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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.
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.
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.
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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Jury out in Redknapp and Mandaric trial
Jurors at the Harry Redknapp tax evasion trial retired today to consider their verdicts.
Sport
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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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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Defender set for maiden Pompey call-up
Sam Magri is set to win his maiden Pompey call-up.
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Appleton seeking emotional St Andrews return
St Andrew’s represents the end of Michael Appleton’s playing career.
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Lifestyle
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.
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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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.
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.
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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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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Tuesday 07 February 2012
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