Afghanistan

A taxi driver can keep on working despite previously losing his licence

Taxi driver keeps licence despite sexual contact with passenger

US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth insults UK veterans who served in Afghanistan.

Disgraceful Pete Hegseth insults UK veterans who fought in Afghanistan

A migrant who was assessed by Hampshire County Council to be an adult was actually a child. Picture: David George

Afghan migrant assessed by Hampshire council as an adult was a child

Hampshire County Council HQ. Image: LDRS

Increase in older teenage children in care across Hampshire, new report shows

Dan Jarvis - now Security Minister - served in Helmand, Afghanistan (2007)

Our Armed Forces are the very best of us - we must do right by them By The Newsroom

Sunray: Fallen Soldier, a Royal Marines film directed by a Portsmouth native, has released with the aims of showcasing the realities of suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.

Gritty new Royal Marines film launches with "uncomfortable scenes"

The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment in their new kit

Matrix IT backs British Army's 'Tigers' with new football kits

Four British nationals who were being held in Taliban custody in Afghanistan have been released and are set to return to the UK on a flight

Breaking Four British men freed by Taliban after being detained in Afghanistan

Joe and Madeline Morgan have celebrated 40 years of marriage.

Couple who got engaged after three months celebrate 40 years of marriage

Blossom Health has officially opened and is now taking on new patients.

Blossom Health in Gosport is now accepting new patients

Pictured: Steve McCulley - founder of LIOS Bikes

Former soldier devastated after thieves steal £100k worth of bikes from business

Dr Shakardokht Jafari pictured at her home in Portsmouth.
Picture: Chris Moorhouse (jpns 120823-20)

Inspirational woman Shakardokht is telling her life story in an autobiography

Reshad Khan, 29, of Somers Road, Southsea, died on the A27 westbound towards Hilsea.

Portsmouth man ran into oncoming traffic on A27, inquest hears

Andy Reid climbed Mt Kilimanjaro (photo: Guinness World Records)

UK amputee sets new world record for highest burger delivery

Major General Matt Holmes CBE DSO was found in a bedroom at his home in Winchester on October 2 2021, the inquest heard. Picture: PA

Ex head of the Royal Marines died by suicide caused by 'stress', inquest heard

Harry, Duke of Sussex, appeared on CBS late night talk show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday evening (US time)

Harry addresses Taliban controversy on Late Show appearance in US
Harry quick to address Taliban controversy during his appearance on late night talk show, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Harry: The Interview with Tom Bradby - how to watch on TV

The Duke of Sussex Picture: PA

Duke of Sussex accused of making Invictus Games a terrorist target

Prince Harry reveals he killed 25 Taliban while serving in Afghanistan

Chris Jordan is congratulated by Ben Stokes

How to watch England v Sri Lanka at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup on TV

Aaron Finch lifts ICC World Cup Trophy with Australia in 2021

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022: when the tournament starts- how to watch

Pictured: Veterans marching to the service at the Remembrance Sunday event in Guildhall Square, portsmouth 14/11/21 Picrture By: Andy Hornby

Veterans send warning to government over 'repugnant' remembrance proposal

Royal Beach Hotel, Southsea Picture: Stuart Martin (220421-7042)

Portsmouth City Council hits out at use of hotels for refugees fleeing warzones

Refugees waing for a bus in Lviv, Ukraine. Picture: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

More than 1,000 refugees have moved to Hampshire in the past 12 months

Micky Yule hugs his daughter after winning the bronze medal for the men's heavyweight para powerlifting final at the Commonwealth Games at The NEC in Birmingham. Picture: AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi

Powerlifting army veteran wins medal at Commonwealth Games

The Pass Off Parade

Uniformed services students pay tribute to marine who died in Afghanistan

Hundreds of refugee children from Ukraine have started school in Hampshire, new figures show

Hundreds of refugee Ukrainian children are given school places in Hampshire
CARING schools across the county have opened their hearts to refugee children from Ukraine, with latest figures showing hundreds of youngsters have started lessons in Hampshire.
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Nick Wilson.

Suicide prevention charity thanks veteran set for fundraising trail

The increase is putting more pressure on care workers. Picture: Shutterstock

Number of Hampshire children in care up by 39 per cent

Portrait of Lt Cdr Will Durbin of HMS Duncan

Awarded the Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service in the Operational Honours, Lt Cdr Will Durbin poses today 12/05/22 on the North Jetty at HMNB Ports in front of HMS Duncan for his official portrait.

