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School places deadline

PORTSMOUTH Council have issued a reminder to parents of the need to apply for 2019 secondary school places before midnight on 31st October.

Education

MP’s letter of praise for children’s social care

PORTSMOUTH City Council has been praised for its service provision for children’s social care.

News

Why not pick your own pumpkin this Halloween?

Here’s how you can pick your own pumpkin in Hampshire for Halloween 2018

Halloween is coming and it is time to start thinking about carving pumpkins.

Real Life

NEWS COMMENT: Giving a child all the love a family has to bestow...

Today marks the start of National Adoption Week and Portsmouth City Council is doing the worthwhile job of raising awareness.

Real Life

Pumpkin carving at shopping centre

A SHOPPING centre is hosting a free pumpkin carving workshop for families at Halloween.

Fareham

Cyber savvy preschool children

A study has revealed that three out of four children under-five now has access to a tablet, smartphone or computer.

Real Life

The newlyweds were full on love on their wedding day. Picture: Kirsty Robbins Photography

M&M proposal made a sweet marriage for Portsmouth couple

Clutching tightly on to her red and white bouquet and her father’s arm, Ellie was filled with nerves as she waited to walk down the aisle.

Portsmouth

Toddlers can be easily occupied on escalators, says Kieran Howard.

Primark’s escalator was bundles of fun for Louis – Kieran Howard

Louie’s working on a follow-up to Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. He’s already got a name lined up for it too, if our recent trip to Winchester is anything to go by.

Opinion

Iggle Piggle and friends will be coming to Portsmouth next year. Picture: Cbeebies

In The Night Garden Live is coming to Portsmouth – here’s how to get tickets

Popular children’s programme In The Night Garden is bringing its live show to Portsmouth next year.

Portsmouth

The Southsea herbalist who’s fizzing with excitement

Budd's Herbal Apothecary sounds like something from the pages of Charles Dickens. Inside the traditional Victorian shop in Albert Road, Southsea, there are row upon row of wooden cabinets filled with large glass jars holding herbs with weird and wonderful names such as slippery elm, colts foot and ashwaganda root.

Portsmouth

Hampshire v Somerset, Specsavers County Championship, Ageas Bowl, Eastleigh, Hampshire. Pictured is: Jak Leach chops Dale Steyn onto his stumps Picture: Neil Marshall

Cricket kept the whole family entertained – Kieran Howard

Louie's finally had his first taste of cricket, and doesn't Hampshire's Dale Steyn know it. We bravely trialled the little man with three and a half hours of the bat and ball sport last week.

Gosport

Ray, 84, and Joan, 83, from Cosham, celebrated their Diamond Wedding Anniversary on the July 19 2018.

Sixty years is a walk in the park for Ray and Joan

The key to a successful marriage is a ‘great personality’ and ‘a sense of humour’. That’s according to Joan and Ray Babbage – the Cosham couple who are celebrating 60 years of wedded bliss.

Real Life

The baby shark song has gone viral. Picture: Pinkfong/ YouTube

6 ways to get the ‘Baby Shark’ song out of your head

The Baby Shark song has been a viral hit with children across the world this summer.

News

Parents warned over Roundabout of Death stunt. Picture: Libreshot

Parents warned over dangerous roundabout of death game after boy, 11, left with horrific injuries

A 11-year-old boy has been left with serious injuries normally only seen in fighter pilots after a stunt gone wrong, his mother has said.

News

Popular Fareham play centre Funkidories to close

A POPULAR soft play centre is due to close its doors next week – but it will be back soon.

Real Life

Kirstie Allsopp has has revealed she smashed her children's iPads after they broke her rules about screen time. Picture: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire

TV star Kirstie Allsopp smashed sons’ iPads after they played too much Fortnite

Kirstie Allsopp has revealed she smashed her children's iPads after they broke her rules about screen time.

Real Life

Mandy (35) and Kerry Sterland (45) from Cosham, got married earlier this year and both their first time in a same sex relationship. Pictured is: (third left) Mandy Sterland (35) with her children Kira McKeown (12), Kian McKeown (6), wife Kerry Sterland (45) and Kerry's children Riley Sterland-Carter (8) and Summer Sterland-Carter (11).

‘You do not choose who you love’

You can’t help who you fall in love with. It doesn’t matter what gender they are, how old they might be or what they do for a living, because in the words of Kerry Sterland (and Lennon and McCartney), ‘all you need is love’.

Real Life