Gosport Borough Council

Cllr Zoe Huggins

Row at council over Lib Dem leaflet claiming millions in council cuts

Over 100 illegal migrants aboard two RNLI lifeboats entered Portsmouth Harbour on Sunday evening just after 10pm, heading for Fort Blockhouse in Gosport, Hampshire where teams from the Home Office were there to welcome the migrants. They were then heading to board one of a number of buses waiting for them. Pictured passing Fort Blockhouse. Please credit: pictureexclusive.com

Home Office won’t rule out future small boat landings in Gosport

Richard Dickson with Gosport's mayor Cllr Kirsten Bradley

Gosport forges friendship with Chilean city after naval tragedy

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to a marina in Gosport, by the RNLI following a small boat incident in the Channel

"Not safe" Councillors unite to oppose future small boat landings

Migrants landed in Gosport on October 4

Councillors want Home Office to rule out more Gosport migrant landings

Gosport High Street GV

Gosport bespoke market criticised over lack of stalls

Police block Haslar Road in Gosport and bring in dispersal order ahead of a migrant boat arrival - October 4, 2026

Gosport protest causes damage and hazards

Politicians demand to know if migrant boat is headed to Hampshire

A Voi Bikeshare bay

Bike-share scheme wins council backing despite objections blunder

White Horse, Gosport

Future of council-owned pub that makes taxpayers £135 a year undecided

White Horse, Gosport

Future of pub under spotlight in sale proposal

Around 120 migrants arrived in Portsmouth, Hampshire after being transferred from a single dingy south of the Isle of Wight in the English Channel by two RNLI lifeboats

Anger expressed at government's 'migrant site plans for Solent'

Pictured is: (l-r) Cllr. Zoe Huggins, leader of Gosport Borough Council, Ben Mason, business development director at UK Docks and Caroline Dinenage MP for Gosport.

Step inside the abandoned Royal Navy Rum Store amid its transformation

The preliminary works have finished at the Royal Navy Rum Store at Victoria Quay in Gosport, and the task is now to transform the historic structure itself.

Pictured is: (l-r) Cllr. Zoe Huggins, leader of Gosport Borough Council, Ben Mason, business development director at UK Docks and Caroline Dinenage MP for Gosport.

Dilapidated Royal Navy Rum Store being 'brought back to life'

James Baggott: 'This award belongs to the whole team.'

Grab a cuppa & tell your story! Businesses urged to enter 2026 awards

Around 140 migrants arrive in Portsmouth, Hampshire after being transferred from a single dingy south of the Isle of Wight in the English Channel by two RNLI lifeboats, a mammoth operation is talking place on Sunday evening to process the illegal migrants, with dozens of government workers from Police, Border Force, Ambulance and Fire crews, along with a number of transport busses. Viewed from Hayling Island, just across the water. Dated 06/09/26.

Plea to never use Fort Blockhouse as an arrival centre for migrants
Reform UK Gosport calls extraordinary council meeting following recent migrant arrivals
Kelly Brown

Cllr Zoe Huggins BEM, outside Haslar IRC in Gosport

Gosport council says residents need ‘seat at the table’ over Haslar

Wickham Festival 2026 has commenced with an epic first day.

Pictured: People having fun

Picture: Habibur Rahman

Festival company hit with fourth strike-off notice in two years

Haslar Immigration Removal Centre

Residents "vindicated" with Haslar IRC plans set for a public inquiry

Haslar Immigration Removal Centre

Home Office shuns invite to Haslar IRC residents’ meeting

Police officers at the scene near Eastney Beach, Portsmouth, where hundreds of protesters have gathered, after a small boat thought to be containing asylum seekers and heading towards the coast sparked a major response with a helicopter, aeroplane and lifeboats sent to the scene. Picture date: Sunday September 6, 2026. Photo: Jamie Lashmar/PA Wire

Disorder after small-boat arrival ‘cannot be repeated’

Plans for Fort Gilkicker in Gosport could see a new café, visitor centre and display made from one of its last remaining historic iron shields

Plans lodged for café and visitor centre at Fort Gilkicker

The winners gather on stage at the glittering finale of the Gosport Business Awards 2025.

