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Dame Caroline Dinenage MP

Is that it? Government's grand budget plan a bit of a damp squib

Here are 13 restaurants recommended by our readers.

Here are 13 of the best restaurants in Portsmouth - according to our readers

Police and protesters in Gosport, Hampshire after police closed off the access road to Haslar Marina, after British rescue boats have been sent to collect the passengers of a migrant dinghy which has spent around 30 hours at sea.

News Comment: Portsmouth and Gosport cannot be migrant landing sites

Amanda Martin MP

"How we make sure every young person gets the best chance in life"

Protesters at Dover Priory train station after black-clad and masked anti-illegal migrant demonstrators blocked roads in Dover during a protest. Picture date: Saturday September 5, 2026.

OPINION: How the far right in the UK is changing its tactics

Damian Hinds, Conservative Candidate For East Hampshire

Damian Hinds: "I'm grateful to businesses for the insight they share"

A computer generated image of Skynet 6A

An open letter to Andy Burnham: Back Portsmouth with £2.4bn satellite

Budgeting

COMMENT: Can Portsmouth really follow the 70/20/10 budget rule?

Children and adults were seen tombstoning off the Round Tower and the Hot Walls in Old Portsmouth, on Monday, August 17, 2026.

"Behaviour won't change" after dangerous tombstoning is seen

Charity event in Gosport

CAROLINE DINENAGE: "Volunteers are the backbone of our community"

Off the fence - Amanda Martin

OFF THE FENCE: Andy Burnham - King of the (Portsmouth) North

Damian Hinds, Conservative Candidate For East Hampshire

COMMENT: "Helping the young into work is a priority that can’t wait"

General public and military personnel gathered for a historic picture celebrating the 100th anniversary of Portsmouth as a city.

'I was there for the Portsmouth100 picture and loved it'

Funds are desperately needed to support our Royal Navy and armed forces, but the shambles of the defence investment plan proves they’re unlikely to get the support they need.

Opinion: Starmer needs to get serious and fund our Royal Navy

Caroline Dinenage

Caroline Dinenage - Frustration at rail delays and a bad wifi signal

(L-R) Howard Donald, Mark Owen and Gary Barlow of Take That perform live on stage during the "The Circus Live" stadium tour at St Mary's Stadium on May 29, 2026 in Southampton, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Take That)

REVIEW: Take That wow the crowds with another epic Circus spectacular
Review: Take That’s Circus Tour Live 2026
Kelly Brown

Paul's new album

OPINION: Macca’s first new album in six years and it’s a belter

Sally Lindsay plays Donna, the Number One Fan of the title in Channel 5's new drama series (Picture: Clapperboard/Channel 5)

Number One Fan review: Never mind the quality, feel the width

Ballot box

Why your vote is now more important than ever - opinion

Gemma Arterton plays spy chief Kate Henderson in the new ITV thriller Secret Service (Picture: Potboiler Productions/ITV)

It may have Bond yawning, but Secret Service is an effective spy story

Stephen Morgan MP

POLITICAL COMMENT: Social homes to be protected against selloffs

Arran (Ben Coyle-Larner) and Shannon (Emma Laird) spark up a romance in the new BBC drama Mint (Picture: House/Fearless Minds/BBC)

Mint review: A visually-inventive mix of myth, Shakespeare and The Sopranos

OPINION: Students in Portsmouth are turning to AI more than you think

Siblings Katie and Harrison have different approaches to travel in the new season of Race Across the World (Picture: BBC/Studio Lambert)

Dive in to this wonderfully refreshing travel show

The contestants at the start of the new series of Race Across the World. From left, Andrew, Molly, Katie, Harrison, Jo, Kush, Mark, Margo, Puja and Roshni (Picture: BBC/Studio Lambert)

Dive in to this wonderfully refreshing travel show

Victoria Hamilton and Alice Grant starred as a teacher and a pupil at war in the new series of the Channel 5 drama The Teacher

Channel 5 drama The Teacher goes for woke and ends up missing the target

Beavers and Cubs having fun at National Space Day

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Beavers and Cub Scouts from Gosport, together with more than 500 others from across the UK, blasted off on an out of this world mission at the National Space Centre for a special discovery day.
Alan Hands

Modern safety measures aim to secure Portsmouth’s vibrant waterfront for residents and visitors alike.

