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Teignmouth's RNLI lifeboat the Claude and Kath

Portsmouth grants RNLI highest civic honour following threats to crew

Cllr George Madgwick, left and Cllr Terry Norton, who has taken over as leader of Reform UK on Hampshire County Council

Reform UK names new Hampshire leader after George Madgwick suspended

Reform councillor for Bridgemary, Cllr Paul Carter

Gosport Reform councillor won't stand down despite resignation calls

Matthew Cordy

Matthew Cordy reveals why he quit reform UK following Madgwick charges

George Madgwick

George Madgwick speaks out after being charged with 35 offences

Nigel Farage with George Madgwick at The Wellington, Old Portsmouth on Tuesday 10th March 2026
Picture: Habibur Rahman

Answers demanded after leading Reform councillor is charged with rape

Police and Crime Commissioner Donna Jones is urging the government to take clear and decisive action on loud, illegally modified exhausts

Pictured: Police and Crime Commissioner Donna Jones near Marine Parade Car Park, Lee-on-the-Solent on Tuesday 11th August 2026

Picture: Habibur Rahman

Donna Jones slams Hampshire and Solent mayor election decision

Pictured - Caren Diamond, Ex-Reform councillor
Photo: Alex Shute

Havant Reform councillor leaves party

Zia Yusuf, Reform UK's spokesperson for home affairs visited Haslar Marina, Gosport, on Monday, October 5, 2026.

Picture: Sarah Standing (051026-9273)

Reform UK branded ‘sinister’ for reporting journalists over expose

Zia Yusuf, Reform UK's spokesperson for home affairs visited Haslar Marina, Gosport, on Monday, October 5, 2026.

Picture: Sarah Standing (051026-9273)

Reform says it has reported ITV to the police over investigation

George Madgwick

Councillor’s links to patriot group revealed in ITV investigation

Migrants landed in Gosport on October 4

Councillors want Home Office to rule out more Gosport migrant landings

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. Picture date: Sunday October 4, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Trevor Adams/PA Wire

Live: Anger continues after migrant boat was brought to Gosport

Suella Braverman and Katie Price

Suella Braverman to be handcuffed to Katie Price for reality TV show

Zia Yusuf, Reform UK's spokesperson for home affairs visited Haslar Marina, Gosport, on Monday, October 5, 2026.

Picture: Sarah Standing

Gosport residents fear more migrant landings at Haslar Marina

Zia Yusuf, Reform UK's spokesperson for home affairs visited Haslar Marina, Gosport, on Monday, October 5, 2026.
Picture: Sarah Standing

Reform's Zia Yusuf accuses PM of 'inciting disorder'
He called the situation a ‘catastrophe’
Lottie Keen

Hampshire Pension Fund Panel and Board. Image: LDRS

Councillors clash over “pretty pitiful” pension fund responses

Ant Middleton at Portsmouth City Council's emergency meeting

Watch: Ant Middleton's Portsmouth City Council speech on small boats

Eastbourne residents are being urged to check their electoral registration details or risk losing their chance to vote on the decisions that affect them. Photo: contributed

Leaders ask government to fast-track Hampshire mayoral election

Dame Caroline Dinenage has questioned the viability of Reform UK's policy of using the Royal Navy to blockade the British coast to stop migrant boats.

'A big ask: MP questions Reform's Navy blockade policy as dinghy seen

The aftermath at the RNLI in Ferry Road, Eastney, Portsmouth, on Monday, September 7, 2026, after hundreds of protestors descended on Portsmouth vowing to prevent 140 migrants who arrived in a small boat stepping onto dry land.

Picture: Sarah Standing (070926-6946)

Row escalates between councillor and MP over RNLI comments

This classy hotel in Southampton Road on the edge of the city was backed by Gemma Button who wrote: 'They were brilliant'. On its website it says: 'At Portsmouth Marriott Hotel we don’t just host events, we make memories.'

Reform UK leader calls for peace as tensions rise ahead of protest

Around 140 migrants arrive in Portsmouth 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.

Can Royal Navy stop small boats? Ex-sailors weigh-in on Reform policy

Nigel Farage on the Reform campaign trail in Waterlooville Precinct.

