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• Turing's legacy honoured 100 years on from school

  24-10-2026 08:20 via BBC News
  
  Sherborne school is sharing the father of modern computing's story with future generations.
  
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• How a shed become an icon of broadcasting history

  24-10-2026 08:18 via BBC News
  
  Radio Solent's Steve Harris looks at the story behind presenter Jack Hargreaves' famous potting shed.
  
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• Company boss died after NHS neglect, coroner says

  24-10-2026 08:16 via BBC News
  
  Jonny Doughty was frightened by a nurse who told him he might be detained due to his mental health.
  
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• South weekly quiz: Who started - and ran - the Great South Run?

  24-10-2026 08:14 via BBC News
  
  Test your knowledge of news from Hampshire, Berkshire, Dorset, Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight with our quiz.
  
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• Ideas for fun and low-cost half-term activities in the South

  24-10-2026 08:10 via BBC News
  
  We round up ideas for fun and low-cost activities and days out for families in the south of England.
  
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• Disruption and flood warning as storm sweeps in

  23-10-2026 22:43 via BBC News
  
  Train, ferry and road users face disruption as Storm Austen sweeps in from the south west.
  
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• Spygate put me in a difficult position - Spors

  23-10-2026 19:23 via BBC News
  
  Southampton group technical director Johannes Spors says that the Spygate scandal put him in a "difficult position" over the summer.
  
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• Man dies in five-storey block of flats fire

  23-10-2026 16:25 via BBC News
  
  Firefighters were called after passersby spotted smoke in a five-storey block of flats.
  
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• Man jailed after woman's balcony fall death

  23-10-2026 15:53 via BBC News
  
  Tia Langdon, 25, fell from a third-floor balcony after being attacked by a man in a flat.
  
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• Garner to fight former world champion Dickens

  23-10-2026 13:34 via BBC News
  
  WBC interim super-featherweight champion Ryan Garner fights former world champion James (Jazza) Dickens on 9 January in Bournemouth.
  
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• Headliners revealed for Isle of Wight Festival 2027

  23-10-2026 09:01 via BBC News
  
  The 2027 festival will mark the 25th anniversary of the revival of the legendary rock event in 2002.
  
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• The World Treadmill Championship - pitching elite runners against amateurs

  23-10-2026 07:58 via BBC News
  
  Everyday runners are being given the chance to compete alongside elite athletes in the first World Treadmill Championship, a new global 5km competition.
  
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• Football fans tackle 23-mile walk for veterans charity

  23-10-2026 07:09 via BBC News
  
  Forty-five Brighton and Hove Albion and Portsmouth Football Club fans are setting off for Normandy.
  
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• 'Pigeons deserve more kindness'

  23-10-2026 06:59 via BBC News
  
  Dexter Mathurine, or Dexter the Pigeon Guy, is on a mission to change how pigeons are seen.
  
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• De-string the birds! Why pigeons deserve more kindness

  23-10-2026 06:59 via BBC News
  
  Dexter Mathurine, or Dexter the Pigeon Guy, is on a mission to change how pigeons are seen.
  
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• New £15m museum charts history of Royal Marines

  23-10-2026 06:58 via BBC News
  
  The new exhibition in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard features artefacts and immersive displays.
  
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• UK to draft in military aircraft to fight wildfires, Burnham says

  22-10-2026 23:35 via BBC News
  
  The prime minister is hosting the UK's first wildfire summit to prepare for future blazes after a record summer 2026.
  
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• 'Unsinkable' man's watch offers insight into shipwrecks

  22-10-2026 19:20 via BBC News
  
  Arthur John Priest had to quit the industry as people reportedly no longer dared work alongside him.
  
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• South braces for first named storm of the season

  22-10-2026 18:15 via BBC News
  
  Hampshire, Dorset, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire and Oxfordshire prepare for Storm Austen.
  
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• Pick of the stats: West Ham v Southampton

  22-10-2026 17:06 via BBC News
  
  The key stats before West Ham's clash with Southampton in the Championship on Saturday.
  
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• Pick of the stats: Portsmouth v Millwall

  22-10-2026 15:59 via BBC News
  
  The key stats before Portsmouth's clash with Millwall in the Championship on Saturday.
  
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• Watch: Pudsey surprises pupils during PE lesson

  22-10-2026 15:46 via BBC News
  
  The Children in Need mascot joins in with a lesson at a school in Havant, Hampshire.
  
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• Royal Marines abseil to launch Poppy Appeal

  22-10-2026 15:21 via BBC News
  
  The Royal British Legion charity is aiming to raise more than £50m this year for the armed forces.
  
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• Two storms in two days as Austen and Boelo target UK

  22-10-2026 12:34 via BBC News
  
  The Met Office has named a new storm, Boelo, which is set to bring another round of stormy weather to the UK over the weekend.
  
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• Fire crews tackle flats fire after smoke spotted

  22-10-2026 11:38 via BBC News
  
  Firefighters in 10 fire engines were sent to the fire at the block on Anglesea Terrace, Southampton.
  
