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COMMENT: Planting more flowers is simple but effective

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.

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COMMENT: Is the mood growing for a reboot of politics?

Britain has rarely known a period of political turmoil as turbulent as we have seen in the past three years. Infighting, argument, dogma and distrust have dented Joe Public’s trust in elected representatives, and, maybe even in democracy itself.

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Route next to seafront would be a better option

It was only a week ago that we were criticising cyclists for persistently riding on pavements or in pedestrian areas in Portsmouth.

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Lesley explains how finding someone on social media can go wrong. Picture: Shutterstock

How social media 'stalking' can get you in trouble: Opinion

Hands up anyone who’s had a covert look on their ex’s Facebook page? Or googled a potential date? Social media has been a thing for well more than 10 years now. So you’d be forgiven for thinking that we’d all be used to the necessary etiquette that goes with it. Not necessarily.

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COMMENT: It’s time to show your support and get a new Royal Marines Museum built

The Royal Marines are synonomous with Portsmouth. For many years the barracks at Eastney were their home.

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Kate Winslet in A Little Chaos. Picture: PA Photo/Alex Bailey/Lionsgate

Kate Winslet's caesarean was just as valid as 'natural' birth: OPINION

Out of everything in life that can become a competition, childbirth is the one that confuses me the most. Childbirth is an act of nature.

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Police reaction to grenade was fully justified - Opinion

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.

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TV legend Fred Dinenage is a total charmer: OPINION

I’ve had quite a varied career over the years. I’ve worked in radio, online, magazines and newspapers, PR, events and television. And the latter is my preferred industry, where I remain today.

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A fire at Browndown in Gosport set by 'idiots' on July 12 seen from Calshot beach on the Isle of Wight. Picture: Jan Sutton

Gosport firestarters are idiots: OPINION

I don’t know the ages of the idiots who have been named in conjunction with the fire at Browndown Ranges last weekend, but I am hoping very much that they are not teenagers as that would just be so utterly cliché.

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FEASTING: Time for a padlock on the fridge?

It was all going so well... until HMS Sultan's fireworks exploded - Opinion

Lie in at your peril. That’s the message in the Jackson household at the moment. If you do, expect the unexpected. Last weekend, Sarah went to see a friend in London and I had the kids. ‘I’ve got this,’ I thought.

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Steve and Mrs C are having a few problems potty training Mary

My potty training episode in Boots which all parents must fear - Opinion

Are you paying for these by card or cash?’ asked the woman in Boots, whose face was so miserable I doubt she smiled even on her wedding day. That’s if she’s married at all.

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Blaise Tapp looks at how colleagues' lunches make the office smell

When the office lunch pong drives you to distraction: OPINION

Are you are sick of a colleague’s smelly lunchbox or feel pushed to the brink by their pungent sandwiches?

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Howzat! Our Cricket World Cup has runneth over: WINE REVIEW

I sit here on Monday morning emotionally exhausted, preparing to write this week’s wine column after one of the most amazing cricket matches that has ever been played.

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Rose harissa paste: RECIPE

A few years ago I wrote a recipe for a North African hot chilli paste called harissa which was served with cumin-flavoured lamb koftas.

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COMMENT: Ambitions will show Pompey in the best possible light

Pompey have always been a forward-thinking football club both on the pitch and off it with its desire to progress again to the dizzy heights of the Premiership and its grass roots links to the community.

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Alun Newman and Lou Hannan host BBC Radio Solent's mid-morning show

Why don't my parents see me as a capable adult?: Alun Newman

BBC Radio Solent’s mid-morning show host is a big kid again

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Fiona Caine gives advice to a mother whose mother is spoiling her daughter.

How can I stop my mum spoiling my daughter: Advice column

Fiona Caine is a trained counsellor who is an expert on relationship advice.

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COMMENT: Is it tests or league tables that need a rethink?

Parents may have divided opinions over the news that Portsmouth hopes to blaze a trail by scrapping SATs test in schools.

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Brexit is not to blame for wrecking our kids’ lives - Opinion

A report has found that childhood is getting worse, with online bullying, fears over violent crime and even Brexit among the top obstacles to growing up happy.

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