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HMS Dauntless carried out a major Nato exercise alongside France, Spain and the Netherlands.

HMS Dauntless defends Europe coast "from potential naval strikes"

A Christmas market

Must-see undiscovered festive markets just a ferry ride away

Jet2holidays’ Travel Thermometer: Every type of winter escape

Stephen Morgan MP

City MP: New plans will boost Portsmouth pay and productivity

We went interrailing with our teenage children

Europe travel: On track for an Interrail trip with teenage kids

Expedia Group unpacks the eight noteworthy travel trends for 2025 - including Detour Destinations, JOMO (Joy of Missing Out) Travel and One-Click Trips.

Ad Feature Expedia, Hotels.com and Vrbo reveal the top travel trends for 2025

HMS Victory, Lord Nelson's historic flagship from which he led the Royal Navy to victory over Napoleon's fleet at Trafalgar is being rebuilt - using wood from France. Pictured: HMS Victory at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.

Historic HMS Victory to be rebuilt using French wood

Ned Boulting’s Marginal Mystery Tour coming to Fareham

Ned Boulting’s Marginal Mystery Tour coming to Fareham this October

French naval vessel FS L'Aigle visiting Portsmouth with BSAM Rhone sailing to city earlier this morning.

Watch: French navy ship L'Aigle sailing to city in lovely sunshine

French naval ships FS L'Aigle and BSAM Rhone will be visiting Portsmouth.

French warships Rhone and L'Aigle to be welcomed to city - when

Mike Castellano was not too pleased about his car after the Great Storm in October 1987. The News PP4119

Astonishing pictures of the great storm of 1987 that battered Portsmouth

French Navy (Marine Nationale) ship BSAM Rhone will be visiting Portsmouth after a polar arctic mission. Pictured is the vessel in 2023 patrolling off the coast of Boulogne-sur-Mer, as migrants attempt to illegally cross the English Channel from France to Britain.

French Navy ship to visit city after polar arctic mission - when

Bex Elliott and son Ronnie on their travels with their campervan.

Watch: Couple save £9.6k-a-year travelling in a van with their toddler

Virgin Voyages' Resilient Lady will be visiting Portsmouth for the first time, following in the footsteps of Scarlet lady and Resilient Lady.

Virgin Voyages' ship Resilient Lady to visit during Victorious

Search and rescue operation underway after yacht sinks.

Watch: Divers search as one dead and six missing in yacht sinking

Amanda Martin, Labour MP for Portsmouth North, said the interconnector project has no benefit to the city’s residents.

New Portsmouth Labour MP urges government to “permanently halt" Aquind
Portsmouth’s newly elected MP Amanda Martin has written to Ed Miliband, urging him to “permanently halt the Aquind project”.
Toby Paine

Gerrard Gosens, 54, trains in preparation for his channel crossing swim alongside guide swimmer.

Watch: Man hopes to become first blind person to swim across Channel

The 'HMS Victory' flying the signal 'England expects' at the Battle of Trafalgar, 21st October 1805. After Turner. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

15 stunning rare old images of Nelson's Royal Navy flagship HMS Victory

Members of the public relax on the beach in hot weather in Cleethorpes, north east England.

Watch: Temperatures could reach 34°C in UK in coming days

Hayling's James Peters and Robert Sterritt of Team GB attend the team presentations following the Men's Skiff Men's Skiff 49er class Medal Race in Marseille. Picture: Alex Livesey/Getty Images

Hayling's James Peters fails to win a medal on Olympic sailing debut

The south east region of France is most impacted by the outbreak. (Photo: Pexels, Pierre Blaché)

Warning to UK tourists over severe gastroenteritis outbreak in Europe

Eurocamp La Croix du Vieux Pont in Berny-Rivière is just on the outskirts of Paris - perfect for a day trip to the city. Picture: Jamie Jones

Eurocamp offers getaways with family-friendly prices

Flashback to October 1993 and David Platt is brought down by Ronald Koeman and, in a controversial decision, no penalty was given and Koeman only booked. Picture: Chris Cole/Getty Images.

Euro 2024: After all the heartaches, don’t England deserve a slice of luck?

A beach in Normandy

The perfect blend of history, relaxation, art - and food and drink

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Normandy - clockwise from top left: a bookshop in Caen; a Normandy beach; a cake shop in Bayeux; colourful boats at Port en Bessin Pictures: Phil Smith

The perfect blend of history, relaxation, art - and food and drink

Many schools were invited to take part in the D-Day 80 event and learn about what happened on this historic day

D-Day 80: A 12-year-old's Perspective
This article was written by Rayan from Portsmouth Grammar School as part of the Portsmouth Youth News Day.
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German Observation Tower on south coast cliffs, Guernsey

Visit Guernsey to discover underground bunkers and WW2 history

From croissants to Dior, Brits list top 15 most admired French exports

David and Liz Murphy. A family who brought an entire French village after selling their three-bed home in Manchester for £400,000.

