Royal Navy’s new £3.1bn aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth finally sets sail from Portsmouth

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 arrested after 19-year-old woman was raped in Portsmouth 

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 won’t be allowed to sing or chant when they return to stadiums next month

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 won’t be allowed to sing or chant when they return to stadiums

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

Ring 111 BEFORE going to A&E: NHS trials scheme in London and Portsmouth

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

George Floyd protests spread across the UK: Crowds gather in Bristol, Portsmouth

Black Lives Matter activists are gearing up for another afternoon of protest in the UK following ugly clashes with police in London yesterday. Demonstrations in Bristol, Birmingham and Portsmouth are riding the momentum from yesterday’s mammoth gathering in the capital to voice anger over the killing of American George Floyd.  A 15,000 strong crowd rallied … Read more

Portsmouth’s Sean Raggett reveals he found out he had tested positive for coronavirus while in PUB

‘I was mortified… I had no symptoms’: Portsmouth footballer Sean Raggett reveals he found out he had tested positive for coronavirus while he was in the PUB having dinner on Friday night By Jonathan Spencer For Mailonline Published: 09:56 GMT, 22 March 2020 | Updated: 12:18 GMT, 22 March 2020 Portsmouth defender Sean Raggett has … Read more

Portsmouth rocked by coronavirus crisis as THREE first-team players test positive

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES   The Olympic torch relay in Greece was cancelled on Friday March 13 – just a day after the flame was lit in Olympia. Large crowds mobbed Hollywood actor Gerard Butler as he lit the cauldron in the Greek city of Sparta despite repeated warnings for spectators not to attend because of coronavirus. That forced … Read more