Tom Benjamin captures the empty local high streets and carparks during lockdown. With things the way they are, it has affected everything about our lives. It dictated the places you could go, the things you [… read more ]
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 ]
Pompey’s favourite party political podcast returns with hosts Ian ‘Tiny’ Morris and Simon Sansbury. In this week’s episode, Ian and Simon speak to local Green Party member Tim Sheerman-Chase about environmental politics during the lockdown and what it [… read more ]
Every week, Express FM runs a live show dedicated to news about the Coronavirus in Portsmouth, as Robbie James interviews a range of local people, including politicians, experts, residents and businesses. On 13th May, Robbie [… read more ]
At Pens of the Earth’s launch night Helen Salsbury talked about rethinking the way our streets are used, and not just assuming they should exist for motorised traffic. Reclaiming streets for people can have an [… read more ]
Portsmouth City Council passed a proposal this week responding to a government instruction to consider charging some vehicles in a clean air zone to improve air quality in the shortest time. Local air quality campaigner [… read more ]
One of our #ReclaimTheNews team, Andrew Hurdle, showcases the Midweek Minis meetup at Port Solent in this exclusive piece of photo journalism for S&C. In 2014, Ashley Abraham and James Calder set up Midweek Minis, [… read more ]
Green Party MEP for the South East, Keith Taylor visited Portsmouth in November to discuss concerns over poor air quality in the city. S&C regular contributor Andrew Larder reports. 5.4 million people in the UK [… read more ]
Local student Patsie Gorman was in a recent car crash at the Barnaby Road/Park Road junction in Portsmouth. Reflecting on her experience, she makes the case for slowing down and saving lives in an open [… read more ]
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