In the first of our new series of stories from our Young People’s Voice project – funded by Victorious Festival and supported by the University of Portsmouth – Suzie Peckett and Mya Matthews of Havant [… read more ]
The Society of St James (SSJ) is a Hampshire-based homelessness charity that provides accommodation and support to over 2500 people each year. Here the charity’s team explore why homelessness in Portsmouth and the surrounding area [… read more ]
On 31st March 2018, the Aurora Helpline and Referral Service for victims and survivors of domestic violence and abuse closed, following recent changes to local authority contracts commissioning the service. In its 6 years of [… read more ]
Portsmouth visual satirist and S&C regular Mike Gumbrell creates a new take on an old classic with a board game based on Portsmouth Politics, Portsmouthonopoly.
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 ]
A dark evening, a friend calls, tells of his brother-in-law’s funeral, says, did you know there are five police cars in your cul-de-sac, one officer opened the boot of a car, gave out rifles. The [… read more ]
Paige Tabone was brutally attacked in a Portsmouth nightclub simply for being disabled. Here she makes a passionate plea for changes to the law, police procedure and public attitudes. Many scenarios go through your head [… read more ]
Ahead of Thursday’s election, Sarah Cheverton talks exclusively to Simon Hayes about his three and a half years in the new role of Police & Crime Commissioner for Hampshire & Isle of Wight, and why [… read more ]
Our Editor in Chief, Sarah Cheverton is the Writer in Residence for local charity Aurora New Dawn, which runs Hampshire’s Stalking Advocacy Service. In the first of a series of posts – originally featured on [… read more ]
Sarah Cheverton talks to Shonagh Dillon, Chief Executive of Aurora New Dawn, about their campaign against the proposed cuts to the Council’s domestic violence support service, the Early Intervention Project, in 2017/18. Can you tell [… read more ]
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