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• Royal Navy: Exciting HMS Collingwood Open Day draws closer as crew commit "exemplary effort" during drills

  A highly-anticipated Open Day at a Royal Navy base is drawing ever closer.

• Invitation to help shape plans to transform Fareham's empty buildings including historic furniture shop

  Fareham residents are being invited to have their say on plans to transform buildings in the town centre.

• Royal Navy: HMS Collingwood sailors remember fallen First World War comrades in Battle of Gallipoli

  Compassionate sailors held a memorial to those who lost their lives in the First World War Gallipoli campaign.

• "Multiple incidents" causing train cancellations between Portsmouth Harbour and Guildford with severe delays

  “Multiple incidents” are causing trains to and from Portsmouth to be cancelled.

• Israel-Iran conflict: Emergency Cobra meeting called by Sir Keir Starmer as Donald Trump contemplates strikes

  An emergency Cobra meeting has been set up due to escalating tensions around the world.

• Royal Navy, Army and RAF properties in Portsmouth analysed amid plans to “stop the rot” of "substandard" houses

  Shoddy military housing in Portsmouth will be transformed as the government promises to “stop the rot” plaguing the armed forces.

• New sculpture unveiled to replace iconic marker which disappeared almost 50 years ago

  A series of five iconic stone sculptures called the Portsmouth Markers now has a sixth member to replace the one which disappeared almost 50 years ago.

• “It’s important we support the schools": Portsmouth schools to get £1.7m boost for SEND support

  Mainstream schools in Portsmouth are set to receive £1.725m to support children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

• "Engineering issue" plagues F-35B fighter jet after India emergency landing on HMS Prince of Wales op

  Mechanical gremlins are plaguing a fighter jet that had to make an emergency landing during a huge Royal Navy deployment.

• Clean air zone to stay as Portsmouth battles stubborn pollution

  Stubborn pollution levels could mean the Clean Air Zone (CAZ) in Portsmouth is here to stay for several more years, a council report suggests.

• Heroic Portsmouth Royal Navy ships that served the UK with pride in the Falklands War, including HMS Hermes

  The city of Portsmouth was a central hub for Britain’s response to the Falklands conflict in 1982.

• "Green spaces are what makes Welborne different" with building work on the new 6,000-home town well underway

  An ambitious new town is taking shape as part of a 25-year project to transform a green corner of Hampshire into a brand new 6,000-home ‘garden village’.

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