Portsmouth leaders call for answers over Reform UK funding claims

Raingardens are being installed in Serpentine Road

Next phase of scheme to cut sewer overflows approved as costs double

Prime Minister Andy Burnham

PM accused of ‘north first’ approach by Hampshire mayoral candidate

Fareham and Waterlooville MP, Suella Braverman.

Exclusive Man who sent 'threatening and racist' emails to MP is spared jail
His lawyer told the court he was “thoroughly ashamed” of his actions.
David George

Gosport Borough Council group leaders

“Childish behaviour” criticised after councillors' social media spats

Members of the Hampshire and the Solent Combined County Authority board after the inaugural meeting. From left to right, Steve Pitt, Sarah Bogle, George Madgwick, Nick Adams-King and Jonathan Bacon. Picture: LDRS

New £1.3bn devolution authority promises to help deprived areas

BUSINESS ROADSHOWS: Solent Freeport is hosting five regional roadshows in the autumn to find out what help and support the region’s businesses need and to hear about growth ambitions

"A real opportunity” for economic growth with new £1.3b authority

Hamble Valley Reform members at Warsash Festival
Chair Josh Read, right, at the Warsash Festival on July 4.

Reform complain of festival snub after stall cancelled ‘last minute’

File photo dated 05/08/09 of Ann Widdecombe preparing for her new role as radio presenter on London's Biggest Conversation. Ann Widdecombe, the former MP and MEP who also featured on Strictly Come Dancing, has died aged 78, her representative has said. Issue date: Friday July 10, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Ian West/PA Wire

Ann Widdecombe's little-known Gosport connection

George Madgwick

Watchdog rules Portsmouth councillor breached data rules

Southampton Civic Centre

New regional body with a billion-pound budget to take its first steps

Criterion Theatre, Gosport. Photo: Stephen Philpott

Future of Gosport's derelict theatre the Criterion to be decided

The new local government reorganisation map for Hampshire showing the councils under LGR

Legal fight launched over plans for Portsmouth super-council

Sheffield City Council removed England flags from lampposts.

Union Jack and St George’s flags removed by county council

Flags at the Falkland Gardens in Gosport, Hampshire.

Pride flag and the flag of the Falkland Islands and Union Flag flying

Councillor criticises Pride flag in memorial garden

Former Conservative Party MPs Penny Mordaunt, left, and Suella Braverman.

Ex-Tory MPs in social media spat over 'DEI betreyal'

George Madgwick

Reform set to take a key seat at decision-making board for new mayor

Henry Nowak

Hampshire police officer 'given death threat after Henry Nowak case'

Hampshire County Council annual general meeting. Image: LDRS

Reform UK councillors secured top positions at county council

Leader of Hampshire County Council, Cllr Nick Adams-King. Image: LDRS

Tories to continue to lead council despite "financial chaos" warning

Cllr Zoe Huggins, the new leader of Gosport Borough Council

Gosport Borough Council elects new leader

Gosport Reform - L-R Paul Jacobs, David Marshall, James Figgins, Philip Sparrow, Colin Towell, Clare Bond, Elly Newman, Antony Stanton and Paul Carter.Picture: Reform UK Gosport

Reform UK will not form a coalition with the Tories in Gosport

Gosport Town Hall.

When will we find out who is in charge of Gosport Borough Council?

Portsmouth City Council Reform UK leader Emily Strudwick with Fareham and Waterlooville Reform MP Suella Braverman

Reform UK's Emily Strudwick outlines priorities for Portsmouth council

Cllr George Madgwick, who has been named leader of Reform UK on Hampshire County Council, with Fareham and Waterlooville MP Suella Braverman

George Madgwick named first leader of Reform UK on county council

Cllr Emily Strudwick outside Gosport Town Hall. Photo: Emily Strudwick

Reform UK chooses Cllr Emily Strudwick as group leader in Portsmouth

Reform UK's Joe Standen stands down as Portsmouth leader

Abuse in politics

Portsmouth politicians report rising levels of abuse in public life

A voter placing a ballot paper in a ballot box at a polling station

Who is your councillor after the Hampshire County Council elections?

From left, Cllr Peter Chegwyn (Lib Dem), Cllr Paul Carter (Reform) and Cllr Stephen Philpott (Conservative).

Who is going to run Gosport Borough Council after local elections?

Conservatives have lost control of the county council

Former Conservative Party leader Mark Hook.

Ex-Tory leader says politics 'peaks and troughs' amid Reform gains

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