Tom Cotterill Reporter
  • Portsmouth
  • National World

Tom is an award-winning defence reporter, covering the Portsmouth area. Named as JPIMedia's Reporter of the Year in 2020, he has been part of the team at The News since 2015 and is now working as the paper's chief reporter.

Published In

The News, National World, Sussex World, The Scotsman

Focus Areas

  • Defence

48 Articles
almost 4 years
portsmouth.co.uk

Pay freeze plan for public sector workers is branded 'morally bankrupt'

THE government is facing the threat of industrial action if it imposes a cap on the pay of millions of public sector ...

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almost 4 years
portsmouth.co.uk

Portsmouth motorist arrested after man dies in crash involving lorry and three vehicles

POLICE have arrested a motorist from Portsmouth following a fatal crash.

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almost 4 years
portsmouth.co.uk

Portsmouth grassroots football sites to be 'revolutionised' by £6.8m investment

GRASSROOTS footballing hubs across Portsmouth are to be ‘revolutionised’ into a ‘world-class provision’ after the cit...

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almost 4 years
portsmouth.co.uk

Navy fleet to grow with warships armed with lasers after £16.5bn defence deal

BORIS Johnson has vowed to grow the Royal Navy’s surface fleet and arm future warships with hi-tech laser guns after ...

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almost 4 years
portsmouth.co.uk

Sailor takes up rare post on US warship once held by HMS Queen Elizabeth boss

A ROYAL Navy officer has taken up a rare post on an American warship named after wartime prime minister Winston Churc...

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almost 4 years
portsmouth.co.uk

Burnt lunch sparks emergency call to home in Gosport

SMOKE from a burnt lunch sparked a fire call-out.

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almost 4 years
portsmouth.co.uk

Businessman, 63, due in Portsmouth court accused of paying for sex with child

A BUSINESSMAN is to appear in court charged with a dozen child abuse offences – including ‘paying for sexual services...

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almost 4 years
portsmouth.co.uk

'Delusional' SNP demand Royal Navy bases 'major' warships in Scotland

‘DELUSIONAL’ SNP politicians have sparked a defence row after demanding the Royal Navy permanently bases a fleet ‘maj...

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almost 4 years
sussexexpress.co.uk

Royal Navy war hero who once rammed and sunk a German U-boat celebrates his 100th birthday

A Royal Navy veteran, believed to be the service’s sole surviving officer who fought throughout the Second World War,...

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almost 4 years
sussexexpress.co.uk

Disgraced Royal Navy officer has MBE stripped off him by the Queen after stealing stepson’s inher...

A naval officer and former EU ‘ambassador of the sea’ has been stripped of a top royal honour for stealing almost £60...

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almost 4 years
sussexexpress.co.uk

Disgraced Royal Navy officer from Bognor Regis has MBE stripped off him by the Queen after steali...

A naval officer and former EU ‘ambassador of the sea’ has been stripped of a top royal honour for stealing almost £60...

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almost 4 years
scotsman.com

Russia warns it is 'tracking' Scots-built £1bn Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dragon in the Black Sea

‘SABRE-rattling’ Russian military chiefs have warned they are ‘tracking’ a £1bn Royal Navy warship as it makes its wa...

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