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Unite Union: Stop Dumping Sewage into Langstone Harbour

26th September 2018

Portsmouth resident and Portsmouth Unite Community campaigner Alan Burgess reports on the union’s campaign calling on Southern Water to stop sewage overflows into Langstone Harbour. As reported extensively in the News, Southern Water has been [… read more ]

The Rubbish State of Recycling in Portsmouth

22nd February 2018

Portsmouth City Council (PCC) has one of the lowest recycling rates in the UK, coming in at 340th out of 352 local authorities for the period April 2016 to March 2017, with only 24.7% of [… read more ]

News

Streets for People: A Path to Cleaner Air, Improved Health and Closer Communities?

13th December 2018

Community Reporter Helen Salsbury reports on ‘Streets for People’, a public meeting in October 2018 that explored ways of making Portsmouth’s streets vibrant, safe, and healthy places for local communities, businesses, residents and visitors to [… read more ]

News

Obituary: Eileen Robertson (1941-2018)

11th December 2018

Eileen Robertson (1941-2018) We’re sorry to have to report that one of our friends and member of the Portsmouth writing community, Eileen Robertson, died on Tuesday 20th November. Eileen was proud of being a Yorkshire [… read more ]

News

Portsmouth After Brexit: What Do We Know?

3rd December 2018

The subject of Brexit comes up in the media every day, but there’s very little information on how it will affect the city. Community reporter Rosy Bremer decided to find out. Additional reporting by Sarah [… read more ]

News

How Will Brexit Affect Council Services?

3rd December 2018

In today’s article ‘Portsmouth After Brexit: What Do We Know?’, S&C Community Reporter Rosy Bremer looks at work undertaken to prepare the city for Brexit by the last and current council adminstrations. In this companion [… read more ]

Culture

A Christmas Carol and Cinderella at Groundlings Theatre

16th November 2018

S&C Community Reporter Andrew Hurdle interviews Richard Stride from Pompey’s Groundlings Theatre about the history of the theatre and the coming season. Richard Stride explains the history of the Groundlings Theatre, including that Charles Dickens’ [… read more ]