Weekly round-up: Five stories you may have missed

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Crush the turtle will return to the wild after recovering from her ordeal

A heart-warming tale about a rescued loggerhead turtle named Crush was among the most read stories in the south of England this week.

And a runner who became the fastest woman to complete the Three Peaks Challenge was also popular among readers.

In case you missed it, 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.

News imageSimon Cotter / This is Influential A member of Sea Life's specialist animal care team wearing black latex gloves holds Crush the turtle as she is transferred to a larger tankSimon Cotter / This is Influential
Crush is back in quarantine as she prepares for her flight to the Azores

Rescued turtle to fly 1,500 miles to be released

A rare turtle that was flown to the UK after being rescued in Jersey has been given the all-clear to be released back into the wild.

Crush, the loggerhead turtle, was found apparently lifeless on a beach on 19 January following Storm Goretti.

Malnourished and suffering from hypothermia, the turtle was flown to Southampton before being transferred to Weymouth Sea Life centre, where she has been cared for alongside other rescued turtles.

Following her recovery, Crush is now back in quarantine as she prepares for the second flight of her life, 1,500 miles (2,500km) to the Azores, where she will be released in warmer waters.

Mum of two breaks three peaks challenge record

News imageZoe Murphy Trish Patterson, a woman with short hair walking with two walking sticks on a rocky terrain. She is wearing black trousers and a green coat and appears out of breath as she looks to the camera.Zoe Murphy
Trish Patterson completed the challenge in five days and 21 hours

A runner who has become the fastest woman to complete the three peaks challenge on foot says she could do with "a week off".

Across five days and 21 hours, Trish Patterson, from Hythe, Hampshire, has scaled Scotland's Ben Nevis, England's Scafell Pike, and Wales' Yr Wyddfa, running between each climb.

She covered 425 miles and more than 10,000m in elevation, raising money for mental health charity Mind Over Mountains in memory of a close friend who died recently.

The 41-year-old mother of twin girls said: "Running is a great way to connect with people and I really enjoyed that whole process."

Work under way to overhaul RAF's largest base

News imagePA Media A Boeing C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft on a runway with some of its crew.PA Media
Brize Norton is home to the RAF's Air Mobility Force and more than 5,000 personnel

A £180m revamp of the RAF's largest base is under way.

RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire is undergoing "essential" resurfacing and improvement works that the base said would ensure it remained "fully operational and fit" in the long-term.

Works include replacing the 3km (1.9 mile) runway, refurbing taxiways, upgrading the airfield lighting systems, and improving drainage.

The site is home to about 5,800 service personnel and the RAF's Air Mobility Force.

Actors from The Office reflect on 25-year legacy

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The Office first aired on BBC Two on Monday 9 July 2001

Actors who starred in the UK version of The Office have been reflecting on its success as the beloved show celebrates 25 years.

Created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the multi-award-winning and critically acclaimed BBC sitcom was set at Slough paper merchant Wernham-Hogg.

Martin Freeman and Mackenzie Crook, who played Tim and Gareth, reunited to look back at the series and reflect on its cultural impact.

Joel Beckett, who played Dawn Tinsley's fiancé, Lee, and David Schaal, who played Glynn, also known as Taffy, also spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire about what it was like to film the show.

'It felt a bit James Bond': The mission to reintroduce a lost insect

News imageJaroslav Maly A cicada is a stout, heavy-bodied insect with wide-set bulging eyes, clear membranous wings resting on a piece of wood.Jaroslav Maly
The New Forest cicada was last seen in the national park in the 1990s

British conservationists have travelled to a French military base to bring a long-lost singing insect back to the UK.

The Species Recovery Trust (SRT) has collected New Forest Cicada eggs from the Académie Militaire de Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan in Brittany and brought them back to Paultons Park Zoo in Hampshire.

The insect was last seen in the New Forest in the 1990s and specialist listening equipment was used to locate the insect in France and its eggs which were hidden inside the stems of bracken.

The plant samples were transported back across the Channel on last month, with hopes that they will eventually be able to re-establish the species in the south of England.