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The rippling fallout from Portsmouth's migrant arrivals (opens the original)
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In the days since 120 migrants were brought ashore in Hampshire, triggering anti-migrant protests, counter-protests and a wave of online rumours, the consequences have rippled far beyond those who arrived on an overcrowded boat. From Portsmouth to Poole, communities are grappling with heightened tension, fear and mistrust, with some residents avoiding certain areas as a result. People from ethnic minority backgrounds have expressed fears of becoming targets of abuse or being mistaken for asylum
Two ports denied request to land 120 migrants in RNLI boats (opens the original)
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Requests to accept the landing of RNLI boats carrying 120 migrants intercepted off the Isle of Wight were refused by both Portsmouth harbour and Southampton Port. When the migrants were landed on Sunday at Eastney, in Langstone Harbour, anti-migrant protesters blocked the road. Associated British Ports (ABP), which operates Southampton, said it was not the closest port and it "did not have suitable reception facilities available". The BBC understands the King's Harbour Master (KHM) Portsmouth al
Vampire cultist sentenced over New Forest church carcasses (opens the original)
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A man with a fascination with vampires, who stole lambs and left the carcasses along with occult symbols at churches, has been sentenced to detention in hospital. Dead deer and lambs were discovered tied to a flagpole, in a pulpit or otherwise displayed at churches and at an NHS mental health office in Hampshire in 2025, Southampton Crown Court heard. Benjamin Lewis, 48, of Totton, previously pleaded guilty to stealing lambs on two occasions and admitted five charges of religiously aggravated ha
Killed Hampshire patient's sisters say unsafe care risks 'more deaths' (opens the original)
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The sisters of a man strangled to death on a mental health ward by another patient have described the healthcare system for people with severe psychotic illness as "inadequate, misguided and plain wrong". An inquest into the death of Richard Laversuch, 63, found on Wednesday he was unlawfully killed by Owen Herbert, then aged 18, at Parklands Hospital, Basingstoke, in 2021. Multiple "failures" by heath staff were identified by the inquest jury. "They just don't recognise how serious psychotic il
Basingstoke patient killed by teenager after staff failures, jury finds (opens the original)
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A man was strangled to death by a fellow patient on a psychiatric ward following failures by health staff, an inquest jury has found. Owen Herbert, then aged 18, attacked 63-year-old Richard Laversuch in the early hours of 27 November 2021 at Parklands Hospital, in Basingstoke, Hampshire. In a narrative conclusion, the jury in Winchester said Laversuch, from Andover, was unlawfully killed after Herbert was incorrectly admitted to a less secure ward. Hampshire coroner Nicholas Walker said: "Poor
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