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Gavin Bazunu is boycotting tonight’s Republic of Ireland match against Israel.

Ex-Pompey man boycotts international match 'as a person of principle'

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The number of Royal Navy overseas training exercises are set to fall over the next four years. Pictured: HMS Prince of Wales returning home to Portsmouth.

Downing Street gives hint about whether carrier will go to Middle East

HMS Dragon being readied in Portsmouth on March 4 ahead of the warship’s deployment to Cyprus.

Union 'reveals reason' why HMS Dragon has not yet left Portsmouth

Tom Cotterill in Israel

Reporter describes his journey to Israel as missiles flew overhead

Poster for event

'The Eleventh Hour' Palestine fundraiser at Wedgewood Rooms

Robert Ferguson, activist and secretary of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign Dorset branch, who is Jewish, outside the Lockheed Martin facility in Havant. Pro-Palestine protestors are calling for an arms embargo to Israel.

Pro-Palestine protestors call to end "genocide" outside defence firm

The national Palestine Solidarity Campaign has called three mass mobilizations against the arms trade with Israel, specifically the F-35 fighter jet supply chain on Tuesday 17th June 2025.

Do pro-Palestine protests impact defence industry? Peers debate

Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has called a Cobra meeting due to escalating tensions between Israel and Iran. Pictured: Mr Starmer during the G7 Leaders Summit on June 15, 2025 in Kananaskis, Canada.

Emergency Cobra meeting called urgently by PM

Four men have been found guilty after a Yorkshire company was used to launder millions of pounds of criminal money.

Four men sentenced in 'eye-watering' £200m money laundering plot

HMS Duncan will be undergoing a maintenance period after spending six months on deployment in the Mediterranean.

HMS Duncan to undergo maintenance after huge Mediterranean mission

Defence Secretary John Healey arriving on board HMS Duncan, in the eastern Mediterranean, during a visit to Cyprus to meet troops as the government steps up efforts for a potential evacuation of Lebanon with the Middle East teetering on the brink of wider war.

Royal Navy prepares HMS Duncan for Lebanon evacuation

Planned refit for RFA Cardigan Bay has been disrupted by striking Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel. Pictured is the vessel sailing alongside Bahrain in 2019.

Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship repairs delayed due to striking sailors

HMS Duncan will be on standby in the eastern Mediterranean as plans are being drawn up to evacuate Britons from Lebanon. Fighting is escalating between Israel and Hezbollah.

Royal Navy and army assets on standby amid evacuation plans in Lebanon

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer made a major gaff during his speech at the Labour Party Conference, which social media has picked up on.

Sir Keir Starmer calls for "return of the sausages" from Gaza in gaff

HMS Duncan is on standby in the Mediterranean near Lebanon amid growing tensions between the country and Israel.

HMS Duncan deployed near Lebanon amid growing Israel tensions
Military personnel and consular experts have been deployed to the Middle East to help British nationals in the region as ministers warned the “situation could deteriorate rapidly”.
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Clark Robertson is back on his way to the United Kingdom according to reports in Scotland. (Image: Getty Images)

Ex-Pompey man set for transfer to Scottish Premiership club

All the windows of the Barclays Bank branch in the centre of Bristol have been smashed and graffiti sprayed over them in a co-ordinated attack by a group targeting the bank.

Watch: Activists smash up Barclays branches and cover in red paint

Houthi Rebels have falsely claimed to have attacked and sank HMS Diamond. The Portsmouth-based Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer has been deployed periodically to the Red Sea since early December after several attacks on merchant ships by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. The militants attacked two ships over the weekend. Picture: LPhot Henry Parks.

Houthi rebels falsely claim to attack and sink HMS Diamond

Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Diamond, which has been deployed in the Red Sea in recent months to deter attacks from Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on merchant ships. Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Ferocious strikes carried out by British forces on Houthi targets

Thousands of Palestine supporters join march in London

Watch: Palestine supporters gather before arrest over Nazi flag

WATCH: Protester taken to ground and arrested after dispute escalates

Prime minister Rishi Sunak records a statement inside 10 Downing Street, London, after Iran launched an unprecedented attack on Israel that saw RAF jets deployed to shoot down drones from Tehran. Picture: Benjamin Cremel /PA Wire

RAF jets shoot down Iranian missiles in unprecedented Israel attack

An unnamed Royal Navy ship has been deployed to Gaza to support with an aid project amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Pictured is HMS Richmond, a frigate which recently returned to the UK from operations in the Red Sea. Picture: Royal Navy.

Why UK have not named Royal Navy ship deployed to Gaza in aid effort

Women hold packages symbolising dead children.Picture: Chris Moorhouse (jpns 170324-23)

Symbolic funeral march held in solidarity for those in Gaza - in pictures

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt leaves 11 Downing Street, London, with his ministerial box before delivering his Budget in the Houses of Parliament. Picture date: Wednesday March 6, 2024. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

No extra funds for armed forces as Jeremy Hunt outlines budget

Pro Palestine protest outside Unicorn Gate of the Navy base on Thursday 29th of February 2024Picture: Habibur Rahman.

