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'Sick of the lies': Michelle Mone breaks silence on covid PPE scandal

The NHS ’Bus-ting Cancer Tour’ in Guildhall Walk, Portsmouth on Friday, December 1, 2023, for the first time. Pictured is: (l-r) Danielle Robertson, Rachel Hibbert and Dr Richard Roope. Picture: Sarah Standing (011223-2826)

'Cancer is no longer a death sentence’: NHS Bus-ting Cancer Tour comes to city

Unison is balloting its members in schools and councils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland who are on nationally agreed pay for strike action to support its pay claim of 12.7 per cent. The postal ballot starts on 23 May and closes on 4 July. Unison is recommending members vote yes for strike action. Pictured is the Portsmouth Unison group "The government keep telling us inflation will fall by the end of the year, but I have no confidence in their promises. In any case, the huge price rises that have already eaten into our wages will continue to do so. The cost of our 12.7% pay claim is approximately £1.1B. Half of this comes straight back to central government through increased tax payments and reduced benefits. This year's spring budget gave £9B of tax cuts to big business. During the pandemic £10B was wasted on PPE contracts that didn’t deliver. Central government can afford to fully fund the pay increase we need, and our schools and councils need. The only way we can get fair pay for school and council workers is to vote for strike action." said Jon Woods, Portsmouth City UNISON Branch Chair Photo shows members of Portsmouth City UNISON getting behind the pay campaign at a meeting on 17 May 2023.

Portsmouth school and council workers are encouraged to go on strike

Two more cases of Monkeypox have been confirmed in the UK. Photo Courtesy of CDC/Getty Images

Monkeypox symptoms you need to know

Hartwell Lodge in Kiln Road, Fareham. Picture: Google Maps

Care home still 'requires improvement' after six years of poor inspections

Mike Sutton from Apollo Fire Detectors is recipient of the British Empire Medal in the Queens 2022 New Year’s Honours list.

Queen honours Apollo Fire Detectors employee for pandemic volunteer work

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Face mask littering went up by 91 times in first seven months of pandemic

Owner of Universal Smart Cards Ltd, Michael Smith, has 400,000 face masks donate to local NHS trusts and NHS trust run carehomes. Picture: Chris Moorhouse (jpns 031121-07)

Universal Smart Cards is donating 400,000 face masks to NHS

The Rowans Hospice COVID Star medal presention. Close up of the medal. Picture: Stuart Martin (220421-7042)

Hospice staff given public recognition for selfless work during pandemic

Alverstoke House Nursing Home staff pictured on Friday 15th October 2021. Picture: Habibur Rahman

Gosport care home celebrates 'good' rating after being in special measures

Owner Bernice Hoepfner-King (left) with manager Kaylee Cobb (right). Picture: Habibur Rahman

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Portsmouth MPs back inquiry into pandemic

Almost 4 in 10 Brits admit to leaving litter on a beach - and say they will cont...

Staff members outside EMJ Workwear 10 Aug 21. Photo by Mathew Clark

Ad Feature Work wear business marks 25 years in city after bouncing back from lockdown

12.6 billion PPE items are stored in the UK as central stock, which costs around £6.7 million per week (Photo: Getty Images)

Taxpayers will be paying costs of pandemic for decades - with Covid bill already...

The News Business Excellence Awards 2021 Pictured is: Tony Barnett Picture: Keith Woodland (080721-56)

Highest business accolade given to Tony Barnett for years of hard work

WHEN Tony Barnett turned 80 recently it was just another day at the (home) office for him.

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Boris Johnson’s former aide Dominic Cummings has published a WhatsApp exchange in which the Prime Minister appeared to describe Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s performance as “totally f***ing hopeless” (Photo: Shutterstock)

Johnson called Hancock 'totally f***ing useless' in WhatsApp messages, Cummings ...

The government was not as prepared as it could have been for the Covid pandemic, the National Audit Office found (Photo: Shutterstock)

Government did not have ‘detailed contingency plans’ in place for pandemic

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Porsche Macan EV pictured testing on public roads

Care home residents in England will be allowed two regular indoor visitors from mid-April, the Government has announced (Photo: Shutterstock)

Care home residents in England allowed two indoor visitors from 12 April

Endurance swimmer and suicide campaigner Anna Wardley, from Alverstoke, has had some of her writing featured in an anthology of work by women who gave birth in lockdown. Pictured: Anna taking Grace for her first swim at six weeks old

Campaigner features in anthology by mums who gave birth in lockdown

When can car washes reopen in England? What the roadmap out of lockdown means fo...

