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What’s wrong with a dad wanting to hug his kids? – Clive Smith

Former glamour model Danielle Lloyd has faced criticism after claiming it is ‘creepy’ for fathers to hug their older children in public. The 34-year-old mum-of-four said ‘it does feel awkward sometimes, especially for children who are going through puberty’.

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Steve's morals were called into question on a mountain in the Lake District...

How I got into a spat on a Lake District mountain path – Steve Canavan

As regular readers know, I am a man fond of an occasional stroll in the hills. I don’t do this out of any great love for the hills, it’s more an opportunity to get away from my wife and child for a day – though I would never say this in public as it might make me appear heartless and uncaring.

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Snoring is the one talent I can be proud of – Blaise Tapp

There are aren’t too many things I excel at in life. As a scrawny pre-teen I could not only produce a dolphin-esque screech from the bottom of my throat but I was able to name every European capital city.

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What chance of these youth football rules ever working in the Portsmouth area? - Simon Carter

If you've ever wondered what the definition of 'a thankless task' is, you've obviously never coached or managed a kids' football team.

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Verity wants to know why the UK has suddenly started celebrating Halloween

What is this crazy obsession with Halloween? – Verity Lush

Halloween; it is everywhere. It is on crisp packets, it is on cake wrappers, it is on chocolate bars. Halloween is smothering the bottles of soft drinks in the supermarket aisles, and it is festooned across the shelves every which way one chooses to look.

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Immaculate: The Duchess of Cambridge just hours after giving birth to Prince Louis

Keira Knightley’s wrong: Disney films won't harm our daughters – Lesley Keating

For a fairly passive actress in my opinion, Keira Knightley certainly seems to enjoy sticking her head above the parapet and spouting off these days.

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COMMENT: A worthwhile investment in spiritual wellbeing

Investment is a word often associated with business or the economy, but the Church of England’s £9.1m investment in our area’s spiritual wellbeing is welcome news indeed.

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Cheryl Gibbs met an artist in Cape Town who makes jewellery from pieces of the fence that surrounded the Robben Island jail which housed Nelson Mandela

I’ve seen Nelson Mandela-inspired art in South Africa – Cheryl Gibbs

Hello from Cape Town! I’m writing this from my terrace overlooking the canal that runs between the resort’s main hotel building and the island that makes up this enormous property.

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COMMENT: Ram home message – but not in a bottle please

Earlier this week hundreds of people packed the Kings Theatre, Southsea, for the annual Banff Ocean Film Festival.

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Radio presenter Bill Padley whose career was launched on Radio Victory

Radio Victory: we still mourn the loss of Portsmouth’s own station – Rick Jackson

A friend of mine posted an old video on Facebook last week that some of you would love towatch as I bet it would bring back some wonderful, fond memories.

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COMMENT: Delay over recording veteran suicides is unforgivable

They served their country - but now it appears that their country, or more specifically the Ministry of Defence, is not serving them.

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The wedding of Princess Eugenie, her mother Sarah Ferguson and sister Beatrice are in the background.

The royals should have picked up the wedding bill, not us – Zella Compton

I had mixed emotions for last week’s royal wedding – that is, when I could be bothered to summon them.

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COMMENT: Sixth form colleges deserve more than this

Another day and yet another story about a service that is coming apart at the seams due to under-funding.

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From left, store manager Tee Malinson, Fatface CEO Anthony Thompson, and Adrienne Heeley from Fatface HR department. Picture: Chris Moorhouse

Well done to FatFace for their new Havant charity shop | Reader Letter

Well done to the Fatface Foundation for opening its store in North Street, Havant.

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A policeman pointing a gun at Khalid Masood on the ground outside the Palace of Westminster

Police chief should lose his pension and knighthood – Clive Smith

A former commander in the Metropolitan Police has criticised Sir Craig Mackey for locking himself inside a car and watching one of his officers being murdered just yards away during last year’s Westminster terror attack.

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Could Michael Gove be on to something with his latest recycling plan?

Could this recycling idea stop clothes going into Portsmouth’s landfill sites? – Blaise Tapp

Last week, a report by MPs urged the fashion industry to do more to save the planet as it is a significant contributor to emissions.

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Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov, who saved the world from nuclear wipe-out

Nuclear war was averted thanks to Petrov’s nerves of steel – Steve Canavan

I don’t wish to air my dirty laundry in public but Mrs C and I haven’t been getting along lately. She seems to think it’s unfair I play badminton on Monday and Wednesdays, five-a-side football on Tuesdays and Thursdays, nip for a pint with work colleagues on Friday, and go walking in the Lakes on a Sunday.

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