If you’re a diehard Irvine Welsh fan like S&C regular Lucy Nother, the news of a six-part TV drama from the mind of the legendary Scottish author was a much-anticipated treat. Based on Welsh’s seventh [… read more ]
Hundreds of residents across Hampshire are to be asked how they think police officers have handled the challenge of enforcing new rules during the COVID-19 lockdown – with the results used to devise strategies for [… read more ]
This is a response from Portsmouth Green Party representative, Tamara Groen, on social media posts by Councillor Linda Symes, the Conservative councillor for Eastney and Craneswater, as reported in The News, on June 3rd 2020. [… read more ]
Lola-Rose Yussuf, aged 11 years, wrote this poem after attending a Black Lives Matter peaceful protest in the Guildhall Square, Portsmouth. Lola-Rose told S&C, ‘I am amazed at the amount of positive feedback from the [… 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 talk about recent events in the USA, threats from President Trump to ‘send in the military’ and [… read more ]
Shortly after the lockdown began, Portsmouth-based charity Aurora New Dawn launched a 24/7 helpline for victims and survivors of domestic violence, sexual abuse and stalking. Here the Aurora team share their helpline data on how [… read more ]
Every week, Express FM runs a live show dedicated to news about the Coronavirus in Portsmouth including interviews with a range of politicians, experts, residents and businesses. On 27th May, Mason Jordan (standing in this [… read more ]
In the second part of her interview with S&C Founding Editor Tom Sykes, Cllr Claire Udy, Leader of the Progressive Portsmouth People Group on Portsmouth City Council, discusses workplace safety, police enforcement of the lockdown [… read more ]
How has the pandemic affected local services and charities, their staff and the communities they serve? Sarah Cheverton talks to Jess, a Stalking Advocate at Aurora New Dawn, a Portsmouth-based charity working with victims and [… read more ]
Six weeks ago, the UK went into lockdown to reduce the spread of COVID-19. While the strategy seems to be saving lives, it has come at a huge cost to our civil liberties and human [… read more ]
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