4+ hour, 20+ min ago   (406+ words) A Southampton man described as a "gentle giant" drowned while on holiday, an inquest has heard. Peter Appleton died on May 21, 2025, while staying at the Catalonia Punta Del Rey Hotel in Candelaria, Tenerife. The 53-year-old was on holiday with his…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (525+ words) Storm Chandra tore through Hampshire with ferocity on Tuesday, unleashing severe flooding that brought the county to a standstill. Roads became rivers, rail lines vanished beneath rising water, and cars were swept away as relentless rain from Storm Chandra hammered…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (353+ words) MOST OF the 24 shipping containers lost in the Solent during the height of Storm Goretti, have now washed ashore along the South Coast, HM Coastguard has confirmed. The containers, swept overboard from two separate cargo vessels battling violent seas late…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (170+ words) Six Hampshire pubs are raising a glass and serving up haggis in honour of a famous Scottish poet. Wetherspoon pubs in and around Southampton are marking Burns Night with a week-long celebration from January 21 to 27 in tribute to Robert Burns....

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (239+ words) Ten shipping containers carrying food products from Portsmouth to Barbados are still to be located after being lost at sea off the Isle of Wight. A total of 24 containers went overboard from two vessels during Storm Goretti. One of those,…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (340+ words) SOME 24 shipping containers have fallen overboard from two cargo vessels off the Isle of Wight during the height of Storm Goretti, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has confirmed. The dramatic incident happened late on Thursday as Storm Goretti brought…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (327+ words) Turkey's Marmaris has been ranked the cheapest short-haul holiday destination for UK families. The port city has the lowest prices out of 16 popular locations for a basket of 10 tourist items, Post Office Travel Money said. This included just "67.67 for a…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (126+ words) AN INQUEST has opened into the death of a Southampton man who died after drowning while on holiday. Peter Gordon Appleton, 53, of Rosoman Road, died while on holiday at the Catalonia Punta, Del Rey Hotel in Santa Cruz De Tenerife…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (443+ words) An EU review "paints a grim picture" of Israel's failure to adhere to international obligations, Ireland's premier Micheal Martin has said. The Taoiseach said the report highlights the restriction of food and medicines into Gaza, which he said "amounts to…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (805+ words) Spanish has overtaken French as the most popular foreign language at GCSE, figures suggest. Provisional data for England shows exam entries for French GCSE this summer are down by 1.9%, from 130,650 last summer to 128,155 this year. GCSE entries for German have…...