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Migrants, Mental Health and Covid-19

23rd September 2020

Dianna Djokey reflects on the impact Covid-19 has had on the migrant community as she interviews migrant, mother and wife Ade Qsawe Anthony about how Covid-19 has affected her own, and her family’s, mental health. [… read more ]

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‘We Knew of Vulnerable Portsmouth Migrants Without Cash Walking up the M275 to Report to Fareham Police Station’: An Interview with Malcolm Little Pt II

17th September 2020

Covid-19 Community Reporter Paris Ali-Pilling interviews Malcolm Little, Refugee Support Service Manager for the British Red Cross Portsmouth based Hants & Surrey service. In part two of a two-part series, Malcolm explains the financial impact to [… read more ]

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‘Asylum Seekers are Welcome in Portsmouth’: An Interview with Malcolm Little Pt I

16th September 2020

Covid-19 Community Reporter Paris Ali-Pilling interviews Malcolm Little, Refugee Support Service Manager for the British Red Cross (BRC) Portsmouth based Hants & Surrey service. In part one of a two-part series, Malcolm explains what the British Red [… read more ]

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‘Plugging Gaps in the System’: Covid-19 and Friends Without Borders

3rd September 2020

Covid-19 Community Reporter Paris Ali-Pilling spoke to Michael Woolley, Chairman of Friends Without Borders (FWB), a Portsmouth-based charity providing support and advice to refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in Portsmouth, about how the pandemic has [… read more ]

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The Portsmouth Activist Priest Standing Up for Filipinos During COVID-19

2nd September 2020

Father Claro Conde, Parish Priest of the Corpus Christi with St Joseph diocese in Portsmouth, has been raising awareness about the British-based Filipinos who have died from COVID-19 and providing moral and spiritual support to [… read more ]

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Separated Families and Expensive Delays: Covid-19 and Portsmouth Migrants Pt II

21st August 2020

Covid-19 Community Reporter Paris Ali-Pilling interviews Victoria Girsa, co-founder of Portsmouth based GBS UK Immigration Ltd a team of accredited immigration advisors. In part two of a two part series, Victoria explains how Covid-19 has impacted the [… read more ]

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‘Stress, Anxiety and Frustration’: Covid-19 and Portsmouth Migrants Pt I

20th August 2020

Covid-19 Community Reporter Paris Ali-Pilling interviews Victoria Girsa, co-founder of Portsmouth based GBS UK Immigration Ltd, a team of accredited immigration advisors. In part one of a two part series, Victoria explains how Covid-19 has impacted [… read more ]

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How has Covid-19 Affected POC, Migrants and Refugees in Portsmouth?

5th August 2020

Dianna Djokey shares why she’s reporting on the impact of Covid-19 on people of colour (POC), migrants, and asylum seekers and refugees in Portsmouth. Connection and togetherness seem more important to me during the current [… read more ]

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Migrants, Refugees and Covid-19 in Portsmouth: Tell Us Your Stories

31st July 2020

S&C has recently launched a new project to capture the impact of Covid-19 on different communities and sectors in Portsmouth. Here Covid-19 Community Reporter Paris Ali-Pilling explains how experiencing the immigration system firsthand made him [… read more ]

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Out of the City of Culture, In With Portsmouth 100

23rd October 2026

Portsmouth may have missed out on making the shortlist for the UK City of Culture, but there’s also good news: from this Monday the city will be celebrating 100 years of history. Veteran journalist Peter [… read more ]

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Planetbuilding Blues: A Letter to My Dead Parents

24th September 2026

Writer and planetary modeller David Angus recalls recent global and personal events in a letter to his dead parents, from anti-vaxxers to flying a Spitfire. By now Jill Mole should be with you and Arthur [… read more ]

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Portsmouth Union Branch Calls on University to Address Pension Inequality

10th September 2026

The Portsmouth branch of the UCU (University and College Union) has passed a motion calling on the management of the University of Portsmouth (UoP) to address pension inequality. The Branch contends that UoP has been [… read more ]

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Portsmouth Constituents Urge Stephen Morgan to Protest Oil Drilling and Support Fair Energy Transition

21st August 2026

Portsmouth constituents have sent a clear message to their MP Stephen Morgan demanding urgent action to help bring our energy bills down and increase energy security for our communities. The UK government is set to [… read more ]

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Green Open Homes Week: How Portsmouth Residents are Taking on the Energy Crisis

26th June 2026

Energy prices are a growing concern – but for some, getting ahead of the crisis has paid off. Local residents have been opening their doors to Nicholas Sebley of Portsmouth Climate Action to reveal how they [… read more ]

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