Lt Cdr Durbin is to receive the award for his efforts in planning the aerial evacuation of civilians from Afghanistan during Op Pitting during the summer of 2021. Around 15,000 people were evacuated on around 100 flights over a 14-day period.

Navy officer awarded Queen's Commendation for role in Kabul evacuation

Piers Morgan. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

Ricky Gervais delivers verdict on Piers Morgan Taliban interview

Veterans Outreach Support launch new mental health project at Royal Maritime Club, Portsea, Portsmouth on Monday 29th March 2022

Pictured: Ian Millen, Chief Executive of Veterans Outreach Support

Picture: Habibur Rahman

Comment: Let healing begin for the veterans in daily crisis

Donations for Ukraine, ready to picked up by fighters on Thursday 10th March 2022

Pictured: Donations at the Portsmouth News office, Lakeside, Portsmouth

Picture: Habibur Rahman

Men from Portsmouth and Southampton ready themselves to fight in Ukraine

People look at the exterior of a damaged residential block hit by an early morning missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine. Picture: Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Hampshire prepared for Ukranian refugess if required

Worlds apart: a sailor celebrates Christmas Day in his ship while his family marks the occasion at home.

Navy releases tear-jerking video showing sailors' Xmas sacrifices

In evidence presented to MPs, a whistleblower has said then Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab ‘failed to grasp the situation' in Afghanistan (image: Getty Images)

Whistleblower reveals UK Government ‘failures’ over Afghanistan evacuation

HMS Queen Elizabeth departs the bright lights of Portsmouth
Picture: Shaun Roster

19 amazing Royal Navy images from the Peregrine Trophy 2021

Vice Admiral Sir Ben Key, pictured in Brunei, has been named as the new First Sea Lord. Photo: PO(Phot) Si Ethell

Admiral who masterminded Afghanistan rescue mission named new First Sea Lord

Simon Poland will climb to Camp 2 on Everest in November, in aid of children's hospice Chestnut Tree House
Picture: Chris Moorhouse (jpns 111021-14)

Portchester army veteran ready to 'risk life' and climb Mount Everest for childr...

Portsmouth man Dan Arnold

Veteran: ‘Three friends died in Afghanistan – 10 more have died by suicide’

Paul “Pen” Farthing’s flight arrived at London’s Heathrow Airport at around 7.30am on Sunday (Nowzad)

Pen Farthing ‘couldn’t let dogs be shot by the Taliban’ and says one was stabbed...

Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue was the last American soldier to leave Afghanistan (Photo: Department of Defence / Twitter)

RAF prepared to launch air strikes against ISIS as US completes Afghanistan with...

Final British flight from Afghanistan returns to UK - as Defence Secretary pays ...

A US Marine comforts a child while they wait for the mother during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul. Picture: Nicholas Guevara/US Marine Corps/AFP via Getty Images.

Britain and America have sacrificed innocent people to the Taliban | Emma Kay

This is where you can donate clothes for Afghanistan refugees - list of charitie...

HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, Britain's aircraft carriers, come together in their home port of Portsmouth for the first time. Photo: Leading Photographer Ben Corbett

Rethink plea on how UK aircraft carriers are used after Afghan 'humiliation'

Camping and chatting around the camp fire, you can't beat it.

This camping lark's brilliant! | Rick Jackson

Foreign secretary Dominic Raab has been accused of putting interpreters’ lives at risk in Afghanistan (Photo: Getty Images)

Dominic Raab accused of failing to make Afghanistan call on holiday

Taliban takes control of Kabul just days after US-led coalition left Afghanistan

People have been attempting to flee the country. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

UK troops race against time to rescue 6,000 Brits as Taliban take Kabul

Sand and dust gets thrown up as No 3 Company the First Battalion The Grenadier Guards deploy out of an RAF Chinook Helicopter. Picture: Sergeant Will Craig/Crown Copyright

Dismayed veterans feel 'betrayed' by withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan

Commanding Officer HMS Sultan, Captain John Voyce RN, presents the Royal Humane Society certificate to CPOET(ME) Stew Jayes.

HMS Sultan sailor awarded for his bravery saving a man's life

Picture: Marisa Cashill

Lack of government funding 'not sustainable' for councils

Sharon McCann, Acting Operational Director at Solent NHS Trust who has been named Role Model of the Year at the Ex-Forces in Business Awards. Picture: Caroline Jenkins Photography

NHS director and ex-navy nurse from Fareham scoops national award

Hilsea-based army reservist, Gunner Ben Dawson pictured in Afghanistan during his deployment this year.

Army reservist reveals what life was like deployed to Afghanistan

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