Weekly round-up: Five stories you may have missed

In a week where hot weather has dominated the headlines a story about the death of a beloved tiger was among the most read stories in the south of England this week.

News about the Gavin and Stacey superfans from Oxfordshire who bought Uncle Bryn's house was another of our other most popular 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.

A tiger died just one year after arriving at a zoo.

Pasha, a seven-year-old male Amur tiger based at Marwell Zoo, near Winchester in Hampshire, was put down following a short illness.

The zoo's vet team worked alongside its animal care team to investigate the cause and try different treatments, before the "difficult decision" was made to euthanise him "to prevent any further suffering."

The zoo - which now has no tigers on site - said Pasha had been "loved by visitors as well as the keepers who cared for him," adding that staff across the zoo were "understandably upset to lose him."

A one-of-a-kind railbus is set to become an "important addition" to a heritage rail station.

It is the only survivor of six four-wheeled railbuses built by Hertfordshire's Wickham & Co and was delivered to North Dorset Railway in Shillingstone on Tuesday.

The charity said it would eventually go into service as a 48-seater coach and restoration is planned to start in spring 2027.

North Dorset Railway, which wants to start carrying passengers later this year or early next year, said when the railbus was ready, it would initially be used as a coach, "significantly expanding passenger capacity".

Lidl wants to build a new store on a site that was used for an Odeon cinema for three decades before it shut last year.

The German retailer wants to use the land in Skimped Hill Lane in Bracknell, Berkshire, which was also previously used for Hollywood Bowl and Pizza Hut, and said its plan could create about 40 jobs.

A planning application is expected to be submitted in the coming weeks. A decision is anticipated from Bracknell Forest Council later this year, with an opening possible in 2027 or 2028.

Paul Bidwell, the council's deputy leader, said the project was "hugely welcome news".

A pair of Gavin and Stacey superfans will have their own chance to try out Uncle Bryn's state-of-the-art gym after they purchased the house that featured in the beloved BBC sitcom.

Couple Jaxx Nelson and Tom Bodfish, from Banbury, Oxfordshire, paid £210,000 for the house on Trinity Street in Barry, south Wales - which is known as the home of Rob Brydon's eccentric character.

The house is opposite Gwen's where Bryn would frequently pop in for an omelette, with its sale coming just months after a fellow fanatic bought Doris's home on the same street.

Nelson said the couple had just rewatched the series before seeing the three-bedroom terraced house had been listed for sale online earlier this year.

Seven Shih Tzus puppies found abandoned under a bush have found new homes after being nursed back to health.

They were found by a member of the public in Abingdon at about a month old and taken to Oxfordshire Animal Sanctuary, before being transferred to Blue Cross's rehoming centre in Burford.

The puppies - named Bernie, Tilly, Hettie, Betsy, Harold, Sandy and Norman - still needed their mother's milk when found and needed intensive bottle-feeding from the charity's team.

Now aged six weeks, all seven puppies have been rehomed following their treatment.