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‘Merciless’ rogue trader took £35,000 from pensioner for botched roof repairs

Portsmouth
Jay Shepherd

‘Sore loser’ found guilty of stabbing best friend over £20 bet​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Nine firefighters were called to tackle the kitchen blaze at a home in Copnor last night. Photo: Cosham Fire Station

Copnor family has lucky escape after oven ‘explodes’ in kitchen

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Poutine

RESTAURANT REVIEW: Old school classic grub at a pleasant city hideaway 

Portsmouth

‘It’s such a shame’: Dismay as vital village bus to shops is axed

Travel

HMS Duncan given hero’s welcome in Portsmouth after six-month Nato mission

Defence

Emphasis on friendship and respect sees Emsworth school given stamp of approval 

Education

Poundworld stores in Portsmouth and Havant to close next week

Portsmouth
Bury Crescent, in Gosport. Picture: Google Street View

Man taken to QA Hospital after police, paramedics and air ambulance called to incident in Gosport ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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COMMENT: Government needs to dig deep to find extra cash

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Sweets fill stolen car

Crime
Mark Bibby

‘Merciless’ rogue trader took £35,000 from pensioner for botched roof repairs

Portsmouth
Jordan Macauley leaves Portsmouth Magistrates' Court

‘Binge-drinking’ Gosport man in court for smashing a window with a watering can 

Gosport
Jay Goodall

‘Astute’ Waterlooville drug dealer with powder on nose gets jail

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James Husband. Sussex Police

Teacher jailed for 17 years after raping pupil at West Sussex school 

Crime
Bury Crescent, in Gosport. Picture: Google Street View

Man taken to QA Hospital after police, paramedics and air ambulance called to incident in Gosport ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Jay Shepherd

‘Sore loser’ found guilty of stabbing best friend over £20 bet​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Man fined for window damage

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Thief told to pay £105

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First Bus

‘It’s such a shame’: Dismay as vital village bus to shops is axed

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Cap Finistere sailing along the coast of Portsmouth. Picture: Brittany Ferries

Spare a thought for these French ferry crews working during the World Cup final

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An overturned tractor trailer blocked part of the road in Hayling Island. Picture: Habibur Rahman

Hayling Island road partly blocked after tractor trailer overturns

Portsmouth
The junction between Eastern Road and Burrfields Road in Portsmouth. Picture: Habibur Rahman

Portsmouth named second-worst UK city for crashes caused by driver error

Travel

Councillors approve £20k bus trial serving Hayling Ferry landings 

Travel

Government issues new safety advice for British holidaymakers travelling to Spain this summer 

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South Western Railway improvements to December timetable delayed

Travel

World Cup 2018: How England fans can get a tourist visa for Russia 

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US President Donald Trump was discussed during a city council meeting this week. Picture: Joe Giddens/PA Wire

Everything you may have missed from Portsmouth City Council meetings this week

Portsmouth
Donald Trump is visiting the UK for the first time as President. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/ PA Wire

‘This is what free speech looks like’: Facebook reacts to Portsmouth's anti-Trump rally 

Portsmouth
Gemma Weir and Michelle Frank. Picture: Habibur Rahman

Campaigning mum says Orkambi drug firm and NHS England should stop ‘using families’ emotions for their own causes’ 

Health
HMS Duncan departs Portsmouth for deployment. Picture: Crown Copyright

HMS Duncan set to return to Portsmouth this afternoon 

Defence
Raymond Bastin has been trying to get the fence on Purbrook Heath Road fixed for over two years. Picture: Ian Hargreaves

Waterlooville man’s two year battle to get ‘dangerous’ fence fixed

Waterlooville

Portsmouth City Council vows to fight £3.6m policing cuts

Politics

New ‘stay and play’ groups for parents and children in Portsmouth have been praised

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Phone app will help drivers find empty parking spaces in Portsmouth

