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HMS Iron Duke will be returning back to Portsmouth following a busy period of operations. Pictured is the Type 23 frigate sailing into her home port of Portsmouth on July 11, 2024. She set off from Scotland on July 9. Picture: Jake Corben - JC Maritime Photos

HMS Iron Duke to return to city Russian operations - when

HMS Richmond (foreground) accompanying Chinese destroyer Jiaozuo through the English Channel on their way to and from Russian Navy Day celebrations. Issue date: Saturday August 10, 2024. Picture: Ministry of Defence/PA Wire

HMS Richmond stalks two Chinese warships sailing through Channel

HMS Puncher has joined Baltic allies to protect underwater cables in the Baltic Sea and North Atlantic Sea. She is working alongside Nato and the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF).

Warship HMS Puncher joins allies to protect underwater cables

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toast during a reception at the Mongnangwan Reception House in Pyongyang on June 19, 2024. Photo by VLADIMIR SMIRNOV/POOL/AFP - Russian state agency Sputnik - via Getty Images.

"Deadly quartet" of threats faces UK - urgent military review called

Daniel Simojoki, a British-Finnish student spent a year in national service with Finland's military, said the scheme could "instil discipline" and teach people "valuable life and social skills" but he has doubts about its introduction in the UK. Picture: PA

I did National Service and it will teach people "valuable" life skills

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps(Credit: Getty Images)

Shortage of planes to take part in D-Day mass parachute drop

A cutting-edge drone killer radio wave weapon is being developed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Royal Navy vessels and other vehicles. Picture: MoD.

Advanced drone killer radio wave weapon being developed

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said the new ships will have multiple roles and be used in different circumstances. The move follows drone attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen on British ships, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (Credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

New Royal Marines support ships to be built amid high global tensions

L to R: Former defence secretary Ben Wallace, former armed forces minister James Heappey and Lord West, former First Sea Lord. The Council on Geostrategy has launched a campaign to call on the UK government to increase defence spending amid ongoing conflict in the Red Sea, Russia-Ukraine and Gaza. Picture: Ian Forsyth/Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images/Sarah Standing.

Campaign launched urging government to increase defence spending

HMS Prince of Wales sailing alongside Nato allies during Exercise Joint Warrior. MPs are warning that the UK is relying on supporting nations too much.

MPs warn government lacks "credible plan" to fund armed forces

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt. it is believed that defence spending will not increase in the government's next budget. Picture: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Jeremy Hunt not expected to raise defence budget spending, reports say

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HMS Queen Elizabeth is due to leave Portsmouth and be deployed to the North Sea as part of a large Nato Mission - Exercise Steadfast Defender. The aircraft carrier was previously in the North Sea last Autumn. Pictured is: (l-r) Commodore James Blackmore BSc Royal Navy and Captain William King OBE Royal Navy. Picture: Sarah Standing (010224-6142)

HMS Queen Elizabeth to be deployed on massive Nato mission

Defence secretary and Conservative politician Grant Shapps says international security stands at a "crossroads" during ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and between Russia and Ukraine. Thousands of UK troops are expected to be deployed to a Nato training operation. Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images.

Huge numbers of troops to be sent on largest Nato op since Cold War

HMS Duncan returning to Portsmouth Naval Base in time for Christmas homecoming after leading NATO task group in the Mediterranean. Picture date: Friday December 22, 2023. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Ben Mitchell/PA Wire

6 majestic pictures of HMS Duncan returning to Portsmouth

SRN2 Hovercraft over an ice pack in Wooton Creek, Isle of Wight in January 1963.

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RFA Proteus has been seen off the coast of Portsmouth this week.

Fresh details revealed about hi-tech ship which could be used to repel Russia

Pictured - Re-enactments, performers and military equipment was all on show this weekend.

45 pictures from Lee Victory Festival

L to R: HMS Pembroke and HMS Blyth.

Minehunters sold to Romania in bid to protect country from Russian threat

The 1944 Spitfire Mk IX on display at the Lee Victory Festival.

23 pictures of people and aircraft at Lee Victory Festival

Royal Navy are making more plans against Russian aggression.

Advanced ship to be used to repel Russia in "existential threat to security"

Nuclear bomb

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New loan signing Tino Anjorin has escaped the 'Chelsea bubble' to join Pompey. Picture: Catherine Ivill/Getty Images

How escaping the ‘Chelsea bubble’ has helped make new Pompey starlet

The flagship Royal Navy vessel left Portsmouth on Friday, September 8.

Watch the moment that HMS Queen Elizabeth left Portsmouth

New Pompey signing Tino Anjorin: Pic: Portsmouth FC

The Chelsea starlet with a point to prove - new boy’s message to Pompey fans

Sheet of paper with portraits of Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin, a shadowy figure who managed Wagner’s operations and allegedly served in Russian military intelligence, is placed at a makeshift memorial in front of the Private Military Company (PMC) Wagner Centre in Saint Petersburg, on August 26.

