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Portsmouth City Council has backed calls for a banking hub in Southsea following the announcement that Lloyds Bank will close its Palmerston Road branch on 2 June.

£9 million has been given to West Sussex County Council to enhance the bus network.

Ways to stop coastal erosion and flooding around Selsey’s Peninsular will be discussed later next month.

Today marks a crucial deadline for council leaders in the South to submit their initial proposals to the government in anticipation of devolution.

Plans to build 29 homes in Henfield have been supported by Horsham District Council.

Petersfield has earned the title of the Best Place to Live in the Southeast, according to the annual Sunday Times Best Places to Live guide.

A complaint from Gatwick taxi drivers that Uber has been operating from the airport in breach of licensing laws has been closed by Crawley Borough Council.

East Surrey Hospital, serving the Crawley and Gatwick areas, is advising the public to avoid visiting unless there is an urgent clinical need.

Plans to build eight homes in West Chiltington have been deferred by Horsham District Council.

Portsmouth City Council has approved an increase of nearly £15,000 to councillor allowances after an independent review found the city’s rates among the lowest.

Three men have been found guilty of plotting to murder a member of the Securitas heist gang that stole £54m in Britain's biggest-ever cash robbery.

Bird flu has been detected in a sheep in England for the first time, the government has said.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is poised to deliver an update on the health of the British economy on Wednesday.

A British tourist has been left seriously injured after a gas explosion destroyed a three-storey B&B in Rome.

Large parts of the UK have been declared Avian Influenza Prevention Zones (AIPZ) - and bird "gatherings" have been banned in England and Wales in response to rising cases of bird flu.

Police are hunting for four suspects who used two pythons to distract a cashier before stealing $400 worth of CBD oil from a petrol station.

Disney's use of CGI to create the seven miners at the heart of the live-action remake of Snow White And The Seven Dwarves has left little people feeling "disregarded" and "erased," according to a disability activist.

Bird flu has been detected in a sheep in England for the first time, the government has said.

His father is one of France's worst sex offenders, his mother a national hero.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is poised to deliver an update on the health of the British economy on Wednesday.

Bonnets at the ready, with 2025 marking two and a half centuries since Jane Austen's birth, does "bad lad" Mr Darcy still do it for Gen Z?

Former Love Island winner Jack Fincham has won an appeal against his prison sentence for two dangerous dog offences.

Disney's use of CGI to create the seven miners at the heart of the live-action remake of Snow White And The Seven Dwarves has left little people feeling "disregarded" and "erased," according to a disability activist.

A swathe of celebrities including Sir Stephen Fry and Succession star Brian Cox have urged the government to reverse its "shameful" cuts to welfare.

An actress who worked in a film directed by Noel Clarke said she felt "shell-shocked" when he asked her to "bend over further" during a scene where she was naked from the waist down, the High Court has heard.

Detectives have recovered four diamond earrings from a suspected thief two weeks after he swallowed the jewellery worth nearly £600,000 during his arrest, US police have said.

The blobfish, described as the world's ugliest animal, has been voted fish of the year in New Zealand.

A Bulgarian football club have apologised for holding a minute's silence for a former player who is still alive.

His father is one of France's worst sex offenders, his mother a national hero.

More than 1,000 people have been detained in Turkey after five nights of demonstrations against the arrest of the Turkish president's main rival.

A high-profile US delegation will visit Greenland this week as President Donald Trump continues to threaten to annexe the strategic Danish territory. 

Since winning re-election, president-elect Donald Trump has expressed an interest in acquiring Greenland.

One of France's most successful actors is in court accused of sexually assaulting two women on the set of one of his films.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is poised to deliver an update on the health of the British economy on Wednesday.

In recent months, the chancellor has become a lightning rod for criticism.

The government is telling local councils they must publish data on how many potholes they have fixed or risk losing their share of an extra £500m set aside for fixing roads.

Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff has snubbed Sir Keir Starmer's plans for Ukraine.

The chancellor says she "rejects" new analysis that suggests the average family could be £1,400 a year worse off by the end of the decade.

Bird flu has been detected in a sheep in England for the first time, the government has said.

A sheep infected with bird flu will ring another alarm bell as the virus continues to drift into mammals.

Britain's biggest banks and most prominent consumer campaign group have joined forces in a rare show of unity to urge ministers to accelerate action to tackle Britain's online fraud epidemic.

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The US attorney general has said three people alleged to have damaged Tesla cars and charging stations could be jailed for up to 20 years.

Following Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton's disqualifications at the Chinese Grand Prix, Sky Sports F1's Bernie Collins takes a closer look at what happened and the consequences going forward.

Red Bull are seriously considering swapping Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda for the Japanese Grand Prix, Sky Sports News understands.

Oscar Piastri beat team-mate Lando Norris as McLaren sealed a dominant one-two at the Chinese Grand Prix, while both Ferrari drivers were disqualified for illegal cars.

Viktor Hovland sealed his first victory since the 2023 Tour Championship with a stunning comeback victory at the Valspar Championship, edging out Justin Thomas

Thomas Tuchel says he will not drop players based on performances in the early days of his tenure as England manager, after he highlighted the lack of impact made by Marcus Rashford and Phil Foden in his first game in charge.

The chief executive of National Grid has claimed that Heathrow Airport had enough power from other substations despite Friday's shutdown.

Global financial markets are giving a cautious welcome to reports that the Trump administration is to row back on elements of its threatened trade war escalation.

An investment vehicle founded by a former Tottenham Hotspur Football Club executive is sailing to the rescue of one of Britain's biggest luxury boat-builders with a pledge to keep its manufacturing operations in the UK.

Britain's biggest banks and most prominent consumer campaign group have joined forces in a rare show of unity to urge ministers to accelerate action to tackle Britain's online fraud epidemic.

The government is telling local councils they must publish data on how many potholes they have fixed or risk losing their share of an extra £500m set aside for fixing roads.