Picture: Sarah Standing (271125-3105)

Gosport Business Awards 2026: It's time to share your success stories

A picture of the monthly market operated by Anchored in Gosport before the agreement with the council came to an end.

'The right thing to do' - popular market postponed due to weather

The Criterion in Forton Road, Gosport .

Picture: Sarah Standing (240826-5400)

Empty Criterion costs £25k a year as sale branded ‘responsible move’

Gosport Peninsula

Council can't say how much fixing its housing failures will cost

The Criterion in Forton Road, Gosport Picture: Sarah Standing (240826-5400)

Derelict theatre goes on sale after costing council more than £1m
The controversial Criterion theatre plan is coming to an end after the building was put up for sale
Maya George

A picture of the monthly market operated by Anchored in Gosport before the agreement with the council came to an end.

Bespoke market to return this weekend after search for new organiser

The launch of Gosport Business Awards at St Vincent College. Pictured, left to right, are Dave Steer (Government Business Director at
StandardAero) , Liz Wiffin (Key Accounts Manager for Iconic Media Group), Sarah Carter (St Vincent College Head of Marketing), Mark Waldron (The News editor in chief), Andy Grant (St Vincent College Executive Principal) and Ian Bridges (Principal Economic Development and Regeneration Officer at Gosport Borough Council).

Gosport Business Awards 2026 launched to celebrate local excellence

Haslar Immigration Removal Centre

Government urged to lift secrecy over Haslar removal centre plans

Haslar Immigration Removal Centre

Gosport Council voices concerns over immigration centre expansion

Waterfront café wins alcohol licence despite parking fears

Rum Store, Gosport

Derelict dockside Rum Store is set for new lease of life

Browndown training site, Lee-on-the-Solent

Care home and 57 houses to be built on ex-military training camp land

Dame Caroline Dinenage, Member of Parliament for Gosport, has written to the Home Secretary calling for the Phase 2 plans of the Haslar Immigration Removal Centre to be considered by Gosport Borough Council.

"Unacceptable harm" as MP objects to plans to expand the Haslar IRC

Resident doctors have begun five days of industrial action today (July 25).

Works to create a new MRI suite at QA among plans unveiled this week

The Haslar plans

Outcry over Haslar plans as residents are ‘prisoners in our own homes’

Gosport

Eight-week renters' rights consultation launched

Aerial of Gosport's waterfront

Plans to breathe new life into historic waterfront move forward

BT phone box interior. Picture: Central Bedfordshire Council

Removal of payphones and changes to Haslar among the plans unveiled

Gosport Borough Council group leaders

“Childish behaviour” criticised after councillors' social media spats

Concerns raised over plans for cafe at historic site to sell alcohol

A picture of the monthly market operated by Anchored in Gosport before the agreement with the council came to an end.

Council calls for new bespoke market provider after abrupt end

Aerial of Gosport's waterfront

Plans revealed for Gosport’s £5.8m historic waterfront makeover

The new syllabus will be a tall order for pupils – and their teachers

An 1,800-home estate, and two new schools among the plans this week

Details of July holiday bin collections.

Councils move bin collections earlier to protect crews from weather

Gosport community skips last year

'It's sheer spite': Community skips scheme faces the axe

Anglesey Lodge in Anglesey Road. Photo: Plum Architects Ltd/GBC planning portal

Fresh plans unveiled to revive fire-ravaged Grade-II building

Haslar Immigration Removal Centre

New plans for Haslar Immigration Removal Centre finally unveiled

Toby Carvery sign

New Toby Carvery and 90 new homes among the plans unveiled this week

Gosport Borough Council leader Cllr Peter Chegwyn

Former council leader refuses to apologise after breaching rules

Paige Callard at her Anchored in Gosport market stall on June 27.

Traders and high street shops react to Gosport market ending

Anchored in Gosport monthly market

Gosport market ends after agreement can't be reached with council

Criterion in Gosport
Credit: Paul Jacobs/pictureexclusive.com

Gosport council pulls plug on Criterion after 'wasting millions'

Dead fish have been found at Stoke Lake in Gosport with the Environment Agency believing it's down to a lack of oxygen due to the hot weather.

Dead fish in Gosport lake prompts Environment Agency visit