A man has been convicted of raping a woman in Portsmouth City Centre

Daniel John Booth, 19, of Beresford Road, was charged last June 29th with raping a 20-year-old woman, now 21, in a car park. The woman told police she had been separated from her friends shortly after 11 p.m. after a night out in Portsmouth. She reported waking up in the early hours of June 30th […]
A Hampshire man who went missing yesterday has been found, according to police

Police had asked for the public’s assistance in locating Jonathan Broderick, 50, of Fareham, who had been missing since around 6.30 a.m. yesterday.
Hampshire Police officers practised boarding the Wightlink Isle of Wight Ferry with live firearms, simulating a ferry hijacking Exculsive…

On Saturday, Hampshire police simulated a hijacking of an Isle of Wight ferry in the middle of the channel as part of training for a possible terror attack. According to a Hampshire Police source, more than 40 police officers and staff participated in the exercise on Saturday, which also included the fire, ambulance service, and […]
Hampshire Police officers practised boarding the Wightlink Isle of Wight Ferry with live firearms, simulating a ferry hijacking Exculsive

On Saturday, Hampshire police simulated a hijacking of an Isle of Wight ferry in the middle of the channel as part of training for a possible terror attack. According to a Hampshire Police source, more than 40 police officers and staff participated in the exercise on Saturday, which also included the fire, ambulance service, and […]
Hampshire Police officers practised boarding the Wightlink Isle of Wight Ferry with live firearms, simulating a ferry hijacking Exculsive

On Saturday, Hampshire police simulated a hijacking of an Isle of Wight ferry in the middle of the channel as part of training for a possible terror attack. According to a Hampshire Police source, more than 40 police officers and staff participated in the exercise on Saturday, which also included the fire, ambulance service, and […]
Two people have been arrested in connection with a knifepoint robbery in Farnborough – (ID 526565)

The incident occurred around 9.30 p.m. on Sunday, May 1st, in the Lynchford Road car park. A black BMW X1 was reported stolen after two men approached and threatened the 50-year-old male victim as he sat in his car. Bank cards have also been stolen. The car has since been found. A Farnborough man, 33, […]
Two people have been arrested in connection with a knifepoint robbery in Farnborough

The incident occurred around 9.30 p.m. on Sunday, May 1st, in the Lynchford Road car park. A black BMW X1 was reported stolen after two men approached and threatened the 50-year-old male victim as he sat in his car.
Two people have been arrested in connection with a knifepoint robbery in Farnborough

The incident occurred around 9.30 p.m. on Sunday, May 1st, in the Lynchford Road car park. A black BMW X1 was reported stolen after two men approached and threatened the 50-year-old male victim as he sat in his car.
After being found guilty of numerous sexual communication with a child offences, a 60-year-old man from Totton was sentenced to nine mont…

Mark Anthony Mengham, 60, of Alfred Close in Totton, was sentenced today (Friday 10 June) at Southampton Crown Court for engaging in sexual communication with a child in the Totton area between December 2020 and January 2021. The court heard that over a few weeks, Mengham exchanged messages, many of which were highly sexual […]
After being found guilty of numerous sexual communication with a child offences, a 60-year-old man from Totton was sentenced to nine months in prison, suspended for two years

Mark Anthony Mengham, 60, of Alfred Close in Totton, was sentenced today (Friday 10 June) at Southampton Crown Court for engaging in sexual communication with a child in the Totton area between December 2020 and January 2021.
For the manslaughter of Bonnie Harwood, an Alton man was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 14 years

Following a five-week trial at Winchester Crown Court, Matthew Reynolds, 32, of Pound Gate in Alton, was found not guilty of Bonnie’s murder but guilty of manslaughter. The court heard that on Sunday, October 10, 2021, around 1.40pm, police were called to an address in Aldersey Fields, Alton.
After a residential burglary in Hedge End, police are looking for witnesses or anyone with information

Officers released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak with in connection with a residential burglary on Chapel Road in West End today (10 June).
The cause of the fire that destroyed Ventnor Esplande’s former Gaiety Arcade on Tuesday night (June 7) is being investigated as arson

Firefighters from Shanklin, Ventnor, Newport, Freshwater, Sandown, Ryde, Cowes, and East Cowes worked all night to put out the fire, which began around 6 p.m.
A man was sentenced to prison for blackmail and fraud on the Isle of Wight and in Gloucestershire

On the afternoon of November 5, 2021, Kwaku Achampong, 32, hand-delivered letters to a Bembridge address demanding that the occupant deposit £100,000 into a bank account.
An off-duty Hampshire Police officer who dragged an injured and violent man off a busy highway carriage, saving his life, has been nomina…

Congratulations to PC Jordan Janaway, and we look forward to celebrating her at the Awards next month.At 4 p.m. on November 14, 2020, PC Janaway, who had only been a police officer for a few months, was off-duty and driving along the M3 to work.As she approached Winchester, she noticed a vehicle parked in the […]
An off-duty Hampshire Police officer who dragged an injured and violent man off a busy highway carriage, saving his life, has been nominated for The National Police Bravery Awards

Congratulations to PC Jordan Janaway, and we look forward to celebrating her at the Awards next month.At 4 p.m. on November 14, 2020, PC Janaway, who had only been a police officer for a few months, was off-duty and driving along the M3 to work.As she approached Winchester, she noticed a vehicle parked in the […]
Six teenagers have been arrested in connection with a fire that broke out at a derelict pub in Portsmouth

A fire investigation has been launched in the aftermath of a fire that broke out at a derelict pub in Portsmouth on Friday, June 3rd.
A fatal collision in Shorwell is being investigated by police

Police were called around 10.15 a.m. this morning (Sunday, June 5) to reports of a cyclist colliding with a Land Rover Freelander near the New Barn Lane junction on Main Road.