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 ]
Are you a female* resident of Portsmouth aged 18 or over? About the Study: I am a research PhD student at the University of Portsmouth. My thesis focuses on how different women experience walking in [… read more ]
The growing issue of waiting lists for gynaecological care in the UK is leaving many women in pain, with some enduring severe symptoms for years before they can see a specialist. The majority of women [… read more ]
Portsmouth-based Palestine Solidarity Campaign activist Linda Spence was shocked to be arrested last week for opposing a genocide in which up to 186,000 people have been killed. Here’s what happened in her words. I’m not [… read more ]
Saturday 27th July, 1-5pm Eldon Building, University of Portsmouth As citizens many of us feel like we don’t have a voice and voting doesn’t bring the changes we’d like to see. Locally the decisions of [… read more ]
The local branch of charity Guide Dogs is urgently appealing for new volunteers to sign up as Fundraisers and My Sighted Guides. Volunteering Coordinator Pat Janecka reached out to S&C Editor Sarah Cheverton to tell [… read more ]
While Portsmouth is well-known for its football club, the city also has a basketball academy that does a lot for the community. Community Reporter Paris Ali-Pilling interviewed Rob Milner, chairman of the club, about challenges [… read more ]
Dr Stephen Harper, media studies lecturer at the University of Portsmouth and member of the Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB), argues that Covid-related misinformation is a product of our paranoid and resentful age of [… read more ]
Local resident Tom Shaw reports on he and his friends’ 140-mile charity bike ride to raise money for Women’s Aid. On Tuesday 3rd August 2021, a four-man cycling group comprised of myself, Josh Sturt, Joe [… read more ]
Plastic waste is a major threat to the world. It poisons our bodies, pollutes our land, air and water, and kills animals of all shapes and sizes down to the tiniest plankton. Every year, our [… read more ]
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