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Live coverage: Dickens 200 celebrations

Join The News for live coverage throughout the day of the Dickens 200 celebrations in Portsmouth.

FAN Simon Callow speaks at the service to mark the day which would have been Charles Dickens 200th birthday

Charles Dickens’s life is celebrated at church service

Actors Simon Callow and Shelia Hancock read passages from two of Charles Dickens’s greatest works this afternoon as part of the novelist’s 200th birthday celebrations.

CELEBRATION Crowds gather in Old Commercial Road to celebrate Charles Dickens 200th birthday

Birthday wishes sent to Charles Dickens from Portsmouth birthplace

More than 300 people packed a tiny remnant of Dickensian Portsmouth this morning to pay tribute to the master wordsmith.

LEGEND Charles Dickens was born 200 years ago to the day

Read All About It – this is how we’re going to celebrate Dickens’ year

ON THIS day 200 years ago, one of the greatest storytellers of all time was born in the heart of Portsmouth.

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ON TRIAL Harry Redknapp

Jury out in Redknapp and Mandaric trial

Jurors at the Harry Redknapp tax evasion trial retired today to consider their verdicts.

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Birmingham v Pompey - live

Join Steve Wilson for live text commentary from St Andrew’s.

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Michael Appleton has reminded his Pompey players why they started playing football in the first place Picture: Robin Jones

Appy issues reminder to his unpaid players

Michael Appleton has told his unpaid Pompey troops: Remember why we used to play football.

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Portsmouth FC v Chelsea FC match, which took place on Sunday 8th January at Stamford Bridge.

Pictured is: Portsmouth's Dave Kitson during the match.

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Kitson told to fight for his place

Dave Kitson has been warned: You’ll have to fight to win your place back.

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Pompey youngster Sam Magri

Defender set for maiden Pompey call-up

Sam Magri is set to win his maiden Pompey call-up.

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Pompey manager Michael Appleton

Appleton seeking emotional St Andrews return

St Andrew’s represents the end of Michael Appleton’s playing career.

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Sue Young (44) at her home in Portsmouth Sue was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2008


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Living with diabetes is a fact of life for many like Chloe

It’s 90 years since diabetics first began using the insulin that gives them a chance to lead a normal life. SARAH FOSTER talks to three people about how they cope with diabetes.

Shipping information for Wednesday, February 8, 2012

The latest movements for the ports of Portsmouth and Southampton.

It’s important look after yourself when pregnant

The Channel Four series One Born Every Minute has recently returned to our screens, exploring the late stages of pregnancy and birth.

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Top 10 Valentine’s gifts

Things to make life better and easier for you

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Debbie and Clive Green were married in a chapel in Las Vegas. Pictured with friends Michelle and Marc Reid.

Viva Las Vegas for couple and the King

Bride Debbie Green only had eyes for future husband Clive when she walked down the aisle on the best day of her life.

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The report in the Hampshire Telegraph

Dickens’ popularity noted in his home city’s paper

On the front page today you will have seen the simple, one-line, birth announcement telling readers of the arrival in Portsmouth of Charles Dickens 200 years ago.It came from the Hampshire Telegraph, the forerunner of The Evening News. And it is from that paper’s archives that this report also comes.

The Metal Box cricket team from the 1960s which own the the Lord Mayor's Knockout Trophy

Metal Box played big part in the city’s economy

This is the Metal Box factory cricket team which won the Interfirms’ Trophy and semi-final of the lord mayor’s tournament in the 1960s.

Stephen’s passing

On this day in 1963 photographer and former chairman of Portsmouth Football Club, Stephen Cribb, was buried following a service at St Peter’s Church, Somers Road.

The redevelopment of Buckland, Portsmouth, in October 1968

Last major redevelopment to change face of streets

Redevelopment of old housing was a dominant theme of Portsmouth’s history in the 1950s and 1960s.

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From the ashes of wartime bombing and developers, the new-look Portsmouth city centre begins to emerge in 1968

City centre rises from ashes

Wartime bombing was not wholly responsible for the changes to central Portsmouth, visible here in 1968.

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