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Clean Air Day 2018: Let Pompey Breathe

27th June 2018

Thursday 21st June 2018 was Clean Air Day and local activists for the #LetPompeyBreathe campaign handed in a petition calling on Portsmouth City Council to undertake a debate on air quality, and deliver the Air [… read more ]

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MEP to Address Air Pollution Danger in Portsmouth

3rd April 2018

Green MEP and air quality campaigner Keith Taylor will be discussing the poor state of air quality in Portsmouth at a public meeting on Wednesday evening hosted by the #LetPompeyBreathe campaign group. He will also [… read more ]

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The Choke’s on Us: Passing the Buck on Air Pollution in Portsmouth

13th December 2017

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 ]

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What’s Missing from Local News in Portsmouth? And How do we Fix it?

11th June 2025

S&C Editor Dr Sarah Cheverton shares insights from her PhD research on the local news crisis in her second article for Indie News Week (9th-16th June 2025). Building on her first article about the local [… read more ]

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What’s Happened to Local News in the UK and What Does it Mean for Portsmouth?

8th June 2025

This week, to mark Indie News Week 2025, S&C Editor Dr Sarah Cheverton is drawing from her recent PhD research on the local news crisis to talk about the dramatic changes to local news over [… read more ]

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Local News Crisis, Portsmouth: Sign the Petition to Help Regenerate Independent News

8th June 2025

This week – 9th-16th June – is Indie News Week, showcasing the importance of funding community-based journalism across the UK. The campaign’s organisers, the Public Interest News Foundation, has launched a petition calling on the government to support independent local news publishers and even up the playing field between independent local publishers and the large news corporations that own most of the UK’s local news titles.  [… read more ]

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Record Breaking £11 Billion is Still Not Enough to End the Special Educational Needs Crisis

17th May 2025

Parents and teachers left ‘overwhelmed’ by the failing SEN system in England’s schools, reports University of Portsmouth journalism student Ivana Domozetska. ‘I will do everything and anything for my daughter to get the support she [… read more ]

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Portsmouth City Council Plans £7.5 Million Boost in SEND for New Special School

17th May 2025

Portsmouth City Council (PCC) is planning to invest £7.5 million in the Omega Arts Centre in Southsea to convert it into a special needs school. University of Portsmouth journalism student Ivana Domozetska reports. This will cover [… read more ]

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