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Climate Change Poses a Particular Threat to Portsmouth

7th October 2020

A leading Portsmouth environmentalist has spoken out about concerns for our city following the premier of a new film by Sir David Attenborough. Peter Gruner reports. A Life on Our Planet, which deals in part [… read more ]

Politics

The Day the World Stood Up to Climate Change

25th September 2019

Last Friday, from Portsmouth to Wakiso, Uganda, to Hobart, Tasmania to New York and Washington, DC, and in 159 other countries on all 7 continents, 4 million people protested against the catastrophe of climate change. [… read more ]

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Young People’s Voices: Tackling The Issue Of Trump And Climate Change

29th July 2019

Continuing our new series of stories from our Young People’s Voices project – funded by Victorious Festival and supported by the University of Portsmouth – student at Havant and South Downs College, Joshua Moynihan voices [… read more ]

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Young People’s Voices: On Trump, Climate Change and D-Day

19th July 2019

Continuing our new series of stories from our Young People’s Voices project – funded by Victorious Festival and supported by the University of Portsmouth – Zoe Beard, student at Havant and South Downs College, investigates [… read more ]

Politics

Young People’s Voices: Portsmouth is Vulnerable to Climate Change

8th July 2019

Continuing our new series of stories from our Young People’s Voices project – funded by Victorious Festival and supported by the University of Portsmouth – students at Havant and South Downs College, Frayja Roberts and [… read more ]

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From Peru to Pompey: Climate Change is Closer Than You Think

17th April 2017

Lily Anderson-Neyra, a former Portsmouth resident and co-founder of Portsmouth Climate Action Network, reports on the impact of climate change in her birth country of Peru, and asks Pompey to help those affected. Additional reporting [… read more ]

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Pompey Street Space: Covid-Safe Travel ‘Virtually Impossible’ Without Change

5th June 2020

A recently launched local campaign – Pompey Street Space – formed by a coalition of Portsmouth environmental and community groups is calling on Portsmouth City Council to work in partnership with them, to enable more [… read more ]

Social Issues

The Climate Emergency: What Could Be Done If We All Worked Together?

11th December 2019

Zoë Ingram, student at Havant and South Downs College, asks why young people seem more concerned with the climate emergency. Climate change can be a widely overshadowed issue when it comes to election coverage, but [… read more ]

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Streets for People: How We Can Solve the Climate Crisis

12th November 2019

Our society faces some profound challenges, argues Megan Howson of Portsmouth Friends of the Earth. Climate breakdown is the major issue now but there are also other pressing issues such as poor air quality, obesity, [… read more ]

Politics

One Way to Avert Climate Catastrophe? Free Buses in Portsmouth

23rd September 2019

Writer and environmental activist Alan Burgess has made a modest proposal to Portsmouth City Council about how our city can help save our rapidly deteriorating environment. The global mean temperature today is 1.1 degrees centigrade higher than [… read more ]

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Portsmouth UCU Branch Challenges Justification for University ‘Reset’ and Redundancies

14th November 2025

The Portsmouth branch of the UCU (University and College Union) has passed a motion questioning the arguments made in this recent article published in the Telegraph. The article claims that last year’s ‘Academic Reset’ at [… read more ]

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UCU Branch Calls on the University of Portsmouth to Condemn Far-Right Attacks

13th November 2025

The Portsmouth branch of the UCU (University and College Union) has voted to call on the University of Portsmouth (UoP) to make a public statement about the recent incidents of hate and violence that have [… read more ]

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Families in Portsmouth to Join National SEND Awareness Event at Guildhall

31st October 2025

On Monday 3rd November 2025, families will gather outside Portsmouth City Council’s Civic Offices in Guildhall Square from 10:30 am to 1 pm as part of the national Every Pair Tells a Story movement.   [… read more ]

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Welfare not Warfare: Protest Against Benefits Cuts in Portsmouth

27th June 2025

Portsmouth and District Unite Community is calling a protest against the savage cuts to Personal Independence (PIP) Universal Credit and Employment Support Allowance (ESA), reports trades unionist and activist Alan Burgess. The protest will take [… read more ]

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What’s Missing from Local News in Portsmouth? And How do we Fix it?

11th June 2025

S&C Editor Dr Sarah Cheverton shares insights from her PhD research on the local news crisis in her second article for Indie News Week (9th-16th June 2025). Building on her first article about the local [… read more ]

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