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BBC News
3 days ago
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Pedestrian suffers serious injuries in Sarisbury as car fails to stop
A pedestrian has been taken to hospital with "serious, potentially life-changing" injuries to his pelvis following a collision with a car that failed to police were called to the incident on Montefiore Drive in Sarisbury Green shortly after 03:00 BST on Thursday. The force said it was trying to locate a dark-coloured car and that no arrests had yet been said the pedestrian, a 38-year-old man, had been taken to Southampton General Hospital and was in a "stable" condition. A road closure was in place throughout the morning to allow inquiries to be said they believed there might have been two people "acting suspiciously in the area" trying car door handles shortly before the who are carrying out house-to-house inquiries said they were "particularly keen" to hear from anyone who may have doorbell or dashcam force appealed for anyone who might have seen the car or "two people acting suspiciously" to get in touch. You can follow BBC Hampshire & Isle of Wight on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
BBC News
09-05-2025
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WW2 pigeons remembered as racing season opens
The role of pigeons during World War Two has been remembered as owners gathered for the start of a pigeon club's racing birds carried vital messages about troop positions and early news of the D-Day landings. The British International Championship Club (BICC) - a pigeon racing organisation - held a commemorative party at Sarisbury Green in Hampshire, as fanciers met to prepare for the first official race on Jill Rogers said: "Pigeons were a very important part and they got medals for their saving of lives." She added: "People gave their racing pigeons up to be part of the war effort."A quarter of a million birds were used. There wasn't the same technology and also they could do it securely without it being got at by enemy forces."Thirty-two pigeons during World War Two received Dickin Medals for animal recipient - RAF bird Winkie - was released by the crew of a plane that came under fire and ditched in North Sea. Winkie made it home covered in oil and led to the crew's also carried D-Day despatches home from Allied forces and journalists in Normandy. Heroic World War Two pigeons Winkie was the first pigeon to be responsible for the rescue of airmen during World War Two when she flew 120 miles in February 19443 to alert rescue services that a Beaufighter had crashed in the North SeaUS Army pigeon G.I. Joe carried news of the liberation of an Italian village in 1943 just in time to save at least 100 Allied soldiers from being bombed by their own planesRAF pigeon Gustave brought back the first despatch from the Reuters news agency on D-Day - 6 June 1944The pigeon Duke of Normandy brought back the first message on D-Day from British airborne forcesOn 12 June 1944, the pigeon Paddy carried coded information on the Allied advance from Normandy to Hampshire, setting a record homing time of four hours and 50 minutes(Sources: IWM, Larne & District Historical Society, PDSA) Bill Edwards from BICC said modern-day fanciers are proud of the role of pigeons during the said: "There was the National Pigeon Service that mobilised lofts around the front line."All the aircraft... took two pigeons with them in case the aircraft were shot down."A previous commemorative race, organised by another club in Normandy on 3 May, was won by a pigeon called VE Day Surprise from Wales. You can follow BBC Hampshire & Isle of Wight on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
