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Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping: your views

This consultation asks questions on proposed action the UK Government and devolved administrations will take to protect future generations from the harms of smoking, by creating the first smokefree generation. It also asks about proposals to crack down on youth vaping and ensure the law is enforced. The proposed actions

Have your say on what you pay for policing

Message from Donna Jones – Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight  This survey is to gather your views on whether there should be an increase in the level of council tax which you pay in support of policing, to ensure continued investment in Hampshire and Isle

The Borough of Gosport and Town Centre Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO)

The Council is consulting on The Borough of Gosport and Town Centre Public Spaces Protection Order, please click here to complete the survey (link to SurveyMonkey). Hard copies of the surveyare available upon request please email Communitysafety@gosport.gov.uk,  telephone 02392 545241 or write to Gosport Borough Council, Community Safety, Town

Warm & Welcome event, Gosport Discovery Centre on Friday 3rd November

Hampshire Library Service are working together with Connect4Communities to provide signposting and support for members of the community struggling with the cost-of-living crisis at the Warm & Welcome event at Gosport Discovery Centre on Friday 3rd November 2023 from 11am to 2pm. Local organisations and services will be at the event

Spot the signs – Modern Slavery

Modern Slavery is happening, together we can stop it. What is Modern Slavery? Someone is in slavery if they are: Forced to work Owned or controlled by an ‘employer’ Dehumanised / treated as a commodity or property Have restrictions place on their freedom of movement If you need help, advice or information about any modern slavery issues

Sign up to Hampshire Alert

Hampshire Alert is a free messaging service that allows Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary, Neighbourhood Watch and other partner organisations keep you informed about issues in your area that are relevant to you. Once signed up you’ll receive messages about crime, witness appeals and general policing activity and issues in

Man charged with cocaine supply in Gosport

A man has been charged with drugs supply offences in Gosport. Late in the evening on 11 October, officers from the RPU Proactive team stopped a vehicle in Rowner Close. The vehicle and its occupants were searched under Section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, and a block of suspected

Crime prevention advice issued after series of thefts from vans across Hampshire, including Gosport

Following detailed enquiries that have potentially identified vehicles involved in the series that are using stolen number plates, officers are now in a position to ask for the public’s help to progress our investigation. Since 13 August 2023, 72 thefts of tools from vans have been reported to us that may

A woman who stole cash from a vulnerable and elderly man in Gosport has been jailed

On Friday 18 August 2023, 29-year-old Emily O’Brien approached the victim – aged in his 70s – at a cashpoint in Forton Road. She told him the machine wasn’t working before she began pressing buttons on the screen.  Following this, O’Brien proceeded to barge the man out of the way

Police witness appeal after suspicious incident in Lee-on-the-Solent on 25/09/2023

Police are investigating how a 70 year old man came to be injured while out walking his dogs in Cockerell Close, Lee-on-the-Solent at around 21:30pm on Monday 25th September 2023. The man arrived home with cuts on his face and head, but does not remember how he received these injuries. He