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File photo of primary school children taking SATs. Picture: Chris Radburn/PA Wire

City primary schools announce closures over Covid rates

'Lord' Andrew Bedford, 57, Picture: Sarah Standing (160508-6936)

Retired shop worker wins £5,500 court case against self-styled ‘Lord’ builder

Bedhampton railway station. Picture: Google

Woman jailed for 70 days for trespassing at railway station

Pictured is Jonathan Phillips giving the jab to Mary Curtis in Portsmouth.Picture: Sam Stephenson

Covid in Portsmouth: Walk-in booster jabs available in Southsea

Police were called to a crash on the M275 northbound on January 2, 2022. Picture: Hantspolroads

Fingerprint scan catches 'disqualified driver' in M275 two-car crash

File photo of the M275 northbound. Picture: Habibur Rahman

Delays on Portsmouth M275 as crash closes one lane of traffic

Moped rider Harry Silver broke his right leg in a crash with a car on Hayling Island. Picture: Harry Silver

Moped rider, 20, in 'extreme pain' after breaking leg in 'serious' crash

People in Portsmouth saw in NYE in style

16 photos show how people celebrated start of 2022 in style

Fireworks let off in the street in Derby Road, North End, Portsmouth, on New Year's Eve - December 31, 2021. Picture: Lauren Crosland

Police called out as group of 10 let off fireworks in middle of street

Darren Clarke, 49, of Clive Road, Fratton, after his appearance at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court (jpns 141221-02)

Cocaine driver caught while banned using 'false plates' had 'constricted' pupils

Portsmouth Magistrates' Court Picture: Chris Moorhouse Saturday 3rd November 2018 FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Shoplifter jailed on New Year's Eve after admitting latest thefts

Sean Aldridge in 2019. Picture: Solent News & Photo Agency

Teacher banned from profession forever after having sex with teenage pupils

Police appeal

Man who vanished from pub car park on New Year’s Day has been found

Former choirmaster Mark Burgess of St Chad's Avenue, Hilsea, was jailed at Portsmouth Crown Court.

Church commissions review into abuse by paedophile choirmaster

PC Khurram Masood outside Hampshire Constabulary Eastern Police Investigation Centre, Portsmouth Picture: Habibur Rahman

Frontline life-saving police officer named in News Year Honours

Beryl Stewart was threatened with a £60 littering fine by a council employee for feeding ducks at the lake by the Hilsea Lido near London Road. PICTURE: JONATHAN BRADY 053090-11

Tributes to pensioner who made international headlines after duck-feeding fine

Stubbington man Jamie Roe had a bleed on the brain after having the AstraZeneca vaccine and had to learn to walk again Picture: Habibur Rahman

Year in Review: Hospitality finally reopens

May saw another cautious step along the road out of tough lockdown restrictions with landlords and restaurateurs inviting punters back inside.

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Dr Zaid Hirmiz, a Hordnean GP, talks about the pressure on GP practices in Hampshire.

1,600 GP appointments lost a month by people who fail to turn up

Alisha Gokani is studying Business and Management at the University of Portsmouth is spending her fourth Christmas waiting on the organ donation list for a kidney transplant.

Student faces fourth Christmas waiting for kidney donor

Brune Park and Bay House School made a Christmas delivery to Jacob’s Well Care Centre and Fareham and Gosport Basics Bank

Schools donate hampers to charity helping families in need

Gary Saunders. Picture: Hampshire police

Notorious menace jailed for knocking down pensioner, 78, breaking his arm

Portsmouth Magistrates' Court. Picture: Chris Moorhouse

Intimidating shoplifter spared jail after assaulting shop workers

QA Hospital, Portsmouth. Picture Habibur Rahman

QA Hospital director urges people to 'change behaviour' as vaccine hub reopens

Portsmouth Magistrates' Court. Picture: Chris Moorhouse

Construction worker threw brick at partner before damaging driveway

Booster vaccines being given at Goldchem Pharmacy, Albert Rd, Portsmouth on Wednesday 15th December 2021. Registered nurse,Kate Finch giving a booster jab to Adrian Ulanimo. Picture: Habibur Rahman

