CCITV, the television station of the University of Portsmouth’s faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI) recently made a special programme about cultural diversity and activity in Portsmouth. One of Star and Crescent’s Editors-in-Chief, Tom [… read more ]
Dear Flick Drummond, I write to ask you to vote against any Commons motion to sanction the extension of airstrikes into Syrian territory. I believe that I echo the voices of many people around the [… read more ]
Portsmouth City Council has launched a consultation with local residents on the Chancellor’s announcement that local authorities should fund adult social care costs by raising council tax by an additional 2%, reports Sarah Cheverton. Chancellor [… read more ]
Portsmouth City Council trade unions have launched an online petition as Portsmouth City Council proposes to end all trade union secondments as part of the forthcoming cuts required of the local authority by central government. By Sarah [… read more ]
The ruling adminstration of Portsmouth City Council has set out its budget savings proposals for 2016/17 to deliver £11 million of savings in the next financial year, responding directly to priorities identified by just under [… read more ]
By Sameen Farouk How many of us can remember where we were on September 11th or July 7th? From now on we must remember where we were on November 13th too. Many communities around the [… read more ]
The very first Bitcoin ATM in Hampshire launched last Friday 13th November at Computer Junction in Elm Grove, Southsea. Cambridge-based Heliopay LTD – working in conjunction with Portsmouth Crypto and Computer Junction in Elm Grove, [… read more ]
Matthew Winnington, Eastney and Craneswater Liberal Democrat Portsmouth City Councillor, reflects on his party’s showing in the general election and looks forward to next year’s local polls. The general and local elections in Portsmouth this [… read more ]
Writer and photographer Alexander Sebley is shocked by the depths some advertisers are prepared to sink to. Advertising agencies house some of the most debased people on the planet: deceptive, cynical and toxic. This advert [… read more ]
Aidan Williams explores the views of local politicians on drugs and prohibition, using GovFaces – a new social media platform for political discussion. Portsmouth City Council pledged this year to ban all legal highs from the city [… read more ]
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