OPINION: Why Portsmouth’s nighttime venues need smarter CCTV

Roy celebrates a win during one of the tasks on Channel 4's new reality gameshow The Hunt: Prey vs Predator (Picture: Channel 4/Pete Dadds)

The Hunt is a Traitors-style show where the chat takes precedence over the chase

The Rev Emma Racklyeft, vicar, All Saints Church, Denmead

FAITH IN THE COMMUNITY: Our Easter experience helps you explore Jesus's final we...

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Columnist Alun Newman: 'Long live the tight wads'

The cast of This Life, which began a repeat run on the BBC this week to mark its 30th anniversary. Clockwise from left, Jason Hughes (Warren), Jack Davenport (Miles), Daniela Nardini (Anna), Andrew Lincoln (Egg) and Amitra Dhiri (Milly). (Picture: World Productions/BBC)

TV review: When you lift the rose-tinted glasses, This Life hasn't aged too well

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Columnist Alun Newman's lost the plot, but maybe allotment life holds the key

Holliday Grainger stars as Commander Rachel Carey in the new series of the BBC's hi-tech thriller The Capture (Picture: BBC/Universal International Studios/Laurence Cendrowicz)

This paranoid BBC tech-thriller still captures the attention

Alan Mak MP Off The Fence column: Come along to my community events in 2026

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Columnist Alun Newman: I tried to buy petrol… and the pump won

Hayley Kingsnorth

OPINION: Inheritance tax time-bomb is looming and Hampshire farmers should act n...

Jonathan Ross is the host of the new Channel 4 reality show Handcuffed: Last Pair Standing (Picture: Colin Hutton/Channel 4/72 Films)

Hell is not 'other people', it's shows like Handcuffed: Last Pair Standing

Goods are loaded onto HMS Dragon, a Royal Navy Type 45 Daring-class air-defence destroyer warship, moored at the HMNB Portsmouth Upper Harbour Ammunition Facility (UHFC), outside HM Naval Base Portsmouth.

Middle East chaos shows desperate need for global and not small Navy

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Columnist Alun Newman: Weather is the social glue that holds us together

Prof Peter Hammond (Jason Watkins) and Ash Smith (David Thewlis) take on the water companies in Channel 4's Dirty Business (Picture: Rob Baker Ashton/Channel 4)

Dirty Business uses fury to defeat the weasel words of the water industry

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Columnist Alun Newman: Is the side hustle about passion or profit?

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Columnist Alun Newman: Exposure therapy is the answer to overcoming my fears

Michael (Pearce Quigley) and Kacey (Lauren Patel) in the new comedy Small Prophets (Picture: BBC/Hot Olives Productions)

Small Prophets is a magical, comical delight full of the weirdness of life

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Columnist Alun Newman: 'Biohacking is not a victimless pursuit'

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OPINION: 29,000 Students and You: Navigating Gay Student Life at Portsmouth Univ...

Alan Carr and Susie Dent host Secret Genius on Channel 4 (Picture: Jack Barnes/Channel 4)

Secret Genius bypasses the brain and goes straight to the heart

Nothing loud - just detail: the kind that rewards the patient eye and makes the world slow down.

The city I did not choose - and learned to see

Here are 13 restaurants recommended by our readers.

Here are 13 of the best restaurants in Portsmouth - according to our readers

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Columnist Alun Newman: My dream tattoo would be like John Wick meets Countryfile

Lord Sugar (centre) and his aides Tim Campbell and Baroness Karen Brady run the rule over a fresh batch of candidates in the 20th series of The Apprentice (Picture: BBC/Naked (A Freemantle Label)/Ray Burmiston)

The Apprentice mixes brainless candidates with AI and Austen

Alan Mak MP at one of his Q&A public meetings in Emsworth

Off The Fence column with Alan Mak MP: Working closely with the community

Dodgems at the Custom and American Show

Columnist Alun Newman: Forget dodgems - electric cars on the road are the real d...

Lorraine Kelly takes in the majesty of the fjords in Lorraine Kelly's Norwegian Odyssey (Picture: Channel 4)

Lorraine’s sponsored holiday is the TV equivalent of a screensaver

Amanda Martin MP: "There is so much more to do"

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