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Portsmouth100 event St Edmund’s Catholic School, Portsmouth on Wednesday 21st October 2026

Pictured: Terence Carvalho, Lord Mayor Abdul Kadir, and Duke Harrison-Hunter with some of the students at the event

Picture: Habibur Rahman

St Edmund’s marks Portsmouth’s centenary with festival celebration

(L-R) Owner of Seeded in Southsea Alexsis Seed with volunteers Maggie Crompton, Margaret Kelly, Sarah Dobie, Sarah Yetman and Lesley Callaway.

Picture: Sarah Standing

Crafters unite to knit 27,000 poppies for Southsea Castle tribute

Amanda Martin MP visited Currys Ocean Retail Park

Demand high for Currys’ digital poverty scheme in Portsmouth

Pompey Women have been building stronger ties with the community. Players recently visited the Historic Dockyard to learn more about the city's heritage.

Pompey Women build stronger ties with city's community

Donation Station food items being delivered to Felix

Howden launches food donation station at Fareham branch

Community Breast Health Workshop at the Portsmouth Jami Mosque

Portsmouth mosque hosts breast health workshop

Pictured: Mental Health Motorbike anniversary event

Bikers mark one year of Mental Health Motorbike meetings

The new playground in Fareham town centre

Controversial town centre playground opens after safety inspection

Tom Bickerton with DIY SOS presenter Nick Knowles

Portsmouth electrician dedicates over 70 hours to DIY SOS

Dr Hayley Cousins, clinical director, and Justin Cousins, operations manager, at Coastal Private GP & Aesthetics.

Picture: Sarah Standing

New GP surgery opens in Fareham

Around 50 women showed up for the launch

Women's Tribe Southsea launches new sea swimming community

The Falkland Gardens water fountain in Gosport will be restored

£85,000 restoration of Falklands Gardens fountain gets start date

Quinn has raised hundreds of pounds

Five-year-old raises hundreds to buy presents for children in hospital

The Play Park under construction

Fareham council defends new playground

The Play Park under construction

Fareham councillors raise safety concerns over unfenced playground

Sue Ryder Fratton Park Furniture shop has closed

Sue Ryder Furniture Fratton Park closes after 12 years
The space will reopen as an outdoor furniture showroom
Lottie Keen

Former pupils from Paulsgrove Secondary Modern School for Boys was held at the Victory indoor Bowls club in Alex Way

Paulsgrove Secondary Modern School for Boys class of 1959 reunite

Offshore worker finds new love for climbing on mental health journey

Redbridge House Triathlon for Tranquility

Supported living residents undertake triathlon to fundraise for garden

Felix MacKechnie will take part in the triathlon

Residents of supported living facility to raise money for new garden

Paint the Park Gosport

Paint the Park art competition highlights Gosport's natural beauty

Donna Jones (centre) launched the campaign at The Brook Club in Somerstown

New campaign hopes to prevent child exploitation through listening

To mark the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks a commemorative service was held in the Rose Garden in Southsea

Portsmouth holds 9/11 commemoration 25 years on from the attacks

Boxalls Bathroom Centre

Boxalls Bathroom Centre to close after 60 years

Charlotte Blake wants to keep the magic alive for all families in Gosport

Gosport woman appeals for Christmas present donations

Pupils at Wicor Primary School were excited by the rare visitor

Huge rare moth spotted at Portchester primary school

Sophie O’Toole, Nicky Smallwood, Derrick Steele and Charlotte Patrick will trek through the Himalayas to raise money for Naomi and Jack's hospice charity

Grieving father joins hospice workers on Himalayan fundraising trek
The group will raise money for Naomi and Jack’s
Lottie Keen

Volunteers help parents who are struggling

Organisation needs more volunteers to help struggling parents

A City of Portsmouth College student receives training from a lecturer in
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

City of Portsmouth College gets £1.2m for construction training

Mental Health Motorbike meets monthly

Mental Health Motorbike celebrates one year of community meetings

George Hall will undertake the challenge inside his shop

Shop manager to cycle 200km inside his own Londis

From L-R: Katie, Chris and Kerry

Trio to set off on 46-mile walk to raise money for cancer charity

Students finding out their GCSE results at Priory School, Southsea.

Picture: Habibur Rahman

Portsmouth schools celebrate GCSE results

Joanne and her daughter, Holly Herlock

Family raises money to install defibrillator in Fratton

Olivia Stacey's piece 'I Love My City' is on display at the Royal Academy of Arts in London

Six-year-old artist's work displayed at the Royal Academy of Art

Bridget Russell and Hannah Horton-Telfer

Hampshire beauticians celebrated at UK Hair and Beauty Awards

Ruby Andrews-Jukes, centre, got distinction star in health and social care and in law, and a C in criminology. A-levels results day, St Vincent Sixth Form College, Gosport

A-levels 2026: Fareham and Gosport students triumph

Cantando FVC

Portsmouth choir to perform for German chancellor on tour

People gathered on Southsea seafront to watch the eclipse

Portsmouth's eclipse celebration on the beach

Alexandra Park's revamped basketball courts unveiled

The Charles Dickens' Birthplace Museum has had a bike loop installed directly outside of it.

Portsmouth landmark has bike rack installed directly in front of it

Ice Cream Emporium, South Parade Pier is losing trade due to ongoing works of Southsea Sea Defences on Thursday 30th June 2026

'It’s killing us': Pier businesses crippled by sea defence work

Ice Bath Harry and Felicity Ramsey with their daughter Billie

Ice Bath Harry to help recovering addicts reunite with children

Editor in Chief, Mark Waldron
Picture: Keith Woodland (270221-0)

We Are Pompey: Mark backs the city of culture bid

Kerry Brailey lost more than 2st in just a few months

Single mum who battled cancer nominated for Woman of the Year award

Waterlooville Picnic in the Park 2026

Pictures from sun-soaked Waterlooville Picnic in the Park

Craig Hughes' organisation Chain Net Apparel has helped revamp basketball courts across the city

Alexandra Park basketball court transformed by Portsmouth Force coach

Katie Barnham is raising money to support herself after a cancer diagnosis

Baker raises over £4,000 in less than a month after cancer diagnosis

Clive Williams from The Hepatitis C Trust testing a patient for the virus

Hepatitis C eliminated from high-risk group

Jackson Davies has been nominated as Portsmouth's new Poet Laureate

Portsmouth announces new Poet Laureate

Pictured - Jasmine, 10 and Scarlett, 12 from Petersfield at Sam's Sunflowers

Photos by Alex Shute

Sunshine-filled opening weekend for Sam's Sunflowers - in pictures

Winners gather on stage at the University of Portsmouth Student Impact Awards

University of Portsmouth students awarded for incredible achievements

Photo L-R: Spencer, David, Simon, Bradley and Benjamin White (the U11 manager)

Councillors launch fundraiser after football clubhouse vandalised

Bobby and Rozina Mehta have set themselves a challenge to raise £10,000 for five charities as their way of marking the Portsmouth100 celebrations

Couple launches Portsmouth100 mission to raise £10,000 for charity

Supporters gather at the unveiling of Naomi and Jack's - the new name for the specialist centre for palliative care for babies, children and young adults.

Naomi and Jack's: A new name and fresh message of hope for charity