Politics

Portsmouth traders tell high streets minister: help us keep our shops open 

Business

Gosport engineer adds Caribbean flair to lunch break

Defence

‘Donald Trump would not be welcome in Portsmouth’ says city council leader 

Politics

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HMS Duncan given hero’s welcome in Portsmouth after six-month Nato mission

Defence
Defence secretary Gavin Williamson. Photo: Victoria Jones/PA

‘HMS Duncan proves UK is still a global leader in defence, Gavin Williamson says

Defence
HMS Duncan departs Portsmouth for deployment. Picture: Crown Copyright

HMS Duncan set to return to Portsmouth this afternoon 

Defence
Daron Shallow on the steel drum. Picture: PO Phot Nicola Harper

Gosport engineer adds Caribbean flair to lunch break

Defence

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Gemma Weir and Michelle Frank. Picture: Habibur Rahman

Campaigning mum says Orkambi drug firm and NHS England should stop ‘using families’ emotions for their own causes’ 

Health
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TV and radio presenter Richard Bacon in a coma 

People
Ron Butterfield

Portsmouth man praises QA Hospital research team after liver disease study

People

Gosport autism service praised by CQC inspectors

Health

Hampshire County Council vows extra support for carers

Health

Extra spaces for Naomi House paint run

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Kathryn Hammond, a modern matron within Solent NHS Trust's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, has been made a Queen's Nurse. Picture: Solent NHS Trust

Nurse tells of pride at royal accolade in  special year for NHS

Health

FIRST AID: How to deal with blisters

Health

A new home visiting service  in Fareham to reduce the pressure on hospitals

Fareham

Portsmouth patients will be able to see a GP until 10pm at new city ‘health hub’

Health

Gosport care home is ‘committed’ to improving after critical CQC report

Gosport

Education More Education >>

Former Peel Common School pupils at the 50th anniversary get-together

Gosport school reaches its half-century with visit from old pupils  

Education
UTC Portsmouth students with representatives from Solent LEP, celebrating the launch of the Careers Hub. Picture: David George

Portsmouth gets share of £5m pot to get young people better jobs

Education
Staff and students of St James' Primary School

Emphasis on friendship and respect sees Emsworth school given stamp of approval 

Education
Purbrook Park School won the Rock Challenge Southern Open Finals in April and will compete in the National Finals this weekend

Waterlooville school gears up for Rock Challenge final

Waterlooville

Defra minister awards Havant schoolchildren for their bee-friendly work

Homes and Gardens

WATCH: Fareham Academy makes hilarious Three Lions video 

Sport

Students celebrate ‘going for D of E gold’

Education

Cowplain school celebrates finding out England manager Gareth Southgate attended

Waterlooville

Opinion More Opinion >>

SIMON CARTER: Southgate and Co have made us fall back in love with England

Opinion
Rescuers hold an evacuated boy inside the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Thailand.

VERITY LUSH: What a tale those young Thai boys will be able to tell... one day

Opinion

COMMENT: It’s time that small traders got some protection

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Sunny Beach, Bulgaria - before the Gibbs family descended

CHERYL GIBBS: Look out  Bulgaria, the Gibbs’ clan are coming

Opinion

COMMENT: Hurt goes on, but at least we can dream again ...  

Opinion

Offbeat More Offbeat >>

NATIONAL: 'Weird' dad and daughter pole dancing duo open studio together

People
Malachi

NATIONAL: Video shows mistreated dog given chance to walk with set of wheels

People
Snookie has hypertrichosis

INTERNATIONAL: Rare condition leaves cat looking like a dog

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US President Donald Trump was discussed during a city council meeting this week. Picture: Joe Giddens/PA Wire

Everything you may have missed from Portsmouth City Council meetings this week

Portsmouth
Love Island star Adam Collard (far left) will be appearing at a Portsmouth nightclub. Picture: ITV

Love Island star Adam Collard to meet fans at Pryzm nightclub in Portsmouth 

Portsmouth
First Bus

‘It’s such a shame’: Dismay as vital village bus to shops is axed

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Fareham hire firm helps two wildebeest settle into new zoo

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