HMS Severn sailed back to Portsmouth this morning after seeing off French fishermen off the coast of Jersey together with HMS Tamar following a row over post-Brexit fishing rules. The Royal Navy River-class offshore patrol vessel was welcomed home today after it was scrambled amid an escalating standoff with French skippers who have threatened to … Read more
A ‘frightened’ young mother who wrapped her dead baby in a yellow Primark towel and hid her in a hedge so she could visit her everyday avoided jail today after a district judge ruled that she was ‘blameless’. Lisa Blagden, from Portsmouth, Hampshire, gave birth to Ivory Rose without knowing she was pregnant in the … Read more
Former Southampton and Portsmouth midfielder Jhon Viafara handed 11-year prison sentence after being found guilty of smuggling two TONNES of cocaine worth £21m into the United States from his native Colombia Ex-Premier League footballer Jhon Viafara has been handed an 11-year sentence The former Pompey and Saints midfielder was found guilty of drug trafficking Viafara, … Read more
Ministers to launch £5million campaign to urge British holidaymakers to enjoy the delights of Birmingham, Manchester in Portsmouth The government’s official tourism agency, Visit Britain, is set to spend £5million The ‘Escape The Everyday’ campaign to urge the UK public to get on city breaks It comes after government introduced £5,000 fines for going abroad … Read more
Farewell, Big Lizzie! Hundreds of wellwishers watch HMS Queen Elizabeth set sail from Portsmouth as £3bn aircraft carrier trains for first mission to the Med The £3 billion warship took over the role of fleet flagship last year and will be at the centre of a strike group She is set to return at the … Read more
Farewell, Big Lizzie! Hundreds of wellwishers watch HMS Queen Elizabeth set sail from Portsmouth as £3bn aircraft carrier trains for first mission to the Med The £3 billion warship took over the role of fleet flagship last year and will be at the centre of a strike group She is set to return at the … Read more
The police clampdown on Covid rule-breakers continued this weekend, with drivers facing £200 fines after taking a 300-mile trip to the Cotswolds because ‘it is very hard to go shopping in London’ while 19 revellers were fined £15,200 in total after throwing an illegal rave at an Airbnb in Portsmouth. Officers broke up at least … Read more
A Royal Navy ship was given a hero’s welcome this morning as it returned to port in Portsmouth after shadowing and gatherings intelligence on Russian warships travelling around the UK. HMS Lancaster returned to the naval base in Hampshire having completed a tour to the High North where it led a freedom of navigation operation, leading a multi-national task group … Read more
Former Fulham and Portsmouth midfielder Papa Bouba Diop – one of the heroes of Senegal’s run to the World Cup quarter-finals in 2002 after scoring the winner in opening game against France – dies aged 42 after long illness Former Senegal midfielder Papa Bouba Diop has died aged 42 after a long illness Diop played … Read more
Former Fulham and Portsmouth midfielder Papa Bouba Diop – one of the heroes of Senegal’s run to the World Cup quarter-finals in 2002 after winner in opening game against France – dies at 42 after long illness Former Senegal midfielder Papa Bouba Diop has died age 42 after a long illness Diop played for Fulham … Read more