Big Lizzie gets ready to wow China: HMS Queen Elizabeth arrives at Portsmouth home

Heavy winds forecast for the weekend have forced the Royal Navy to bring forward the departure of its flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth for its first operational deployment to the Far East. The £3 billion aircraft carrier made an unscheduled stop at its home base in Portsmouth on Wednesday after taking part in a major exercise … Read more

HMS Severn joins sister ship Tamar at Portsmouth after gunboats saw off angry French skippers

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

HMS Severn joins sister ship Tamar at Portsmouth after gunboats saw off angry French skippers

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

Woman, 59, dies after being pulled from the water near hovercraft slipway in Portsmouth harbour

Woman, 59, dies after being pulled from the water near hovercraft slipway in Portsmouth harbour A woman was found unresponsive in the water in Portsmouth Harbour yesterday Paramedics and the UK Coastguard and Military Police were called to the scene  Woman, 59, was rushed to hospital in a life-threatening condition and later died Hampshire Police … Read more

European Super League: Start date, format, Premier League and Champions League impact and more

The world of football is reeling after the confirmation that 12 of the biggest clubs, spearheaded by the Premier League’s ‘Big Six’, have signed up for a new European Super League. Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea and Tottenham have joined a host of European giants and in doing so have sparked a civil war … Read more

Former Southampton and Portsmouth midfielder Jhon Viafara handed 11-year prison sentence

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

Former Southampton and Portsmouth midfielder Jhon Viafara handed 11-year prison sentence

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 urge British holidaymakers to enjoy the delights of Birmingham, Manchester and Portsmouth

A holiday in Paradise (Circus)! 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 … Read more

Ministers urge British holidaymakers to enjoy the delights of Birmingham, Manchester and Portsmouth

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

Sol Campbell claims fans need to ditch their ‘archaic’ attitudes to non-white managers

Sol Campbell claims football fans need to ditch their ‘archaic’ attitudes to non-white managers… insisting he’s one of many talented bosses missing out on jobs at the biggest clubs Sol Campbell has spoken out about the imbalance of ethnic minority managers He believes supporters have a big influence in choosing which manager a club hires and that may … Read more