- Towns regeneration contest launched
- Lottery couple defend benefit claim
- Fire crews tackle Mayfair blaze
- Navy 'sends submarine to Falklands'
- Police control rival demonstrations
- Search on for 'cruise-fall' Briton
- Man arrested over teacher murder
- New cancer cases 'up 30% by 2030'
- House price confidence 'improves'
- Britain braced for widespread snow
- Five held in Syria embassy protest
- Court martial for WikiLeaks soldier
- Rhyming plea over library closures
- Widespread snow looms for weekend
- PM picks up shopping on way home
- Met and FBI call 'taped by hackers'
- PM accepts White House invitation
- I feel fantastic, says Robin Gibb
- Paedophile jailed over porn seizure
- Three die in Legionnaires' outbreak
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Homes evacuated as gas leak causes night of problems in Portsmouth
RESIDENTS have been allowed back into their homes after being evacuated more than 20 hours ago because of a gas leak.
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Pompey face crucial week ahead, warns Andronikou
POMPEY’S future lays in the days, not weeks ahead, according to administrator Andrew Andronikou.
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Chris Huhne was right to quit the cabinet, say MPs
MPs from across the area have welcomed Chris Huhne’s decision to step down from the cabinet after he was charged with perverting the course of justice.
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It began as a holiday but now Liza is on a mission
A LAST-MINUTE holiday changed the life of a woman who is now running 100 miles to help the people of an African country.
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Sport
Pompey’s clash with Tigers postponed
Pompey’s Championship match with Hull today has been postponed because of a frozen pitch.
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Local football fixtures fall foul to the weather
Local football was counting the cost of the weather today, with the entire non-league programme falling victim to the icy conditions.
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Appy keen to bring Joe back to Blues
Michael Appleton has revealed Joe Mattock issued a personal apology to him after signing for Championship rivals Brighton instead of Pompey.
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Wanted trio are the future at Fratton
Pompey’s in-demand trio have been hailed as the future of the club.
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Full house for Chi 10k
Organisers of the Chichester Priory 10k have put up the ‘full house’ signs for tomorrow’s 21st running of the race after receiving 2,000 entries.
Lifestyle
A chorus of approval
Inspired by the success of TV’s military wives choir, more and more people are enjoying the benefits of singing. MISCHA ALLEN
reports - and has a go herself.
It’s all about action on Adakoy Island
If there’s one thing you won’t find yourself doing at Club Adakoy, it’s lazing about. You may find yourself collapsed on a sun lounger in the afternoon, but that’s likely to be a form of well-deserved recovery.
Camellias can bring colour to the garden
On a trip to a garden centre, I was amazed to see an extensive array of camellias in pots with masses of plump flower buds already to emerge into an explosion of long-lasting blooms.
Weekend with Sean Bowman
Kings Theatre trustee Sean Bowman is 68 and lives in Southsea. He’s responsible for heritage at the theatre and is a leader of the monthly tours. To book, call (023) 9282 8282.
Sue hopes saucy postcards will pay for New Zealand trip
IT HAS taken Sue Simmonds 25 years to collect nearly 2,000 saucy postcards.
Community
Dickens street party
PEOPLE living in the street where Charles Dickens was born will be making an early toast to his bicentenary with a big street party tomorrow.
Readers happy to share their memories of life in Landport
Over the years I’ve written quite a few pieces about the streets of Portsmouth. But nothing has grabbed the attention quite like the photograph of Surrey Street, Landport that was featured here a month ago.
The day when 51,385 fans crowded into Fratton Park
No matter how many fans pack Fratton Park tomorrow one thing’s certain, the gate will not come anywhere near the number who squeezed into the Blues’ home nearly 63 years ago.
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Championship victory
But it was not all heartbreak that year for Pompey and their legions of fans.
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George Holdron’s linen drapery shop in Commercial Road was one of the best-appointed businesses in Portsmouth, situated at the junction with Arundel Street.
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Saturday 04 February 2012
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