Video: We bought an entire village in France after selling our UK home

Women training at the N.Fs motorcycle school, November 1942

32 incredible and rare pictures showing life in Portsmouth during World War Two

Son of top stud dog, Pierre the Heir, continues guide dog linage

Son of top stud dog, Pierre the Heir, continues guide dog linage

Czech veterans Charles Strasser and Jirí Pavel Kafka were flown to Omaha beach for the D-Day commemorations after their plane was grounded due to a technical fault in Jersey. Picture: Jon Guegan

Commandos take stranded Czech veterans to D-Day after plane fault

Nostalgic Southwick Revival turns the clocks back to 40s - 37 pictures

Image from The Labour Party

Keir Starmer pays tribute to D-Day generation as the nation marks 80th anniversa...

Prime minister Rishi Sunak has apologised after missing the D-Day ceremony in Normandy yesterday. He attended the events in Portsmouth on Wednesday at Southsea Common. Picture: Sarah Standing (050624-3748)

"It was a mistake" - Sunak apologises for skipping D-Day ceremony

A landing craft approaching Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6 1944, a scene that the film Saving Private Ryan re-created.

Watch: D-Day war film streaming for free for limited amount of time

Students from New Horizons Primary School in North End had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attend the D-Day 80 anniversary event on Southsea Common.

Students from primary school had opportunity to attend D-Day event

The Princess Royal, President of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, arrives to attend the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's annual service of remembrance at Bayeux Cathedral, in Bayeux, France, during events to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Picture date: Wednesday June 5, 2024. Picture: Hannah McKay/PA Wire

Princess Royal praises determined veterans - ceremonies start

(left to right) Royal Navy Commander Glen Hickson, D-Day veteran Jim Grant, Royal Navy Commodore John Voyce, and D-Day veteran Charles Horne, on board the Brittany Ferries ship Mont St Michel as it prepares to sail from Portsmouth Harbour in the UK to Ouistreham, in Caen, France, carrying 31 D-Day and Normandy veterans who are travelling with the Royal British Legion and Spirit of Normandy Trust to take part in commemorations to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
Photo credit should read: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

People wave D-Day veterans off as ferry to France leaves Portsmouth

Inside the countryside home where the D-Day Landings were planned

Veterans implore future generations to keep their stories alive at city visit

Brittany Ferries will be transporting the largest group of D-Day veterans this week as part of the D-Day 80 anniversary. The veterans will travel from Portsmouth to Ouistreham (Caen) aboard Mont St Michel on June 4, 2024.

"It will be our great honour to carry them"

Brittany Ferries will be transporting the largest group of D-Day veterans this week as part of the D-Day 80 anniversary. The veterans will travel from Portsmouth to Ouistreham (Caen) aboard Mont St Michel on June 4, 2024.

D-Day veterans to travel to France from Portsmouth - here's when

D-Day veteran Bernard Morgan reads historic note revealing end of WW2 in Europe.

Watch: D-Day hero reads historic note revealing end of WW2 in Europe

Portsmouth is at the centre of the UK’s commemorations with two huge ticketed events taking place on Southsea Common on June 5 - one in the daytime and one in the evening.

Stage is set for Portsmouth to lead national D-Day commemorations

Sunderland had been keeping tabs on Will Still since parting ways with Tony Mowbray in 2023

Sunderland to lose managerial race as Norwich announce new head coach

Benjani became a huge Pompey favourite - but Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger almost stopped the move happening.

How Arsene Wenger almost wrecked striker becoming Pompey great

The Foreign Office has issued a new travel warning for UK holidaymakers heading to France amid heightened security risk. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Heightened security risk warning for holiday hotspot

A France holiday warning has been issued ahead of the Olympic Games due to an “unexpected” hike to the tourist tax that could add £350 to a family holiday. (Photo: Getty Images)

France holiday warning over ‘unexpected’ cost

Bosmere Junior School's D-Day Artwork

Meridian Shopping Centre commemorates 80th anniversary of D-Day with display of ...

LCT in Portsmouth harbour

20 amazing photos capture the scale of D-Day operation planned near Portsmouth i...

King, Queen and Prince of Wales to attend D-Day 80 events

The convoy carrying France's Freedom Flame sailing into Portsmouth on May 14. Picture: My Portsmouth By Drone

WATCH: Convoy carrying France's Freedom Flame sailing into city

The eternal flame in Portsmouth after being brought to the city from the Tomb of the fallen soldier at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Picture: Sarah Standing (140524-8902)

France's Freedom Flame presented in D-Day 80 memorial service

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