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News image — Customers have been told to ditch the garden hose from 10 July, or earlier ideally

BBC A yellow garden hose sprayer is held by a hand over a green shrub — Customers have been told to ditch the garden hose from 10 July, or earlier ideally

In a week where police officers are being investigated over their conduct in the Henry Nowak case and two teenage boys who raped girls were given four years' detention after the appeal court changed their sentences, we have also reported on the introduction a summer hosepipe ban, access to a pregnancy sickness drug and the spectacular Strawberry Moon

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.

Hosepipe ban for Hampshire and Isle of Wight

Slow moving waters of the RIver Test with green lush river banks and reeds either side — Nearly one million customers in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight rely on the River Test for their drinking water

A hosepipe ban is being introduced for about one million customers across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight for a second year in a row.

Southern Water said the restriction would come into force on 10 July but is requesting customers to "put down their hosepipes now, to avoid putting the network under further pressure".

A ban for South East Water customers in Kent started from Friday. Southern Water said its restrictions would likely run until the autumn unless there was significant and sustained rainfall.

It comes after the warmest spring on record and last week's record-breaking heatwave.

In pictures: Stunning Strawberry Moon lights up the sky

BBC Weather Watcher Hang Ross Strawberry Moon rising - taken from Swanage, Dorset — BBC Weather Watcher Hang Ross got this dramatic shot from Swanage, Dorset

With clear nights, the glowing Strawberry Moon was a spectacle above the skies over Hampshire and Dorset.

Marking the first full Moon of the summer season its name comes from the time of year it appears, not its colour.

It appeared full in the night sky on Monday and was also visible on Tuesday night.

Plenty of people stayed up late to try and take the perfect shot of the full moon, the lowest-hanging in the sky.

Why is pregnancy sickness drug not easily accessible to all?

BBC/Linzi Kinghorn A pregnant woman standing up in a room with white walls and a window behind her. She has long light brown hair and is wearing a blue dress and white dots. — BBC journalist Linzi Kinghorn wanted to find out why a drug to treat pregnancy sickness was not easily accessible

BBC journalist Linzi Kinghorn investigated why a pregnancy sickness drug is not always accessible on the NHS.

After going to her local GP with chronic sickness, Linzi was diagnosed with Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG).

She was told that there were a variety of first-line drug treatment options available on the NHS, including Doxylamine Succinate and Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, a drug which goes by the brand name Xonvea in the UK.

Linzi said: "It really worked for me and access to it was straightforward, so I was surprised to find out that some pregnant women face challenges when trying to get hold of it."

RAF's largest base to close for 'essential' works

PA Media The aircrew of a Boeing C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft, which is due to take part in the Royal Air Force flypast on May 5, during events marking the 80th Anniversary of VE Day, check the aircraft at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire. — Brize Norton is home to the RAF's Air Mobility Force and more than 5000 personnel

The RAF's largest base is set to temporarily relocate all of its operations while work to modernise its airfield takes place.

RAF Brize Norton, in Oxfordshire, is set to undergo "essential" resurfacing and improvement works which the base said would "ensure the base remains fully operational and fit for the decades to come".

The site is home to about 5,800 service personnel and the RAF's Air Mobility Force - with all flights set be relocated to alternative locations around the UK from July. They will also occasionally use Bournemouth Airport.

The air force stressed that the UK's air military capability would not be "diminished" by the works, with its teams "maintaining full operational tempo throughout".

Summer fireworks set to light up resort

Getty Images Large fireworks are exploding over Bournemouth pier at night. The moon is visible with hundreds of people on the beach. — The fireworks displays are a popular draw along the coastline

The return of summer evening firework displays is set to boost the local economy, a council has said.

The free seafront displays, set to music, will take place off Bournemouth Pier on Fridays and Poole Quay on Thursdays from late July.

They have been partially funded by Bournemouth Coastal Business Improvement District (BID) in an attempt to encourage longer stays and generate additional spending for businesses in the resorts.