Iraq

England v DR Congo Fans celebrate at The Green Posts
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England v Mexico could move to earlier kick-off time

Lance Corporal James Freeman died in an Army training exercise in Iraq. Serving personnel have paid heartfelt tributes to him.

Comrades pay tribute to 'best of generation' soldier who died in Iraq

Defence secretary John Healey confirmed that a member of the British Army had died in Iraq.

Member of British Army dies in Iraq as MPs mourn 'sad' incident

Veteran Janet Riddell, of Fareham, before a Service of Remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire, to mark 15 years since the Iraq War. The Royal British Legion are leading commemorations marking the 15th anniversary since the end of Operation Telic.

Veteran who lost leg in Iraq War remembers 'nightmare' amid memorial

The Grand Iftars are currently underway in Gaza and Syria and have been carried out across Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

Ad Feature Human Appeal hosts Grand Iftars providing meals for the vulnerable

It will offer inhabitants round-the-clock electricity

Ad Feature Iraq’s first solar-powered village begins operating

Portsmouth-based Royal Navy minehunter HMS Middleton joined forces with American, Kuwaiti and Iraqi forces to conduct a rescue exercise in the Gulf. Picture: A Kuwaiti police helicopter flies past HMS Middleton

HMS Middleton completes life-saving exercise as plane lands in sea

Martin Lynch.

I take a cold plunge in my wheelie bin every day - it helps my PTSD

Amanj Hasan Zada is arrested.

Human trafficker labelled 'best smuggler' jailed for boat crossings

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

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

Relatives of navy personnel wave as the helicopter carrier HMS Illustrious departs Portsmouth for a deployment to the Mediterranean on August 12, 2013 in Portsmouth. Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images

39 wonderful images of life onboard Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious

John Molyneux outside Portsmouth Magistrates Court.

PICTURE: MALCOLM WELLS

Death of lecturer John Molyneux sparks tributes to 'giant' of leftwing causes

A friend of the late Brian Futcher has paid tribute to his life.

Friend of much-loved Portsmouth man who helped Kurds pays poignant tribute

Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures during a coronavirus media briefing in Downing Street, London, on Jan. 4, 2022. Picture by Jack Hill, Pool Photo via AP

The Downing Street parties scandal only serves to further erode public trust | B...

Mitchell Jones after completing his mission to Iraq. Pic Mitchell Jones, Facebook.

Hiker braves wild pigs, dog attacks and hazardous walks in 4,000km walk to Iraq

Outgoing Second Sea Lord, Vice Admiral Nick Hine has warned the navy will 'lose' if it doesn't transform.

Navy has 'lost its ambition' and 'will fail' if it doesn't change says chief
THE Royal Navy must regain its ambition and transform or it will ‘fail and we will lose’, the outgoing deputy head of the Senior Service has warned in a searingly honest letter to sailors.
Tom Cotterill

Pompey boss Danny Cowley welcomed Brian Wood MC to the Blues' training ground on Tuesday. Picture: Daniel Chesterton/phcimages.com

Pompey welcome Military Cross recipient to training ground for special speech

John Bream jumps from the Spinnaker Tower.
Picture: Solent News & Photo Agency

Former paratrooper base-jumps from the top of the Spinnaker Tower

Portsmouth man Dan Arnold

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

Mitchell Jones (left) and George Sweeney are walking to Iraq to highlight plight of refugees who flee to UK. Picture: War Child UK

Man to trek 50km a day in gruelling walk to Iraq to highlight plight of refugees

Veteran with spinal cord injury first to receive assistive robotic arm

Military veteran Jon Noble from Havant, Hampshire has recently been able to feed himself for the first time in 17 years after receiving a robotic arm thanks to charity funding. Jon has become the first person with a spinal cord injury in the UK to receive a JACO assistive robotic arm.

Paralysed paratrooper can feed himself after 17 years thanks to new robotic arm

Susanna Reid grilled Tony Blair on the Iraq War (ITV)

Watch as Susanna Reid confronts Tony Blair on Iraq War invasion

UK stealth fighter jets on board the £3 billion warship HMS Queen Elizabeth will join the fight against the remnants of so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Picture: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Jets on board HMS Queen Elizabeth will join fight against IS

Residents outside their homes in Battenburg Avenue, Portsmouth, clapping for carers on April 14, 2020.
Picture: Habibur Rahman

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British soldiers from the First Stafford, well known as the 'Desert Rats', stand in a trench on January 6, 1991. Picture: PATRICK BAZ/AFP via Getty Images

'I didn't recognise my own wife' says Gulf War veteran

Michael Wilkinson during his time in National Service, left, and now as an 87-year-old, right. Picture: Sportsbeat

Veteran remembers life in National Service as campaign launched

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Man wins world record for being smallest bus driver
A MAN from Havant has retained his Guinness World Record for shortest bus driver – measuring 136.2cm (4ft 5.6in) in height.
Steve Deeks

Members of the ship's company of HMS Invincible wave to their families as the ship comes alongside in Portsmouth in 1999. Picture: Pete Langdown. The News 992543-2.

