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OPINION: Barbecues are bad for you – at this point, what isn’t?!

I’m pretty sure many of us will be firing up our barbecues this Easter weekend as we are set to be warmer than Madrid and Rome. Being a man, I know my place. In front of the barbecue wearing an apron with the torso of a ‘dream boy’ on the front, whilst holding a pair of oversized tongs.

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Steve has an irrational fear of spiders.

Spiders turn me into a homicidal maniac – Steve Canavan

Society is split into two different distinct types. There are those who, on spying a spider in their house, gently, almost lovingly, place a cup over them, slide a piece of paper around the top, and then carefully drop the animal out of the window so it can resume it’s happy little life spinning webs (usually where you keep your bins so every time you go to put them out you get a big load of gooey sticky web in your hair. Annoying).

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COMMENT: Residents in Cosham have waited long enough for parking solution

Every morning they look out of their windows and see the drivers arrive. It's become a bit of a ritual for residents in Mulberry Lane and The Close in Cosham - and they are fed up with it.

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Fiona Caine gives advice to a woman whose friends are getting divorced.

AGONY COLUMN: How do we keep the peace with our divorcing friends?

Columnist and trained counsellor Fiona Caine advises a woman navigating her friends' divorce, and a mother whose daughter says her father sexually abused her

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Alun Newman and Lou Hannan from BBC Radio Solent.

OPINION: Lou moves house and it's hell

Tune into Alun Newman and Lou Hannan on BBC Radio Solent weekdays at 10am

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Baggage reclaim can be a nightmare after a long flight.

How baggage reclaim can drive you off your trolley – Lesley Keating

On the way home from holiday last month our bags were first off the baggage carousel. I have to admit we both felt more than a little smug, sailing through all the usual channels in record time before emerging into arrivals at South Terminal, Gatwick.

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A magical sight - at least to some / Picture by Getty Images

I'm getting upset over a bit of old Fratton Park metal

I realise you shouldn’t, in the normal scheme of things, get sentimental about a bit of metal.

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Pangs of jealousy over Igglepiggle – Dad’s Diary by Simon Carter

Ever been for a ride on Bulgy the bus? If not, let me tell you this - you haven’t lived.

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Models and performers take part in the Extinction Rebellion's Fashion: Circus of Excess catwalk in Oxford Circus, London, to highlight the wasteful and disposable nature of the fashion industry.

Fast fashion is killing our precious planet – Student Shout

Highbury College student Lotte Pegler looks at fashion’s impact on the environment

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Teachers and the police have enough to worry about without having to solve the reasons for knife crime

OPINION: You can’t expect schools to solve knife crime epidemic

The government has come under criticism (I could probably just stop writing there) for suggesting schools should be held accountable for not spotting the warning signs of knife and violent crime among young people.

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COMMENT: Councillors face a tough decision over home appeal

Councillors in Portsmouth are facing a dilemma when it comes to an application to turn a six-bedroom home of multiple occupancy (HMO) into a seven-bedroom HMO.

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The Hillsborough Disaster, scenes we will never forget.

Hillsborough: one of English society’s saddest days – Simon Carter

Hillsborough, April 15, 1989. Thirty years ago next Monday. Three decades ago, a long time now, but the memories will never fade, can never fade, for those of us who remember.

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Cheryl enjoyed her no plan weekend. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINION: Spontaneous plans always turn out to be the best

Last week, I promised Matt that we would have a relaxing weekend at home – which is rare in our family. It’s always someone’s birthday, so whenever there is a spare break in the schedule we revel in it and so does everyone else.

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A study found that being outdoors really does relieve stress.

OPINION: I need to get out more - literally

Has there ever been an angrier time than the present day? The Dark Ages were hardly a bed of roses but, back then, the Internet didn’t exist, meaning folk were generally unaware whether their neighbour had suffered a bad day at the slaughterhouse.

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Steves demanding two-year-old likes to make life difficult for him.

OPINION: My demanding daughter is making it hard for me to even like her

Three years ago – a period of time I spend every waking hour yearning to return to – my Sunday mornings comprised of lying in bed until 11am, ambling downstairs to make a brew before retiring to the living room to watch a re-run of Match of the Day. Ah, happy times.

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OPINION: Barbecues are bad for you – at this point, what isn’t?!

Spiders turn me into a homicidal maniac – Steve Canavan

COMMENT: Residents in Cosham have waited long enough for parking solution

AGONY COLUMN: How do we keep the peace with our divorcing friends?

OPINION: Lou moves house and it's hell

How baggage reclaim can drive you off your trolley – Lesley Keating

I'm getting upset over a bit of old Fratton Park metal

Pangs of jealousy over Igglepiggle – Dad’s Diary by Simon Carter

Fast fashion is killing our precious planet – Student Shout

OPINION: You can’t expect schools to solve knife crime epidemic

COMMENT: Councillors face a tough decision over home appeal

Hillsborough: one of English society’s saddest days – Simon Carter

OPINION: Spontaneous plans always turn out to be the best

OPINION: I need to get out more - literally

OPINION: My demanding daughter is making it hard for me to even like her

COMMENT: Make do and mend could have serious implications

OPINION: Venture capitalists are to blame for the death of the high street

OPINION: My dog is unhappy about his ‘cone of shame’ and we all have to suffer

I can’t hack the early mornings – Lou and Alun

DAD'S DIARY: The parents’ evening that almost blew my mind

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