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• Review: Life, love, death and eternity are laid bare in Portsmouth Grammar School's brilliant Our Town

  ‘Do any human beings ever realise life while they live it?’

• World War Two bomb found at address in Gosport - road reopened

  A World War Two bomb was found at an address in Gosport this afternoon leading to road closures in the area.

• Railway lines between Fareham, Havant and Portsmouth to close for six days - buses replace train services

  Rail users have been warned that lines will close between Fareham, Havant and Portsmouth.

• Councillors join active travel training to help shape better streets for Portsmouth

  Councillor Steve Pitt and Councillor Peter Candlish have taken part in an active travel training workshop delivered by the Walk Wheel Cycle Trust, supporting Portsmouth City Council’s ambition to create safer, more accessible routes for walking, wheeling and cycling.

• Train lines heading towards Fareham blocked due to signalling problem

  Train lines heading towards Fareham are currently blocked due to a signalling problem.

• Calls for adults to accompany new teenage drivers after horror crash kills a 16-year-old boy

  Teenage drivers who have just passed their test should be accompanied by an adult, a coroner has suggested after a 16-year-old died when the car he was travelling in hit a tree.

• Iran: UK will buy more missiles for forces in Middle East as Starmer dismissed Donald Trump challenge

  The UK will buy further missiles for British forces in the Middle East as part of efforts to support Gulf states under attack from Iran, the Government has said.

• Pensioner left with serious facial injury after beating by bald headed man with goatee on street

  A pensioner was left with a serious facial injury after being beaten by a bald headed man with a goatee on a street.

• 'No response to that threat right now': UK and US experts discussing how to reopen Strait of Hormuz near Iran

  British military experts are working with the US on options to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

• Portsmouth's 2040 planning blueprint submitted to government

  The key planning blueprint which will guide all development in Portsmouth for the next 14 years has been submitted to the government for approval.

• Frances Obiefuleh murder trial: Norbert Maiksner told police he was the 'devil' after being arrested, court hears

  A man on trial for murder told police he was the ‘devil’ after first being arrested, a court has heard.

• Three city centre towers approved to replace “problematic” Debenhams site

  Plans for three city centre towers have been given the green light, replacing the “problematic” former Debenhams with a “vibrant” mixed use development.

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