The best opinion and analysis

TOM COTTERILL, our defence correspondent, has travelled the world with our armed forces, and brings you all the stories that matter from the home of the Royal Navy and beyond.

Entertainments editor

CHRIS BROOM brings you all the news from the local music, theatre and arts scene in

The Guide, our weekly eight-page pull-out.

Health reporter

FIONA CALLINGHAM brings you all the stories that matter from the local health scene with her extensive contacts at QA Hospital and within the NHS.

NEIL ALLEN, our chief sports writer, has written about Pompey for two decades and also published four books centring on a football club where life is always eventful.