The Royal Navy’s aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has returned to base after two Russian bombers headed straight towards it while it was part of exercises in the North Sea. Hundreds of families and well-wishers lined the harbour walls to welcome home the 65,000-tonne warship as it sailed into Portsmouth Naval Base. Earlier on Thursday, the … Read more
Royal Navy’s new £3.1bn aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth finally sets sail from Portsmouth to join a dozen US and UK F-35B fighter jets in the North Sea for final battle-ready tests – after Covid outbreak among crew delayed mission 65,000-tonne warship sailed out in glorious sunshine on Monday to take part in major exercises … Read more
Five teenagers including two boys aged 16 and 17 are arrested after 19-year-old woman was raped in Portsmouth Attack happened on Sunday morning at 1am on Lake Road in Portsmouth, Hants Woman, 19, told police she was approached by two men who she didn’t know Five males were arrested yesterday: Three men aged 18 and … Read more
Football fans will be allowed back into stadiums NEXT MONTH as the Government ease up on lockdown rules for sport… but capacity will be capped and spectators ‘must sign a code of behaviour that could include a ban on singing’ Fans could be allowed back into football stadiums again from next month Their return could … Read more
Football fans will be allowed back into stadiums NEXT MONTH as the Government ease up on lockdown rules for sport… but capacity will be capped and spectators ‘must sign a code of behaviour that could include a ban on singing’ Fans could be allowed back into football stadiums again from next month Their return could … Read more
Patients are being asked to phone A&E and book an appointment — instead of just turning up under an NHS trial. Casualty departments in Portsmouth and London will run pilot schemes of the ‘111-first’ model as early as next week, the chief executive of the NHS said. Those with life-threatening problems will be told to attend straight … Read more
Black Lives Matter activists are continuing to march on British cities this afternoon following ugly clashes with police in London yesterday. Demonstrations in Bristol, Birmingham and Portsmouth are riding momentum from the mammoth gathering in the capital to keep alive the outcry over the killing of African-American George Floyd. A 15,000 strong crowd rallied peacefully … Read more