- Travellers 'hit by rip-off charges'
- Action urged on hip fracture costs
- Clegg reveals £1bn jobs fund boost
- 'Sharp drop' in degree courses
- GPs 'overpaid for ghost patients'
- Probe into sex-selection abortions
- Mild weather hits Centrica profits
- Tributes to 'jolly jester' Carson
- 'MP' held after Commons disturbance
- RBS losses hit £2bn amid bonus row
- UK urged to support tar sands ban
- Fast-track asylum delays criticised
- Korean firm wins MoD tankers deal
- Mother and daughter given Asbos
- 'Exceptionally' mild weather on way
- Teenager 'repeatedly raped by gang'
- Man quizzed over women's murders
- Cherie Blair makes phone hack claim
- Man accused of murdering vicar
- Peacocks saved, but 3,000 jobs go
Dorothy's dream
Raise money for the Rowans – and win yourself a new car
THE latest drive to raise money for The Rowans Hospice is here – giving readers a chance to win a car.
Take it as red – we had a great day for hospice! Picture gallery
SCARLET, crimson, burgundy, ruby – whatever you call it, people saw red in a great fundraiser for The Rowans Hospice.
Wear red so Rowans Hospice. dream becomes reality
IT’S Ruby Slipper Day tomorrow and a chance to show your support for the Rowans Hospice.
Keep it at QA
More surgery likely to take place at Queen Alexandra Hospital
THE number of procedures carried out by vascular specialists at Queen Alexandra Hospital is likely to increase after the service was saved.
Vascular surgery to stay at Portsmouth’s Queen Alexandra Hospital
THE BATTLE has been won to keep vascular surgery in Portsmouth, The News can reveal.
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Love Your Local
Customers enjoy the football and family spirit at Gosport local
The future of Pompey may look uncertain, but one Gosport pub is looking to keep the spirit of the club alive.
Mr Pickwick, Milton
Customers loved their local so much that they stepped in to save it when its owners went bust.
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Meet the landlord: Paul Eldred of The Marmion Tavern
Paul Eldred worked as The Marmion Tavern’s head chef before he took over the pumps behind the bar.
The Dolphin, Old Portsmouth
Customers are part of the history books when they step inside The Dolphin, in Old Portsmouth.
Meet the manager: Nick Nesmith of The Dolphin
NEW blood has been welcomed at the helm of The Dolphin.
Read All About It
Putting quill to paper
A SCHOOL that bears the name of one of the 19th century’s greatest authors stepped back into time to have a go mimicking the Victorians and their writing techniques.
Boys’ book club’s such a hit the girls copy it!
IT IS often seen as the preserve of chatty females and older generations with time on their hands.
Authors’ challenge to ‘Do a Dickens’
The News launches an exciting writing competition with six great openings from top writers
It’s extreme! Craze shows you really can read anywhere
DOWN A water slide, in a rugby scrum or on top of a police car – staff and pupils at Portsdown Primary certainly know how to take their reading to the limit.
Reading pledge ensures no barriers to success
A SIMPLE pledge from teachers, pupils and parents to read every single day has revolutionised literacy at Portsdown Primary.
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Weather for Portsmouth
Thursday 23 February 2012
Today
Light rain
Temperature: 8 C to 9 C
Wind Speed: 33 mph
Wind direction: South west
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 9 C to 13 C
Wind Speed: 21 mph
Wind direction: West