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Site Manager and Army Reservist Major Adrian Peel with the Commanding Officer of HMS Sultan, Captain John Voyce OBE.

Picture: PO Photographer Nicola Harper/Royal Navy

Britain's reservists are 'immeasurably important' and must be recognised says sh...

The Mad Mouse rollercoaster in Southsea. Blaise thinks 202 has had even more ups and downs than a fairground ride

Stop the ride I want to get off | Blaise Tapp

St John Ambulance in Gosport has distributed 50,000 items of PPE
Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images

St John Ambulance in Gosport becomes a national hub for personal protective equi...

The Fawcett Inn in Southsea, where the gig will be staged. .
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Soldier who broke his back in Iraq launches music festival to help veterans in c...

Captain Tom Trent alongside crew members from HMS Duncan.

All aboard HMS Duncan as documentary returns to our screens

Pictured is: A Chinook based at RAF Odiham.

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Military helicopters from Hampshire braced to fly to Middle East after Iranian m...

Iran struck back at the United States for the killing of a top Iranian general early Wednesday, firing a series of ballistic missiles at Iraqi bases, including Ain al-Asad air base (pictured), housing US and UK troops in a major escalation that brought the two longtime foes closer to war. Photo: AP Photo/Nasser Nasser

Britain calls for calm after Iran launches revenge missile attack against the US

General Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran's Quds Force, attends an annual rally commemorating the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, in Tehran, Iran. The U.S. airstrike that killed a prominent Iranian general in Baghdad raises tensions even higher between Tehran and Washington after months of trading attacks and threats across the wider Middle East. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Hampshire army chief warns 'something big is coming and it is going to hurt' aft...

Who was Qasem Soleimani, why did the US target him and how will Iran respond?

John Bream, 33, will be attempting to break three Guinness World Records in May 2020 to raise awareness of veteran suicides and money for All Call Signs

Former paratrooper aims for three Guinness World Records to raise awareness of v...

John Bream, 33, will be attempting to break three Guinness World Records in May 2020 to raise awareness of veteran suicides and money for All Call Signs

Former paratrooper aims for three Guinness World Records to raise awareness of v...

Defence secretary Penny Mordaunt in Downing Street, London. Picture: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt announces consultation on legal protection for ...

Defence secretary Penny Mordaunt in Downing Street, London. Picture: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt announces consultation on legal protection for ...

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Police reaction to grenade was fully justified - Opinion

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Police reaction to grenade was fully justified - Opinion

Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt during an event at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus to mark the first deployment of F-35 Lightning jets overseas. Picture: Jacob King/PA Wire

Portsmouth MP warns ISIS is still a threat and will 'pop up in different guises'

Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt during an event at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus to mark the first deployment of F-35 Lightning jets overseas. Picture: Jacob King/PA Wire

Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt warns Islamic State is still a threat and will ...

Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt sits in the cockpit of a F-35 Lightning jet at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus to mark the jets first deployment overseas. Picture: Jacob King/PA Wire

RAF F-35 jets have been hunting for remaining IS fighters in Iraq and Syria

Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt sits in the cockpit of a F-35 Lightning jet at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus to mark the jets first deployment overseas. Picture: Jacob King/PA Wire

RAF F-35 jets have been hunting for IS fighters in Iraq and Syria - Defence Secr...

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Defence secretary Penny Mordaunt. Picture: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

United Nations committee warns against giving troops ‘amnesty or pardon’

Robert Ballantyne, who has gone missing from his home in Leigh Park.

Hundreds of volunteers join search for missing Iraq war veteran from Leigh Park

Portsmouth City Council raised the Kurdish flag outside the civic offices in Guildhall Square today to see in the Kurdish New Year
Picture: Sarah Standing (210319-3377)

Portsmouth becomes first city in the UK to fly the Kurdish flag

Jordan Wylie, who served two tours of Iraq and battled depression, has spoken out about how Britain is still failing to help suicidal. Photo: Tom Cotterill

Star of TV’s Hunted who served two tours of Iraq says we ‘are failing the Britis...

Brian Wood

Hero soldier Brian Wood who was ‘betrayed fighting for his country’ set to visit...

North Pacific rowing challenger Charlie Martell with his boat, Blossom, at The Royal Armouries Museum, Fort Nelson. Picture: Vernon Nash (090219-038)

Army veteran visits Royal Armouries’ Fort Nelson museum near Portsmouth ahead of...

John Bream, a former Paratrooper, has had his first booklet published, Fish out of Water

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