Prigozhin: Wagner chief among 10 confirmed dead in Russian jet crash

This picture taken on July 4, 2017 shows Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin prior to a meeting with business leaders held by Russian and Chinese presidents at the Kremlin in Moscow.

Yevgeny Prigozhin was ‘on passenger list’ as 10 killed in jet crash

The Wagner boss is believed to be among seven passengers and three crew who were on board the Embraer aircraft, which reportedly crashed just north of Moscow

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Pictured: HMS Diamond on NATO Operations in the Mediterranean in 2022. Picture: LPhot Rory Arnold/Royal Navy.

Royal Navy addresses future HMS Diamond operations

Footage of Wigan fans singing in 2016 was mistaken as Ukrainians celebrating the Crimean Bridge attack by Hungarian TV station HirTV - Credit: Getty / YouTube

Hungarian TV station mistakes Ukrainians for Wigan Athletic fans

Ukrainian academics on their visit to Tipner in Portsmouth. Picture: Nisha Haq

Ukrainian academics visit city to learn about unexploded ordinance

A man holds the Russian national flag in front of a Wagner group military vehicle with the sign read as "Rostov" in Rostov-on-Don late on June 24, 2023. Rebel mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin who sent his fighters to topple the military leaders in Moscow will leave for Belarus and a criminal case against him will be dropped as part of a deal to avoid "bloodshed," the Kremlin said on June 24. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) (Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia uprising: Rebellion ends with Yevgeny Prigozhin sent to Belarus

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov attends a meeting of the Council on Interethnic Relations chaired by President Vladimir Putin in Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Krai region, on May 19, 2023. (Photo by TATIANA BARYBINA/Press service of the governor of/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia uprising: Chechen troops sent to Wagner Group conflict zones

Alesha Dixon, Julia Sanina and English actress Hannah Waddingham present the first semi-final of the 2023 Eurovision Song contest at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.

Eurovision: Why Russia, North Macedonia & Bulgaria aren’t competing

Russia threatens military response after UK sends missiles to Ukraine

Bank of England impose another interest rate hike

Eurovision 2023 venue The M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool - Credit: Eurovision / M&SBA

Eurovision semi-final 2023: Full guide to event including timings

Ukraine War: What is the Victory Day parade in Russia, what did Vladimir Putin say about the west?

What is Victory Day in Russia & what did Vladimir Putin say?

Russia has accused Ukraine of attempting to assassinate Vladimir Putin in a drone attack

Russia accuses Ukraine of Kremlin drone strike

Tinder will cease operating in Russia

Dating app Tinder to stop operating in Russia following Ukraine war

Satellite imagery shows the once flourishing city turned into a wasteland, with landmark buildings reduced to rubble.

Google Earth reveals desolation in Mariupol after relentless bombing

A Kremlin spokesman has denied that Putin is using body doubles after health concerns

Putin spokesperson claims Russian president ‘doesn’t use body double’

Russian president Vladimir Putin is undergoing chemotherapy treatment, according to top secret US documents leaked from the Pentagon - Credit: Getty Images

Vladimir Putin undergoing chemotherapy treatment for cancer

The price of crude oil increased by 5.5% on Monday April 3.

Oil prices rise more than 5 percent as production is cut

BBC series This Is Going to Hurt and The Responder lead the nominations at the Bafta television and craft awards with six each.

BAFTA Television Awards 2023 nominations announced - full list

Russian jet intercepts and collides with US drone over Black Sea after dumping ‘environmentally unsound’ fuel (Credit: Getty Images)

Russian jet intercepts and collides with US drone over Black Sea

Russian jet intercepts and collides with US drone over Black Sea after dumping ‘environmentally unsound’ fuel (Credit: Getty Images)

Russian jet intercepts and collides with US drone over Black Sea

Russian and Belarusian players have been unable to compete at Wimbledon ever since Vladimir Putin’s Russia invaded Ukraine - Credit: Getty Images

Wimbledon to lift ban on Russian and Belarusian players

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Ukrainian lecturer turned her sadness and grief into art

Ukrianian artist has turned her grief into an exhibition of paintings

Olga, 38, and Masha

Ukrainians talk about their life in Hampshire a year after war started

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visit a a military facility

Russia's chilling warning to 'London' after Volodymyr Zelenskyy visit

Shell reports highest profits in 115 years following 2022 fuel crisis

Boris Johnson says Vladimir Putin threatened to kill him with missiles

Storm Eunice in Portsmouth on Friday, February 18, 2022. Picture: Habibur Rahman

Review of the Year 2022: February sees city brace itself for coming storms

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