Five stories from the South you may have missed

Stories about the discovery of a rare spider, a “real housewife” TV star, and a grammatical error on important new signage were just some of this week’s popular reads.

We have picked five from the past seven days across Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Dorset, Berkshire and Oxfordshire to keep you up to date.

A critically endangered spider, not seen in the UK for 40 years, has been rediscovered in a remote nature reserve accessible only by boat.

Aulonia albimana, which was last recorded in the UK in 1985, was uncovered at the National Trust’s Newtown nature reserve on the Isle of Wight – about 2km (1.2 miles) from the spider’s former colony.

The tiny orange-legged arachnid has informally been named the white-knuckled wolf spider by those who found it.

An art installation dedicated to British servicemen who died on D-Day is fully booked for viewings.

The 1,475 life-sized silhouettes, created by Oxfordshire charity Standing with Giants, is based at Fort Nelson in Portsmouth ahead of Remembrance Day.

The installation will remain in the city until 26 January and is free to view, but Royal Armouries, which runs Fort Nelson, had asked people to register first.

Amanda Cronin, a former model who founded her own skincare business, grew up in a country home in Hampshire and says she had an “idyllic” childhood in Hamble and Dorset.

The 57-year-old, who now lives in Belgravia, is one of the breakout stars of the new Real Housewives television franchise in London.

The reality show has spread around the world, with viewers lapping up the partying and catfighting by wealthy socialites in locations from Sydney to Nairobi.

Cattle are back grazing a common in Berkshire for the first time in over 80 years to help restore its rare heathland.

The herd of 10 Belted Galloway are roaming across 266 hectares (657 acres) of Bucklebury Common north-east of Thatcham, wearing GPS collars so they can be tracked without the need for fences.

The cattle’s grazing and wanderings will trample down dense areas of bracken and invasive plants to allow heather and dwarf shrubs to grow to boost numbers of heathland birds, reptiles, bats and butterflies.

Oxfordshire County Council has said it will amend road signs alerting motorists to a new £5 congestion charge after a grammatical error was spotted.

The grey and white signs advertising the new charge for cars passing through six points in Oxford say motorists can pay the fee “on line”, instead of “online”.

The local authority, which had installed various different signs sharing details of the fee ahead of its launch on Wednesday, said the error would be “amended in coming days”.