
This week we’re revisiting some of our best pieces from 2015. Today we highlight just a few of the people who make Pompey the city we all know and love.
(Click on the image or title to read the article.)

Christine Lord – Mad Cows Disease: Still a Threat to All of Us
“…what I’ve found out is like a dystopian sci-fi novel.
“I uncovered that as early as 1985 – 86, the government knew that if someone ate infected BSE material, it could kill them. The basic facts were covered up to protect the meat industries and the pharmaceutical industries – it was about money.
“My son was killed at the altar of greed and money.”
Gareth Rees – A Cleaner’s Diary
“…if there is such a thing as a cleaning school, why aren’t us cleaners sent to this? Perhaps because if there was training, we’d become skilled workers and wages would have to reflect this. It wouldn’t make sense for a company like this to pay us fairly. Hospital superviruses are the price for being cheap about cleaners.”
