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Proposed salary revealed for elected mayor of Hampshire and the Solent

Blists Hill Victorian Town

Families can explore 500+ National Trust places from £9.10 a month

Autumn breaks have never been so affordable

These 80 hotels are offering rooms for £50 - full list of locations

It comes as stubble is most popular in the West Midlands

Leicester is the moustache capital of the UK

Cash gift is the most popular way to mark the announcement of their children’s grades - according to parents

Parents plan to dish out nearly £500 to celebrate teens' exam results

HOPE TEMPERED BY UNCERTAINTY: Neil Stewart, chairman of R3’s Southern and Thames Valley region, sees encouraging signs in May’s insolvency figures but says that continuing economic uncertainty continues to weigh on business confidence

Slight fall in insolvency-related activity in Portsmouth and the South East

Three tips to save water as temperatures forecast to surge.

Watch: Three tips to save water as temperatures forecast to surge

Temperatures surge to mid 20s - are we experiencing a Spanish plume?

Watch: Spanish plume explained as UK temperatures surge to mid 20s

Ronald Knowles, who made ‘assasination kits’ at his Derbyshire home, is arrested.

Watch: Man who made ‘assassination kits’ in home factory is arrested

Connor Darwent, a drugs courier for the ‘Abs line’, is arrested.

Watch: Police smash car window and arrest drug courier after pursuit

Met Office map shows when heavy rain is forecast to hit Portsmouth.

When heavy rain could hit Portsmouth as thunderstorm warning issued

Rachel Reeves announces a £15.6bn cash pot to invest in Northern transport.

Rachel Reeves' £15.6bn pledge to transform Northern transport

J Maverick & Co, in Upton-upon-Severn, run by Hazel and Andrew Smith, is one of the smallest pubs in the Midlands.

Watch: Couple turn their front room into cosy Victorian-style pub

Police break through gang leader’s front door using chainsaw.

Watch: Police with chainsaw break through door of drug dealer's home

Wolverine kits.

Watch: Cute baby wolverine kits venture outside for the first time

Shopping bags.

Easter Monday opening hours for UK shopping centres
Here’s the Easter Monday opening hours for shopping centres across the UK including Meadowhall, Trinity Leeds, Frenchgate, Derbion, Metrocentre, Westfield London and more.
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Chloe Raisbeck, 27.

Watch: Woman, 27, told she could die by eating single piece of fruit

Mike Fisher, 91, is still playing cricket.

Watch: RAF veteran, 91, still plays cricket every week

Cyclists ride their bicycles in the sunshine in Richmond Park.

Exact time UK set to be hotter than Madrid this week

71 per cent have sneakily inhaled nicotine where they shouldn’t have

Top 20 places smokers and vapers have had an illicit puff

An estate agent's "sold" board stands outside a residential building.

Watch: Map shows the areas where house prices are rising the fastest

92-year-old table tennis player Ivan Pedley.

Watch: Grandad-of-three, 92, plays 14 games of ping pong each week

Gunman shoots victim before he’s arrested by armed police.

Watch: Gunman shoots victim before he’s arrested by armed police

Paddy Lane won't play again for Pompey this season. Million Manhoef is an absentee for Stoke City.

Portsmouth v Stoke City injury and team news as 14 out

Strong winds forecast as Storm Éowyn to hit the UK.

Watch: Met Office expands yellow wind warning for UK

Watch: ‘Immaculate’ brand new net-zero 'ghost school' will never open

Warming hands.

Watch: Eight yellow cold health alerts in place across the UK
Eight yellow cold weather alerts are in place across the UK, as low temperatures forecast for the weekend.
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Melvin Eley at his barbershop in Stechford, Birmingham.

Watch: Meet the barber, 76, who has been cutting hair for 65 years

Police find 9kg of cocaine worth up to £750k in Linda Lawrence's car boot.

Watch: Police find 9kg of cocaine worth up to £750k in woman’s boot

Staffordshire Bull Terrier Mo was left starving and in pain for months.

Watch: Vet forced to put dog down after owner left her starving

Fleeing dealer narrowly misses child - as drugs gang sentenced to total of 96 years.

Watch: Major county lines gang sentenced to total of 96 years

Pompey's league rivals are considering making a move for Jed Wallace, who could be available for transfer. (Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)

Pompey's Championship rivals eye Jed Wallace as target on move again

Family play on snow covered hill.

Watch: Weather map shows how wintry showers will affect UK tonight

Flooding near Exeter in 2023.

Watch: Red alerts issued for 164 areas where flooding is “expected”

Driving in the snow.

Watch: Map shows how snow, sleet and rain will move across UK tonight

Car drives along snowy road.

Watch: Further snow possible - where and when it could snow next

Snow falls in Basingstoke.

Watch: Airports close as snow blankets roads and cars across the UK

Stock image of car being pushed out of snow.

Watch: Snow map shows when and where snow will fall tonight

Stock image of snow in Yorkshire.

Watch: Rare amber health alert issued as 40cm of snow possible

Shocking footage shows the moment a pedestrian was thrown into the air by an out on control car in a hit and run.

I was thrown 9ft in the air in hit-and-run. I'm lucky to be alive

Snow falls in Leicestershire.

Watch: Snow falls in parts of the UK as weather warning is issued

Mridhul Kombara was thrown into the air when a car mounted the pavement and hit him.

Watch: Driver ploughs into pedestrian after mounting pavement

Strong winds are expected to hit the UK.

Watch: Met Office issues yellow weather warnings for wind and rain

Cop tackles masked e-bike rider and finds loaded gun

Video shows masked e-bike rider with loaded gun get tackled by police

Parts of Pontypridd, South Wales, have been left submerged in water as the River Taff bursts its banks.

Watch: Residents bail out their flooded homes after heavy rainfall

A gritter on the Glenshane Pass in the Sperrin Mountains of County Londonderry.

Watch: Weather warnings including amber area where power cuts likely

Dhiya Al-Maamoury ploughed into a crowd of people at an illegal street racing event - killing two teenagers Ben Corfield and Liberty Charris.

Watch: 54-year-old ‘boy racer’ ploughs into crowd killing two teens

Alan Davies.

Watch: Pensioner, 85, fined £150 for littering - while on litter pick

CCTV captures the moment three mourners are shot in a drive-by shooting at a funeral.

Watch: Three mourners are shot in drive-by shooting at funeral

Alex and Sue Tatham on their wedding day with Cilla Black.

Watch: Blind Date's first couple to marry renew vows 33 years later

Three jailed over 'festivals of dangerous driving' across Birmingham

Influencers jailed for organising 'Festivals of dangerous driving'

Flames and smoke pour from roof of factory building.

Watch: Flames and smoke pour from roof of factory building

Ross Watson alongside his wife Annika.

Watch: IVF miracle baby born metres apart from his future wife

Watch: Shots are fired as men wield machetes in large-scale disorder

A police tent in West Park in Wolverhampton following a stabbing.

Watch: Region records highest rate of knife crime offences

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