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Portsmouth Crown Court listings today with live courtroom status and confirmed sentencing results, Portsmouth death notices and obituaries, Pompey news, fixtures and results, the local weather and tides, M27 and M275 traffic, trains and ferries, and the latest crime updates from Hampshire police.

Right now
  • 9°C mainly clear, wind ENE 11 mph
  • 12 cases listed at Portsmouth Crown Court today
  • 1 funeral today in the Portsmouth area
  • 5 ferry departures from the port today

Portsmouth Crown Court listings today

12 cases listed at Portsmouth Crown Court today

What's on in Portsmouth today and this weekend

8 events today, 18 this weekend

EventVenue
The Shape of a Spell ExhibitionAspex
Girls Skate Night at Pitt St. Skatepark Extreme Sports315 Commercial Road
We Are Portsmouth - A Community Arts Project WorkshopVictoria Park Greenhouse
Roller Tots Under 5's Skate Session Childrens EventsPitt St. Skatepark
Comedy at the Fort PerformanceThe Portsmouth Distillery
Indoor Roller Disco Extreme Sports
7pm
Pitt St. Skatepark

Portsmouth death notices and obituaries

1 funeral today in the Portsmouth area, 11 notices this month

  • Tom PikeWed 4 Nov, 3.15pm, The Oaks Crematorium
  • Sean PaddockFri 6 Nov, 1.45pm, The Oaks Crematorium
  • Ronald StanwayTue 10 Nov, 2.30pm, The Oaks Crematorium

Portsmouth FC: Pompey news, fixtures and results

Pompey are 10th in the Championship; next Portsmouth v Stoke, Sat 7 Nov 12:30

Next match

PortsmouthvStoke

Sat 7 Nov, 12:30 kick-off · Championship

Recent results
  • WPortsmouth 3 – 1 SwanseaTue 3 Nov
  • DBurnley 0 – 0 PortsmouthSat 31 Oct
  • WPortsmouth 2 – 1 MillwallSat 24 Oct
  • DWolverhampton 1 – 1 PortsmouthTue 20 Oct
Championship

10th22 pts · 14 played

  1. Yesterday 12:00Club news

    Match Passes Available for Swansea Game at Fratton Park

    Portsmouth host Swansea at Fratton Park with a 7.45pm kick-off this evening. Overseas supporters can purchase a match pass through the club’s online service to watch the live broadcast on Pompey+. The coverage begins at 7pm and includes a pre‑match show, half‑time analysis and post‑match discussion, presented by George Wedlake with Paul Hardyman and Mark Kelly. UK fans not attending can buy a live audio pass, and the match will also be shown on the Sky Sports+ app.

  2. Yesterday 12:00Club news

    Pompey host Swansea in Championship clash at Fratton Park

    Portsmouth will seek to extend their unbeaten run to six games when they host Swansea at Fratton Park at 7.45pm. John Mousinho's side sit in the Championship top half after one loss in nine, while the Swans sit just behind the leaders following a recent 4-0 win over Blackburn.

Portsmouth weather today

9°C mainly clear now, wind ENE 11 mph

9°CMainly clear

Feels like 4° · ENE 11 mph, gusts 21

Today

8°to11°

Overcast, rain 12% · sunrise 07:01, sunset 16:34

  • Thu11°8°
  • Fri12°8°
  • Sat11°7°

M27 traffic, trains, buses and ferries: Portsmouth travel

Disruption on the roads or trains

Disruptionas of 08:31
  • 0 closures or restrictions in force on the M27, M275, A27 and A3(M)
  • 7 of the next 58 departures from Portsmouth-area stations are delayed or cancelled. 08:24 to Portsmouth Harbour expected 08:30
  • 5 ferry departures today, next 15:00 Brittany Ferries. to Caen
  • No flood alerts in force

Portsmouth crime news and court results

22 Hampshire police releases this week

  1. Yesterday 17:45SouthamptonAppeal

    70‑year‑old Marion Gatrell Missing in Southampton

    Marion Gatrell, 70, was last seen at 2.30 pm on Tuesday, 3 November, leaving the Bitterne Park Surgery on Thorold Road, Southampton. She is unsteady, may appear disoriented, and was wearing a fluffy brown fleece jacket, black leggings and black trainers. Police urge anyone with information to call 999 quoting 44260539110.

    Reference 44260539110

  2. Yesterday 15:57PortsmouthUpdate

    Two men charged after Portsmouth assaults

    Police have charged two men following separate violent attacks in Portsmouth. On 31 October, a man in his 60s was kicked repeatedly, threatened with a knife and robbed near Cottage Grove, sustaining life‑threatening injuries. A second victim, a man in his 20s, suffered serious leg and hand injuries on Somers Road.

  3. Yesterday 15:45Update

    Police probe unauthorised rave near Barton Stacey

    Police launched an investigation after reports of an unauthorised music event on land north of the A303 between Barton Stacey and Longparish at about 12.30 am on Sunday 1 November. More than 2,000 attendees and numerous vehicles were present; nearby roads were closed and the site was cleared by 6 pm.

Portsmouth school term dates, holidays and closures

Next holiday: Christmas holiday, 19 to 3 January

Back to school: Monday 4 January 2027.

15 January: Primary, infant and junior applications close

Portsmouth planning applications, house prices and council tax

Average house price in Portsmouth: £245,954, up 0.1% on a year ago.

Council tax band D 2026/27: £2,291.71 a year.

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