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Inside the Ship Anson pub on The Hard in Portsmouth as it celebrated the 81st anniversary of VE Day

A Portsmouth pub raised more than £400 for charity as it marked the 81st anniversary of VE Day

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26 great pictures of the Pretty Muddy kids event at Cancer Research UK's Race for Life weekend on Southsea Common

Hundreds of children got absolutely filthy - with their parents’ express permission - raise money

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Race for Life Pretty Muddy run: Hundreds get filthy on Southsea Common for Cancer Research UK event - in pictures

Hundreds of people got wonderfully dirty while fundraising at today’s Pretty Muddy event during Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life weekend

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Gosport missing man: Coastguard stands down its part in the search for man who disappeared on Friday

The search for a missing Gosport man has been stood down

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Royal Navy's HMS Dragon to be sent to the Middle East ahead of operation to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz

Portsmouth’s HMS Dragon is being sent to the Middle East to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz

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Police seek woman after £25 of shopping is stolen from a Co-op in Hedge End, Hampshire

A woman with an armful of shopping is being hunted by police after a Co-op store reported shoplifting

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Southsea: Time Out names our resort as third best seaside town in the UK

Southsea has been highlighted in a survey looking at the best seaside towns in the UK

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Gosport missing man: Police, Coastguard, RNLI and Gafirs join search for man in the sea off Browndown and Stokes Bay

A huge search has been launched to find a missing man

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M27 Junction 10: A32 weekend road closures called off but drivers warned about the next week

Overnight road closures for roadworks have been rescheduled because of a burst water main

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Hampshire police to carry out knife sweep in Victoria Park, Portsmouth

Police will sweep a Portsmouth park for knives

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'Showing what Britain has': Royal Navy's HMS Queen Elizabeth leaves Portsmouth for sea trials and Nato ops

It’s her first major operation since coming out of the dry dock and being back at sea

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Conservatives lose control of Hampshire County Council for the first time in almost 30 years

It was a political earthquake at Hampshire County Council

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Local elections 2026: Hampshire County Council election results for The News' area

Hampshire County Council election results

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RECAP: Local elections 2026 live: Portsmouth, Gosport, Havant, Fareham and Hampshire County Council results and reaction

Voters across the Portsmouth area, along with the rest of the country, have gone to the polls

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'Fantastic' fundraising campaign launched for new Royal Navy statue backed by Charles Dickens family

Lieutenant Commander Peter Dickens DSC MBE, great grandson of author Charles Dickens, is one of the Coastal Forces’ most famous heroes

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Local elections 2026: Reform oust Lib Dems from Gosport strongholds as Tories hold seats

The Liberal Democrats had been running Gosport Borough Council with a minority.

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Time for “a proper grown-up conversation” about the future of councils in the wake of the local election results

The results of the local elections are in - but there is much concern about the future

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Haul of medicine swiped from Fareham Lidl as police seek to find man and woman

CCTV images have been released of the pair officers wish to speak to

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Two men named and charged with Sarisbury Green burglary after males seen using ladder to climb into house

Court dates have been arranged for both men

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Local elections 2026: Gosport Borough Council results

These are the local election results for Gosport Borough Council