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• Motorway to close for bridge demolition

  22-10-2026 07:08 via BBC News
  
  The £290m project to rebuild the junction on the M3 in Hampshire has reached its halfway point.
  
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• Portsmouth misses out on City of Culture shortlist

  22-10-2026 07:07 via BBC News
  
  Portsmouth fails to make the shortlist in the year it celebrates 100 years of city status.
  
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• Diabetes and ADHD drugs to be tested on Alzheimer's patients in new study

  22-10-2026 01:02 via BBC News
  
  Drugs will be tested simultaneously, which it's hoped will speed up the process of finding new treatments for this common type of dementia.
  
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• Azaz confirms he will continue playing for Republic of Ireland

  21-10-2026 20:13 via BBC News
  
  Forward Finn Azaz confirms he will continue to represent the Republic of Ireland.
  
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• Man tried to visit sex workers after killing girlfriend, jury told

  21-10-2026 18:01 via BBC News
  
  Stephen Sexton stands accused of killing Joanna Derkacz at her Hampshire home in 2023.
  
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• Months of sewage leaks then came a £8500 water bill

  21-10-2026 15:49 via BBC News
  
  Melissa Stroud could be forgiven for thinking she is Thames Water's least valued customer.
  
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• 'There is now a belief and confidence about Pompey'

  21-10-2026 14:33 via BBC News
  
  BBC Radio Solent's Andrew Moon looks back on another confidence building result for Portsmouth after their 1-1 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers on Tuesday.
  
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• Middlesex sign Hampshire batter Orr

  21-10-2026 13:12 via BBC News
  
  Middlesex sign top-order batter Ali Orr on a three-year deal, after his contract at Hampshire expired.
  
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• Wolves 1-1 Portsmouth - the fans' verdicts

  21-10-2026 11:57 via BBC News
  
  Wolves and Portsmouth supporters have their say after the 1-1 Championship draw between the two sides on Tuesday night.
  
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• Peixoto told me I talk too much - Mousinho

  21-10-2026 11:03 via BBC News
  
  Pompey boss John Mousinho reacts to the 1-1 draw with Wolves in the Championship at Molineux.
  
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• Drone footage captures men catapulting pheasants

  21-10-2026 10:59 via BBC News
  
  At least three poachers are filmed as part of a rural crime project which uses civilian drones.
  
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• Tadley Calleva dream FA Cup run ended by Aldershot

  21-10-2026 10:39 via BBC News
  
  Eighth-tier Stafford Rangers will host Grimsby in the FA Cup first round after thumping National League strugglers Gateshead 5-0.
  
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• Boil water notice lifted after clear bacteria tests

  21-10-2026 08:55 via BBC News
  
  About 70 homes were told to boil their water on Sunday after a routine test found bacteria.
  
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• Wildfires are UK's 'new reality', MPs warn

  21-10-2026 07:20 via BBC News
  
  MPs say the UK needs firefighting aircraft, tougher prevention measures and a new wildfire strategy.
  
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• NHS speeds up tests and brings them closer to home

  21-10-2026 07:02 via BBC News
  
  Portsmouth's new community diagnostic centre opens close to patient homes offering more services.
  
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• Rebecca Jackson on life in male-dominated motorsport

  21-10-2026 07:00 via BBC News
  
  The Portsmouth-born motoring journalist has swapped racing for raising her twins.
  
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• 'I left state secrets on the train'

  21-10-2026 01:05 via BBC News
  
  Top civil servant Richard Jackson recounts that fateful day and how he recovered in the aftermath.
  
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• Where to spot brilliant colours after 'false autumn' spoils some leaf displays

  21-10-2026 01:04 via BBC News
  
  The UK's hottest summer on record has caused some trees to shed their leaves early, but experts say spectacular autumn colours could still be on the way.
  
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• Man restrained partner with bag before murder, jury told

  20-10-2026 19:19 via BBC News
  
  Stephen Sexton denies raping and murdering Joanna Derkacz at her Hampshire home in 2023.
  
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• England's largest donor centre 'major milestone'

  20-10-2026 17:10 via BBC News
  
  The country's first centre for blood, plasma and platelet donations has opened in Reading.
  
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• Some Lee-on-Solent homes told to boil tap water

  20-10-2026 12:33 via BBC News
  
  The Boil Water Notice was issued to dozens of properties in Lee-on-Solent.
  
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• Rantzen felt 'deprived of choice' over her own death

  20-10-2026 07:01 via BBC News
  
  A note written by Dame Esther Rantzen is released by her family following a private funeral.
  
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• How AI revealed 400 years of seafaring history

  20-10-2026 07:01 via BBC News
  
  A project using data from the Elizabethan Era to the Industrial Revolution analyses trade routes.
  
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• Abuse campaigner sees late-plea changes debated

  20-10-2026 07:00 via BBC News
  
  Paris Shears wants an end to sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases.
  
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• Sholing and Eastleigh feature in FA Cup first round draw

  19-10-2026 20:13 via BBC News
  
  Leicester City will travel to National League North side Oxford City in the 2026-27 FA Cup first round - five years after winning the competition.
  
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