Portsmouth officially submitted its final, community-led bid to become the UK City of Culture 2029 in August under the banner We Are Pompey 2029. Veteran journalist Peter Gruner reports. Star & Crescent has actively covered [… read more ]
It could be the biggest boost Portsmouth has ever had – but don’t speak too soon, writes veteran journalist Peter Gruner. Look what happened to nearby Southampton. However, let’s all hope for the best and [… read more ]
Every week, Express FM runs a live show dedicated to news about the Coronavirus in Portsmouth, as Robbie James interviews a range of local people, including politicians, experts, residents and businesses. On 29th April, Robbie spoke [… 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 invite Deputy Leader of Portsmouth City Council, Steve Pitt, to talk about the changes needed in Portsmouth [… read more ]
Donald Trump’s visit to Portsmouth tomorrow is shrouded in secrecy and corrupted by controversy. Local author and publisher Matt Wingett thinks the people of Portsmouth deserve some explanations. There’s a long tradition in Portsmouth of [… read more ]
The first Creative Portsmouth event took place on 31st January 2019 run by Portsmouth City Council. Local writer Maddie Wallace reports. Judging by the huge turnout at the city’s first Creative Portsmouth collaborative event at the [… read more ]
Portsmouth resident and Portsmouth Unite Community campaigner Alan Burgess reports on the union’s campaign calling on Southern Water to stop sewage overflows into Langstone Harbour. As reported extensively in the News, Southern Water has been [… read more ]
Reviewer and student Emily Priest investigates the recent announcement that Blackwell and the University of Portsmouth have decided to shut Blackwell’s Portsmouth. Additional reporting by Sarah Cheverton. Following a period of commercial struggle, the University [… read more ]
Kimberly Barrett, founder of Keep Milton Green recently gave a deputation to Portsmouth City Council calling for greater local transparency on why property developers aren’t including affordable housing in their developments. Here she expands on [… read more ]
University of Portsmouth student Paul Beresford imagines a grim future for Portsmouth’s music venues, as he shows how the city’s independent and smaller venues are struggling to survive in an increasingly competitive commercial landscape. The year [… read more ]
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