12 pictures of Pro-Palestine protestors demonstrating outside naval base
Protestors lined up in unison outside Portsmouth Naval Base calling for the UK to take action to end the Israel-Gaza conflict.
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt. it is believed that defence spending will not increase in the government's next budget. Picture: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Jeremy Hunt not expected to raise defence budget spending, reports say

An RAF Typhoon aircraft takes off to join the US led coalition to conduct air strikes against military targets in Yemen. Image: Sergeant Lee Goddard/Ministry of Defence.

"Dangerous" attacks led to UK and US forces bombing Houthi rebels

The four 2024 predictions of French astrologer Nostradamus explained - including a new Pope and a new king. Composite image by NationalWorld/Kim Mogg.

The four 2024 predictions of French astrologer Nostradamus explained

Members of the PSC outside the office of Stephen Morgan MP.

Palestine campaigners picket office of Stephen Morgan

Pictured: Protestors at Victoria Park.
Picture: Habibur Rahmans

Protesters march in Portsmouth in Palestine solidarity demonstration

Prime minister Rishi Sunak is looking to utilise Royal Navy assets to deliver aid to Palestinian citizens in Gaza amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. Mr Sunak faced questions in the House of Commons during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons on December 13, 2023. Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images.

Royal Navy could be used for Gaza aid missions

Protesters form a blockade outside BAE Systems in Govan near Glasgow, as part of the ongoing campaign against sending arms to Israel. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Pro-Palestine protesters blockading BAE factories

Pictured: People at the march for Palestine on Sunday, December 3
Picture: Habibur Rahman

Hundreds take part in a pro-Palestine protest - in pictures

Support for a speaker at a previous rally in Victoria Park.
Picture: Chris Moorhouse

Protesters to march in solidarity with Palestine and call for ceasfire

Rally in Victoria Park, Portsmouth, before a Portsmouth Palestine solidarity march calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza-Israel war. Picture: Chris Moorhouse (jpns 181123-36)

Watch hundreds of Pro-Palestine protestors march across city

Protesters on a previous march in Portsmouth.

Palestine solidarity march for ceasefire this weekend

Trade unionists and protesters form a blockade outside weapons manufacturer BAE Systems in Rochester, Kent, in protest over the Israel-Gaza conflict and calling for an immediate ceasefire to halt the killing of civilians in Palestine. Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Defence giant has factory blockaded by pro-Palestine protestors

An estimated 350 people marched in Portsmouth on Saturday, November 4 to call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war.

Hundreds march in Portsmouth in solidarity with Palestine

Andy McDonald, the MP for Middlesbrough, has been suspended by the Labour Party after he used the phrase “between the river and the sea” during a speech at a pro-Palestine rally at the weekend.

Breaking Labour MP suspended over speech at pro-Palestine rally

Palestinians look for survivors after the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Deir Al-Balah. Picture: AP Photo/Hatem Moussa

Breaking Israel warns civilians as it plans to launch ground offensive

The UK has called for a temporary "pause" in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, to allow humanitarian aid to reach those in Gaza and to allow the release of hostages. (Credit: Getty Images)

Breaking UK calls for 'pause' in Israel-Hamas conflict but rejects ceasefire

The 2023 MTV Europe Music Awards in Paris have been cancelled following the ongoing conflict between Gaza and Israel.

Breaking MTV Europe Music Awards 2023 in Paris cancelled

Noor Shehadeh has shared his hopes and fears for the future

WATCH: Palestinian student concerned as Gaza-Israel war escalates

Israel has claimed that it is not responsible for an airstrike on the al Alhi Hospital in Gaza which killed at least 500 people, with Israeli officials instead placing blame on the militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad. (Credit: Getty Images)

Breaking Israel denies responsibility for deadly Gaza hospital blast

March For Palestine protesters outside All Souls Langham Place, near the BBC's Portland Place headquarters. (Photo by André Langlois)

Thousands gather in central London for March For Palestine protest

Protesters gather in Guildhall over the Palestine -Israel conflict. Pic: Habibur Rahman

March for peace in Palestine took place at Portsmouth Guildhall on Saturday

The scene at BBC Broadcasting House in London, after red paint was sprayed over the entrance. Picture date: Saturday October 14, 2023.

Breaking BBC Broadcasting House vandalised with red paint

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak holds a bilateral meeting with Ulf Kristersson, Prime Minister of Sweden, aboard HMS Diamond as he attends the Joint Expeditionary Summit (JEF) on the Baltic island of Gotland, Sweden. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Rishi Sunak boards HMS Diamond and condemns terrorism in Israel

Luke Hanns, 32, of Southsea, said he is worried for loved ones who are currently living in Israel. Picture: Habibur Rahman.

Man scared for his loved ones gives harrowing account of conflict in Israel

Israeli has ordered the evacuation of more than one million Palestinian from northern Gaza over the next 24 hours, ahead of an expected ground assault on the region. (Credit: Getty Images)

Breaking Israel orders evacuation of 1.1m people from northern Gaza

Prime minister Rishi Sunak. Picture: Suzanne Plunkett - WPA Pool/Getty Images.

UK to deploy Royal Navy ships to Israel amid Hamas conflict

The EFL has called for periods of silence this weekend (Image: Getty Images)

EFL break silence on Israel and Palestine war with call to action

L-R HMS Duncan and ESPS Mendez Nunez F-104 viewed from FS Surcouf. Picture: PO Phot Lee Blease.

HMS Duncan will not be redeployed to Israel amid escalating Hamas conflict