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Sisters Uncut: Portsmouth Tories Should ‘Stop and Listen’ to Opponents, Not Smear Them

5th February 2016

Following yesterday’s breaking news on S&C of a Tory plan to ‘smear’ opponents to council cuts, local charity Aurora New Dawn and campaign group Sisters Uncut respond. Hampshire charity Aurora New Dawn revealed today that [… read more ]

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A Matter of Truth and Trust: Charity Responds to Portsmouth Council Leader

3rd February 2016

Shonagh Dillon, CEO of Aurora New Dawn, responds to allegations from Council Leader Donna Jones that the charity is implicated in an alleged ‘hate campaign’ against her. In a recent News article, the Leader of [… read more ]

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CUTS KILL – Save Portsmouth Domestic Violence Services

18th January 2016

This week Star and Crescent will be running a social media campaign on our Facebook and Twitter pages to support local charity Aurora New Dawn’s ongoing action to stop planned cuts to domestic violence support [… read more ]

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‘No Straight Answers’ To Domestic Violence Service Cuts, Says Charity

18th January 2016

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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Councillors Hint at New Domestic Violence Services Following Campaigners’ Pressure

8th January 2016

Sarah Cheverton reports on a Twitter exchange between Hampshire domestic violence charity Aurora New Dawn, the Council Leader and local councillors hinting at new service provision for victims of domestic abuse, following local and national [… read more ]

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Defend Nurses’ Bursaries

6th January 2016

There is a severe shortage of nurses in the UK, reports Dr Veronika Wagner, and the situation isn’t helped by the government’s unjust training and recruitment policies. How do we motivate someone to choose a [… read more ]

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Domestic Violence Services Save Lives and Families

15th December 2015

Regular S&C contributor Christine Lawrence urges Portsmouth City Council to reconsider the decision to cut domestic violence services in Portsmouth in 2017/18. I was more than horrified to hear of Portsmouth City Council’s decision to [… read more ]

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Why Are the Poor and Vulnerable Paying For Portsmouth Austerity?

14th December 2015

Cal Corkery, a Portsmouth Homelessness Support Worker working with disadvantaged and vulnerable young people, has given Star and Crescent permission to publish his deputation to councillors at last week’s Portsmouth City Council meeting to decide the [… read more ]

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Campaigners Against Cuts Bring Portsmouth Budget Meeting to a Halt

9th December 2015

National campaigners Sisters Uncut staged a protest in the public gallery of a Full Council meeting yesterday following a passionate plea from Chief Executive of charity Aurora New Dawn to protect local domestic violence services. By Sarah [… read more ]

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Rallies Planned as Portsmouth Councillors Prepare for Budget Cuts Meeting

7th December 2015

Following the launch of a petition this week that has quickly generated over 38,000 signatures in support of domestic violence and sexual health services, UP Antifascists release a statement calling for Portsmouth residents to protest the [… 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 ]

Indie News Week 9th-16th June 2025. No news is bad news.
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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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