People across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are being urged to only attend A&E if they have a life or limb threatening emergency.

A&E winter waits prompt call to use faster urgent treatment centres

Isle of Wight ferry. The Red Funnel car ferry, Red Falcon,  leaves East Cowes on the Isle of Wight bound for Southampton.
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Member of parliament calls for ministers to step in to regulate or subsidise cross-Solent ferry services, following meetings at the Department for Transport. 

Calls for government intervention over 'unreliable' Isle of Wight ferries

 Two of the animals, found to be in the care of Margaret Porter from Gosport, had to be put to sleep, while four others had to have a limb amputated.

Woman who severely neglected eight dogs banned from keeping animals for 20 years

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service says there has been a huge surge in battery-related fires.

Toy car bursts into flames killing cats and destroying home

Police officers from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary asked the HGV driver to complete a breathalyser test which he failed.

Drunk HGV driver arrested after hitting ambulance

 44-year-old Anna Jones was discovered at her home on Station Road in Petersfield, Hampshire just before 8pm on Tuesday 9 May 2023. 

Son killed mother in her home while claiming 'demons were responsible'

An MP from Basingstoke says residents are fed up with 'car meets' which he says can be dangerous and can lead to anti-social behaviour and excessive noise

MP from Basingstoke says residents are fed up with 'dangerous car meets'

Back in October, former Portsmouth goalkeeper Alan Knight revealed that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer, and wants people to go and get checked.

'Legendary' goalkeeper using his cancer diagnosis to help spread awareness

Jim Tassell, 70, suffered a fatal head injury in July 2021 when he was knocked down by an elderly driver who did not meet the legal eyesight requirements.

Daughter of cyclist killed by driver with poor vision calls for law change

Artem Horchuck and Yehor Kremnov, both six, arrived in Gosport in 2022 after their families fled Ukraine when Russia launched its full-scale invasion.

Young Ukrainian refugees ‘thriving’ and fluent in English after joining Scouts

The former PM's dad officially named the kits, who were born at Ewhurst Park, as part of a conservation project

Stanley Johnson names first beavers born in Hampshire for 400 years 

The graves of Major Patrick Angier from Hatherden near Andover, and Sergeant Donald Northey from Portsmouth, were rededicated in South Korea.

Remains of two soldiers who died in Korean War identified

The 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier sailed on Tuesday instead of the scheduled departure on Monday evening.

HMS Prince of Wales departs Portsmouth following delay for ‘minor defect’

A memorial service has taken place to remember the 32 homeless people who have died in Southampton this year.

Mourners hold back tears at memorial service to remember homeless deaths

A mother says a tightening of visa rules is preventing her Egyptian partner joining her and their newborn daughter in the UK.

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