PORTSMOUTH is fiercely proud of (largely) being an island city. And its lack of substantial hills make it a boon for cyclists who don’t need to battle against the slopes of say, the Isle of Wight.
Just after Southern Water was forced to pay out a whopping £126m in fines and customer rebates, after an Ofwat investigation showed the firm had stopped wastewater samples from being taken, along comes another blow for the firm.
In these days of austerity plus the seemingly never ending scare stories of what will or will not happen if and when Brexit occurs, it’s so refreshing to hear that at least the tourism industry in Portsmouth is set to get a massive boost.
Proud as we may be of our city, there is one title the city holds that few others are going to be envious of. Outside of London, Portsmouth is the most densely populated city in the UK.
Without doubt there will be readers having a jolly good laugh today at our story about the hand grenade converted into a cigarette lighter and the reaction to it.
How sad that yet another mega-chain – you know, one of a handful of companies which looks as though it will one day rule the world – has seen fit to pander to the whim of the hipster.
There is an awful lot to be proud of in Portsmouth and yesterday we showed the world – yet again – that when it comes to performing on the world stage, nobody does it better.
The Rainbow Centre began from the most humble of origins – a family's front room. It started off 29 years ago as a means of providing support and help to youngsters with cerebral palsy through the life-changing conductive education system.
When Universal Credit was first announced in 2010, its Conservative party creators hailed it as a flagship policy – a means of simplifying the benefits system and encouraging the long-term unemployed back into work.
AN INDEPENDENT public inquiry should be established to investigate allegations of unlawful killings, torture and ill-treatment by British troops in Iraq, a United Nations body has urged.
TO SAY that the Stubbington bypass is a project decades in the making is no mere exaggeration. And during that time, the need for such a road has become more urgent with every passing year.
