Portsmouth

Portsmouth Saved By Pompey Trust

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 10.04.2013 | UK Sport

Portsmouth will become the biggest community-owned club in the country after the Pompey Trust saved the League One club from administration. The Hi...

Probe Into 'Sex Parties' At Lib Dem Councillor's Home

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.03.2013 | UK Politics

An investigation is underway after reports that a councillor was hosting sex parties at his home. David Fuller, a Liberal Democrat councillor at Po...

Mum's Not Happy With Iceland

PA | Posted 06.03.2013 | UK

A supermarket has apologised after a seven-year-old girl found a clump of hair in a home-cooked lasagne made with a packet of beef mince. Trudy Sto...

Which Will Be The Next UK City Of Culture?

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.05.2013 | UK Entertainment

Eleven contenders have put their names forward to become the next UK City of Culture in 2017. Culture minister Ed Vaizey announced the bids which i...

90-Year-Old Dementia Patient Left For Five Hours On Hospital Trolley

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.04.2013 | UK

A hospital has launched an investigation after a 90-year-old dementia patient was left for nearly five hours on a trolley in a corridor awaiting treat...

Is The End Nigh? Pompey To Be Sold To Fans

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 15.11.2012 | UK Sport

Portsmouth's administrators have signed a conditional agreement to sell the npower League One club to the Pompey Supporters' Trust. Trevor Birch, o...

Queen Elizabeth's Giant Rear Section (PICTURES)

PA | Posted 14.10.2012 | UK

The construction of the "largest and most powerful warship" ever built for the Royal Navy took another step today as its 11,000-tonne hull section was...

Baby Got Back! Missing Pet Cat Found After Six Years

PA | Posted 09.10.2012 | UK

The owner of a cat which disappeared six years ago has spoken of her delight and surprise after finding him walking in the street. Black-and-white ...

Ex-Pompey Player Arrested As 'Suspected Islamic Terrorist'

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 08.10.2012 | UK Sport

Yann Nsaku, a former youth teamer with Portsmouth, has been arrested in France as a "suspected islamic terrorist plotting anti-semitic attacks". Su...

Going Local - An Outsiders' Insider Guide to Portsmouth

Naomi Thompson | Posted 14.11.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Naomi Thompson

In the last couple of years my home town of Portsmouth has undergone something of a curious transformation. This normally risk-averse island has been putting two fingers up at the cainophobic by opening up a number of jaunts that would not look out of place in my former residence, London.

Pompey Could Face Liquidation After Chainrai Withdraws Bid

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 15.08.2012 | UK Sport

Portsmouth could yet face liquidation after former owner Balram Chainrai withdrew his bid to buy the troubled npower League One club. Trevor Birch,...

Police Investigate After Body Found On Beach In Southsea, Portsmouth

PA | Posted 04.07.2012 | UK

Police are investigating after a body was found on a beach. Officers were called to the seaside resort of Southsea, Portsmouth, after a member of t...

Body Found On Portsmouth Beach

PA | Posted 29.06.2012 | UK

The body of a man has been found on a beach after he was last seen going into the sea, according to police. The 29-year-old was first reported miss...

87-Year-Old Pensioner Given An Asbo

PA | Posted 10.04.2012 | UK

An 87-year-old woman has been given an interim anti-social behaviour order (Asbo) for playing her radio too loud and banging her walking stick on the ...

£350,000 Worth Of Cocaine Found In Tubs Of Chocolate

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.03.2012 | UK

Thousands of pounds worth of cocaine has been found hidden inside tubs of chocolate at Gatwick Airport. A 16-year-old girl and a woman were detaine...

Own Goal: Portsmouth Docked Points After Going Into administration

PA | Posted 17.02.2012 | UK

Championship club Portsmouth was tonight docked 10 points by league bosses after being placed in administration by the High Court for the second time ...

The 8 Best Ways To Celebrate Dickens In 2012

The Huffington Post UK | Brogan Driscoll | Posted 08.04.2012 | Home

In case you haven't read a newspaper or been on Twitter yet - today is the the day when the world goes officially Charles Dickens crazy. Events are...

Teacher Hits Back At Claims Children Can't Read Dickens

PA/Huffington Post | Posted 06.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education

A teacher has rejected claims by a leading Charles Dickens biographer that modern schoolchildren do not possess the attention span needed to read the ...

Harry Redknapp's Bung Denial 'Lacks Credibility', Court Told

PA | Posted 26.01.2012 | UK

Harry Redknapp's excuses for his £180,000 offshore windfall are "contradictory, inconsistent and lack credibility", a court heard on Wednesday. Ju...

Children Witness Knife Robbery

PA | Posted 21.02.2012 | UK

A knifeman pulled out a large blade and demanded money from staff at a convenience store in front of two young children, police said. Up to 10 peop...

Portsmouth Paedophile Ring Jailed For 'Horrific Crimes' In UK And Australia

PA | Posted 19.02.2012 | UK

A woman and four men have been jailed for their part in an international paedophile ring which committed "horrific" crimes against two young children ...

Hillsborough, Bradford and the 'Coach Bubble': An Open Letter to Supt Rick Burrows

Steve Graves | Posted 06.02.2012 | UK
Steve Graves

I'm not a regular reader of the Southern Daily Echo, but a piece I came across through a Twitter link this week caught my eye.

Tottenham Manager Harry Redknapp Faces Trial For Tax Evasion

PA | Posted 12.11.2011 | UK

Football manager Harry Redknapp will face trial for tax evasion next year, it can now be reported. The Tottenham Hotspur chief, tipped as a future ...

Elderly Thai Immigrant Loses Life Savings Of £70,000 On Coach Trip

Olivia Williams | Posted 20.12.2011 | UK

An immigrant from Thailand has lost his life savings after he put a bag with £70,000 in the luggage hold of a National Express coach. The elderly ...

Earthquake Strikes The English Channel

Olivia Williams | Posted 13.09.2011 | UK

An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.9 struck in the English Channel on Thursday, the British Geological Survey (BGS) has reported. The quake had a dep...