Weekly round-up: Five stories you may have missed

The story of a local illustrator behind this year's Wimbledon poster was among our most read this week in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

The news was dominated by the election, but a variety of other local issues were featured on the BBC News website, BBC Radio Solent and South Today.

We have picked five of them to keep you up to date.

A fire at a scrapyard has closed an adjoining road and railway line.

Crews from six fire stations were called to the John Huntley site near Petersfield, Hampshire, on Monday.

About 40 firefighters tackled the blaze.

The railway line has reopened, but part of the B2070 - The Causeway - was closed for about 24 hours.

A food delivery rider who bit off a customer's thumb has been given a suspended jail sentence.

Jeniffer Rocha, 35, attacked Stephen Jenkinson in an argument over a Deliveroo pizza order in Aldershot, Hampshire, in December 2022.

She previously pleaded guilty at Winchester Crown Court to causing grievous bodily harm.

Rocha was sentenced to a 16-month prison term, suspended for 18 months, at Salisbury Crown Court.

Retired British Olympian Kriss Akabusi has had an appeal against a driving ban rejected.

The Olympic silver and bronze medallist received a six-month ban after he was caught travelling at 47mph in a 30mph zone on the Isle of Wight on 20 April 2023.

Akabusi appeared at Southampton Crown Court asking for a reduction in his ban due to the "exceptional hardship" it would cause to his career and family life.

Despite this defence, the ban handed to the former athlete in May has been upheld.

A 100-year-old navy veteran who cleared unexploded bombs during World War Two has been awarded replacement medals after his original set was lost.

Boyd Salmon, from Lymington, Hampshire, is one of the last survivors of an elite unit who risked their lives to dispose of enemy mines and shells on British and European shores.

He joined the Royal Navy aged 17, later becoming a commissioned officer before his career was cut short in 1945 when he was wounded in an explosion.

His medals were misplaced by family members at some point over the ensuing decades.

An illustrator has described designing the official Wimbledon 2024 poster as the "pinnacle" of her career.

Bella Grace from the Isle of Wight was approached by the sporting event and asked to create the artwork.

The lifelong tennis fan said she took inspiration from some of Wimbledon's most iconic trophies.

Her design is expected to be seen by more than 500,000 ticket-holders at the two-week event in London.

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