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John Molyneux outside Portsmouth Magistrates Court.

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Death of lecturer John Molyneux sparks tributes to 'giant' of leftwing causes

A friend of the late Brian Futcher has paid tribute to his life.

Friend of much-loved Portsmouth man who helped Kurds pays poignant tribute

Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures during a coronavirus media briefing in Downing Street, London, on Jan. 4, 2022. Picture by Jack Hill, Pool Photo via AP

The Downing Street parties scandal only serves to further erode public trust | B...

Mitchell Jones after completing his mission to Iraq. Pic Mitchell Jones, Facebook.

Hiker braves wild pigs, dog attacks and hazardous walks in 4,000km walk to Iraq

Outgoing Second Sea Lord, Vice Admiral Nick Hine has warned the navy will 'lose' if it doesn't transform.

Navy has 'lost its ambition' and 'will fail' if it doesn't change says chief

Pompey boss Danny Cowley welcomed Brian Wood MC to the Blues' training ground on Tuesday. Picture: Daniel Chesterton/phcimages.com

Pompey welcome Military Cross recipient to training ground for special speech

John Bream jumps from the Spinnaker Tower.
Picture: Solent News & Photo Agency

Former paratrooper base-jumps from the top of the Spinnaker Tower

Portsmouth man Dan Arnold

Veteran: ‘Three friends died in Afghanistan – 10 more have died by suicide’

Mitchell Jones (left) and George Sweeney are walking to Iraq to highlight plight of refugees who flee to UK. Picture: War Child UK

Man to trek 50km a day in gruelling walk to Iraq to highlight plight of refugees

Veteran with spinal cord injury first to receive assistive robotic arm

Military veteran Jon Noble from Havant, Hampshire has recently been able to feed himself for the first time in 17 years after receiving a robotic arm thanks to charity funding. Jon has become the first person with a spinal cord injury in the UK to receive a JACO assistive robotic arm.

Paralysed paratrooper can feed himself after 17 years thanks to new robotic arm

Susanna Reid grilled Tony Blair on the Iraq War (ITV)

Watch as Susanna Reid confronts Tony Blair on Iraq War invasion

UK stealth fighter jets on board the £3 billion warship HMS Queen Elizabeth will join the fight against the remnants of so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Picture: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Jets on board HMS Queen Elizabeth will join fight against IS

Residents outside their homes in Battenburg Avenue, Portsmouth, clapping for carers on April 14, 2020.
Picture: Habibur Rahman

May we all live in uninteresting times from now on | Matt Mohan-Hickson

British soldiers from the First Stafford, well known as the 'Desert Rats', stand in a trench on January 6, 1991. Picture: PATRICK BAZ/AFP via Getty Images

'I didn't recognise my own wife' says Gulf War veteran

Michael Wilkinson during his time in National Service, left, and now as an 87-year-old, right. Picture: Sportsbeat

Veteran remembers life in National Service as campaign launched

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Man wins world record for being smallest bus driver
A MAN from Havant has retained his Guinness World Record for shortest bus driver – measuring 136.2cm (4ft 5.6in) in height.

Members of the ship's company of HMS Invincible wave to their families as the ship comes alongside in Portsmouth in 1999. Picture: Pete Langdown. The News 992543-2.

A look back at the life of a Portsmouth aircraft carrier | Nostalgia

Site Manager and Army Reservist Major Adrian Peel with the Commanding Officer of HMS Sultan, Captain John Voyce OBE.

Picture: PO Photographer Nicola Harper/Royal Navy

Britain's reservists are 'immeasurably important' and must be recognised says sh...

The Mad Mouse rollercoaster in Southsea. Blaise thinks 202 has had even more ups and downs than a fairground ride

Stop the ride I want to get off | Blaise Tapp

Relatives of navy personnel wave as the helicopter carrier HMS Illustrious departs Portsmouth for a deployment to the Mediterranean on August 12, 2013 in Portsmouth. Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images

39 images of life onboard Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious

St John Ambulance in Gosport has distributed 50,000 items of PPE
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St John Ambulance in Gosport becomes a national hub for personal protective equi...

The Fawcett Inn in Southsea, where the gig will be staged. .
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Soldier who broke his back in Iraq launches music festival to help veterans in c...