick Jagger last performed with the Rolling Stones in 2024

Sir Mick Jagger made a surprise appearance at an Oxford pub performing with local students.

The Rolling Stones frontman was spotted at the Half Moon in St Clements performing during the venue's weekly folk session on Sunday night.

A spokesman at the pub said his team were "delighted" by Sir Mick's "surprise cameo".

The rock star was in the city with his partner, former American ballerina Melanie Hamrick, as guests of Oriel College where they joined students at Evensong at the chapel and for a meal at the college's high table.

Crocodile attack twins visit conservation project

Georgia and Melissa Laurie spoke to BBC Breakfast from Belize

When Georgia Laurie saved her twin sister Melissa's life by punching a crocodile in the face, it was unlikely either would have wanted to see another one again.

But five years on, the pair visited a crocodile conservation project in Central America.

"We were just hoping that the very thing that put us into survival mode for so long was going to be the thing that took us out of survival mode. It's been a difficult five years," Melissa said.

The 33-year-olds from Sandhurst, Berkshire, were swimming in Mexico when Melissa was dragged underwater by the crocodile in June 2021. She contracted sepsis after wounds to her stomach and legs became infected.

Leo becomes Bracknell celebrity after shop visits

News imagePippa Redmond Ginger tabby cat Leo is curled up in a cardboard box in the foyer of Tesco in Warfield, Bracknell storePippa Redmond
Leo has been embraced by Tesco staff and appreciated by shoppers

A cat has become a "local celebrity" after daily visits to a shop in Berkshire, staff said.

Ginger short-hair tabby Leo is regularly seen in the foyer napping or sunning himself on top of displays at Tesco in Warfield.

His fame has also spread to a Bracknell social media group with one customer remarking he "makes my day when I see him".

A Tesco spokesperson said although Leo was not allowed past the shop's foyer for health and safety reasons he had become a favourite with shoppers and staff.

Charity motorcycle ride ranks second in world for donations

News imageA group of motorbike riders are heading past the camera. They are all wearing similar brown suits. The closest rider to us has a brown bow tie, a beard, and is wearing glasses.
Dorset's Distinguished Gentleman's Ride ranked second globally for fundraising

A charity motorcycle ride where participants donned suits on vintage-style bikes has raised more than £100,000 for men's health causes.

Dorset's Distinguished Gentleman's Ride event last month ranked second among more than 1,000 rides held around the world, behind only New York.

The annual global fundraiser involved more than 120,000 riders across 109 countries and raised more than £5m for men's health charity Movember.

Locally, more than 1,000 riders and passengers took part in the event, which began at Poole Quay before travelling through Sandbanks, Westbourne, Bournemouth and Christchurch, finishing at the Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum.

Air Ambulance relocates to new airport base

News imageYellow and green helicopter sitting on grass in a field, in front of trees and bushes, with one of its doors open and two men stood loading bags onboard
The charity says the location of the new base will reduce response times to the majority of emergencies

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance completed its move to its new airbase.

The £3.6 million facility at Southampton Airport will also house its charity headquarters.

Since the service launched in 2007 its crews had operated out of Thruxton, near Andover.