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Portsmouth News

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
  • 15°C partly cloudy, wind WSW 11 mph
  • 5 cases on the board at Portsmouth Crown Court
  • 2 funerals today in the Portsmouth area
  • 6 ferry departures from the port today

Portsmouth Crown Court listings today

5 cases on the board at Portsmouth Crown Court

What's on in Portsmouth today and this weekend

17 events today, 25 this weekend

EventVenue
The Shape of a Spell ExhibitionAspex
Castaway Cove presents Oktoberfest Outdoor Event / ActivitiesGunwharf Quays
Masters of Disguise Childrens EventsBlue Reef Aquarium
Spooky Fun at Fort Nelson Childrens EventsFort Nelson
Halloween Project Tombstone Laser Tag Outdoor Event / ActivitiesQueen Elizabeth Country Park
Meet the Tudor Crew Childrens EventsMary Rose Museum

Portsmouth death notices and obituaries

2 funerals today in the Portsmouth area, 26 notices this month

  • Denise Patricia Ann CarpenterWed 28 Oct, 1pm, Portchester Crematorium, South Chapel
  • Denise CarpenterWed 28 Oct, 1.00pm, Portchester Crematorium
  • Anthony James SheffordThu 29 Oct, 2.15pm, Portchester Crematorium (North Chapel)
  • Patrick NasrallaTue 3 Nov, 3.15pm, The Oaks Crematorium
  • David ToddTue 3 Nov, 11.00am, St John the Baptist Church, Westbourne

Portsmouth FC: Pompey news, fixtures and results

Pompey are 11th in the Championship; next Burnley v Portsmouth, Sat 31 Oct 15:00

Next match

BurnleyvPortsmouth

Sat 31 Oct, 15:00 kick-off · Championship

Recent results
  • WPortsmouth 2 – 1 MillwallSat 24 Oct
  • DWolverhampton 1 – 1 PortsmouthTue 20 Oct
  • WNorwich 0 – 1 PortsmouthSat 17 Oct
  • WPortsmouth 3 – 2 Sheffield UtdWed 14 Oct
Championship

11th18 pts · 12 played

  1. Yesterday 12:00Club news

    Pompey Women Face Bournemouth in Free FA Women’s League Clash

    Pompey Women travel to the Bob Lucas Stadium on Wednesday, 28 October, for a 7.45pm FA Women’s National League match against AFC Bournemouth. The fixture is non-ticketed, allowing free entry for spectators. It marks the first league meeting between the sides since Pompey’s promotion to the Southern Premier Division, with Bournemouth currently two points ahead in the table. Pompey enter the game on a ten‑match winning run after a 4-0 Women’s FA Cup win over Cheltenham Town.

  2. Yesterday 12:00Club news

    Bournemouth Women host Portsmouth in FA Women’s League clash

    AFC Bournemouth travel to the Bob Lucas Stadium to face Portsmouth Women on Wednesday at 7.45pm. Bournemouth sit third, two points ahead, after consecutive 5-0 and 4-0 wins, while Portsmouth sit fourth following a 6-3 victory over Cheltenham. Both sides have injury concerns ahead of the match.

Portsmouth weather today

15°C partly cloudy now, wind WSW 11 mph

15°CPartly cloudy

Feels like 12° · WSW 11 mph, gusts 21

Today

9°to15°

Overcast, rain 0% · sunrise 06:49, sunset 16:46

  • Thu16°11°
  • Fri16°10°
  • Sat14°9°
Flood alerts in force near Portsmouth. Details on the weather page.

M27 traffic, trains, buses and ferries: Portsmouth travel

Disruption on the roads or trains

Disruptionas of 11:01
  • 0 closures or restrictions in force on the M27, M275, A27 and A3(M)
  • 7 of the next 25 departures from Portsmouth-area stations are delayed or cancelled. 11:13 to Portsmouth Harbour expected 11:23: This service has been delayed by a fault with the signalling system
  • 6 ferry departures today, next 15:00 Brittany Ferries. to Caen
  • 3 Environment Agency flood alerts in force

Portsmouth crime news and court results

19 Hampshire police releases this week

  1. 49 min agoAldershotUpdate

    Woman Charged with 24 Offences in Aldershot

    Charlene Ellacott, 38, of George Road, Birmingham, was arrested on 27 October and charged with 24 offences, including shoplifting and vehicle interference. The thefts involved cleaning products, meat, chocolate, wine and butter worth £649 from Co‑op and One Stop, cash and tampering between 22 and 26 October. She is due at Basingstoke Magistrates Court today.

  2. 2 hours agoSouthamptonAppeal

    Man arrested after fatal Southampton collision on The Avenue

    Police were called at 6.41pm on 27 October to a collision on The Avenue at Highfield Road. A Citroen C4 driven by a 24‑year‑old man hit a Triumph motorcycle ridden by a man in his 30s, who died at scene. He remains in custody on suspicion of drug driving and causing death by careless driving.

  3. Yesterday 13:56SouthamptonCourt result

    Drug dealer convicted of murder after shooting intruder in Southampton

    Marcin Buryta, 32, was found guilty of murder at Winchester Crown Court for shooting Piotr Pruszak, 45, in his Conifer Road home on 11 February. Buryta used a 3D‑printed Glock and possessed additional weapons, including a crossbow and knives. He had earlier admitted firearm and ammunition offences and will be sentenced on 29 October.

Portsmouth school term dates, holidays and closures

Next holiday: October half term, 26 to 30 October

Back to school: Monday 2 November 2026.

31 October: Secondary school applications close (for entry September 2027)

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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