Pharmacy on frontline of pandemic racing to increase booster jab appointments

Portsmouth Magistrates' Court. Picture: Chris Moorhouse

Fareham man caught with air rifle is jailed for 20 weeks - courts round-up

Volunteer vaccinator Jonathan Phillips at the St James's Hospital vaccine hub. Picture: Sam Stephenson

Call for 'army' of volunteers needed at vaccination centre

Portsmouth Magistrates' Court. Picture: Chris Moorhouse

Magistrates fine man £8,000 after tree cut down

A MAN was fined £8,000 after admitting causing the cutting down, uprooting or destruction of a tree.

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Inside A&E at QA Hospital, Portsmouth. Picture Habibur Rahman

QA Hospital declares internal critical incident

The queue at the Covid-19 Vaccination Centre at Lalys Pharmacy, Guildhall Walk, Portsmouth Picture: Chris Moorhouse (jpns 100621-03)

Doctor urges people 'not to call' GP surgeries asking about booster jabs

Police, paramedics and coastguard crews at Haslar Marina in Gosport on December 13, 2021. Picture: Alex Shute

Man, 64, dies as coastguard called to 'person in the water' at Haslar Marina

A Year 6 pupil wearing a face mask raises a hand to ask a question in a classroom at the College Francais Bilingue De Londres French-English bilingual school in north London on June 2, 2020. Picture: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images

Portsmouth schools told to 'cancel nativities' over Omicron fears by council

A vaccine being prepared in Portsmouth. Picture: Sam Stephenson

‘Hundreds’ of Covid jab appointments lost in Portsmouth

A general view of a Royal Mail worker collecting post. Picture: Rui Vieira/PA Wire

Post delays as 'high sickness rate' and Covid isolation hits staff

The queue at the Covid-19 vaccination centre at Lalys Pharmacy, Guildhall Walk, Portsmouth in June. Picture: Chris Moorhouse (jpns 100621-02)

Bad weather sees Covid jab booster bus cancelled

Electric dirt bike riders in Penner Lane, Havant. Picture: Boris & Lonny/YouTube

Police probe after dirt bike riders post YouTube film of 'antisocial' stunts

GV of Canoe Lake, Southsea. Picture: Habibur Rahman

‘It’s not over yet’ – city Covid rate hits highest point in entire pandemic

Cllr Kimberly Barrett and Cllr Dave Ashmore. Picture: Portsmouth City Council

Council delivers caddies to 5,500 homes in expanding food waste trial

One of the council's fleet for waste collection. Picture: Portsmouth City Council

Full list of streets added to council's food waste trial in major expansion

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People's sacrifices on December 18 - the day of Downing Street alleged party

Portsmouth Magistrates' Court. Picture: Chris Moorhouse

Four weeks in jail for man who breached woman’s restraining order

Pictured is: Donna Jones. Picture: Keith Woodland (091119-107)

Crime commissioner 'welcomes' government's vow to tackle class A drug dealers

HM Naval Base Portsmouth. Picture: Shaun Roster

Woman fined £250 for careless driving at naval base

Mark Coates, resident Linda Daynes and Richard Coates. Linda discovered the newly planted saplings being vandalised and Richard and Mark have set about repairing the damage in Mengham Park, Hayling Island. Picture: Alex Shute

Upset as 'mindless vandals' trash saplings after volunteers plant 400 trees

Parklands Hospital in Basingstoke run by Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust. Picture: Google

Murder probe at Southern Health hospital after patient in his 60s dies

Storm Francis battering Southsea Common on August 26, 2020. Picture: Habibur Rahman

Yellow weather warning as high winds set to batter city

Gafirs lifeboat crew launched on December 4 to South Parade Pier to reports of a person in the water. Picture: Gafirs

Lifeboat crews called to 'person in the water' at South Parade Pier

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