Many international problems have a local dimension, and the refugee crisis is no exception. Andrew Larder asks whether our city, which has a long and proud tradition of welcoming desperate people from all over the [… read more ]
Each morning Portsmouth University student Megan Langdon wakes up and has a stretch, before grabbing her phone and finding out the latest news from her friends. While she uses Facebook and Instagram a lot, she’s now convinced that the best app for [… read more ]
Community activist and founder of Southsea Greenhouse, Sue Stokes, reports on a recent grassroots community arts project, #KeepPompeyGreen, celebrating all things bright and beautiful in Portsmouth. Additional reporting by Sarah Cheverton. I hear lots of [… read more ]
This child’s tricycle is like most others, with one important difference. It could change someone’s life. By Laura Stanley, with Sarah Cheverton. Alyssa Mae, her 2 sisters and her parents, Zoe and Colin, are like [… read more ]
Sue Stokes, founder of Southsea Greenhouse Community Co-operative, explores the social revolution at the heart of community groups and the challenges involved in keeping the dream of a caring, sharing Portsmouth alive. When I left [… read more ]
As a follow-up to her investigation into the growing numbers of people sleeping rough on our streets, Holly Wells shares with us her encounters with two of those very people. Roy Age: ’45.’ Time on [… read more ]
Shelagh Simmons highlights the hypocrisy and myopia of the Council leadership’s sudden endorsement of volunteering. Promoting the city’s latest volunteering initiative, Portsmouth Together, Portsmouth City Council leader Donna Jones recently told The News how supportive she [… read more ]
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