More than one million face masks issued to NHS workers may fail to meet safety standards, the Government has warned (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

NHS told to stop using over a million masks issued to workers that ‘may not meet...

Matt Hancock acted unlawfully over pandemic procurement contracts - what happens now? (Photo by Molly Darlington - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Matt Hancock acted unlawfully over pandemic procurement contracts - what happens...

A multitude of healthcare bodies in the UK are asking the Government for better personal protection against Covid-19 (Photo: Shutterstock)

UK health workers want the government to update 'inadequate' Covid PPE guidance

University of Portsmouth radiography student Divia Shah is more determined than ever to become part of the NHS.

University’s radiography students join NHS in frontline Covid fight

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The most commonly recorded symptom was flashbacks of the patient's time in hospital (Photo: Shutterstock)

Around a third of Covid patients thought to experience PTSD symptoms after being...

Mum-of-two Tara Keenan, of Lake Road, Landport in Portsmouth, was 'shocked' when a bailiff arrived at her door. Picture: Ben Fishwick

Shock as city council sends bailiffs out over tax debt in lockdown

10,000 care homes with older residents have now been offered a Covid vaccine (Photo: Getty Images)

A Covid vaccine has been offered to all care home residents in England - what ha...

More than 850 health and social care workers have died of Covid in England and Wales since the pandemic began (Photo: Shutterstock)

More than 850 health and social care workers have died of Covid in England and W...

Sainsbury's in Farlington, Portsmouth. Picture: Google Maps

Sainsbury's says safety is 'highest priority' after concerns over Covid-19

Meeting others outdoors still poses Covid risks - could it be banned?

Army enlisted to help roll out the Covid vaccine in the UK - this is the plan

How to groom your dog at home during lockdown - and are dog groomers open?

Sharon Sear from Fareham, who is getting a British Empire Medal in the New Year's Honour for her services to Transport for London Pictured: Sharon Sear pictured at Titchfield Abbey on 30 December 2020 Picture: Habibur Rahman

Fareham woman gets New Year's Honour list award for securing PPE

Team Scrubbers at Gosport Masonic Hall in Clarence Road, Gosport, on Friday, May 29, who have been making scrubs, bags and face masks with a team across Hampshire for the last eight weeks. Pictured is: Lin Gell, co-ordinator. Picture: Sarah Standing (290520-9114)

Gran honoured for setting up an army of sewers to create PPE for care workers

£122m worth of Covid PPE bought for the NHS has never been used

1st and 2nd class stamps are going up in price - here's how much you'll have to ...

Experts warn that the nation is in for a big freeze – as gas engineers expect to...

Cheryl Hadland, managing director of Tops Day Nurseries, said it had been a really difficult year for nurseries.

Nurseries and pre-schools in Portsmouth set for £2,700 grants for Covid recovery

NHS doctors and nurses will get a pay rise next year - how much will staff get?

The Gosportarians and Malcolm Dent in the Christmas Sleigh in 2019.

A Covid-safe Christmas sleigh will be touring Gosport for over 22 days

Care homes in Portsmouth have reported 40 deaths from coronavirus

Care homes could reach 'tipping point' if Covid cases keep rising

Final Straw Solent has become Final Straw Foundation, a registered charity. Pictured is: Lissie Pollard, director of operations at Final Straw Foundation. Picture: Sarah Standing (201120-9301)

Almost 400 companies now signed up with anti-plastic charity

Portico helps major shipping lines solve empty container headaches.

Portsmouth port handles 800 containers to help global shortage in shipping

You can book to get a ‘drive through’ flu jab - full list of locations

Companies recommended by MPs were handed billions worth of Covid contracts - acc...

Fire services are giving this advice to people with fireplaces and chimneys

Bianca Carr and Lissie Pollard from the Final Straw Foundation. Picture: Ian Hargreaves (070919-1)

Campaigners 'horrified' by amount of littered face masks

An ambulance crew wearing protective clothing transfer a patient, whose condition was described as not being related to Covid-19, from their ambulance to the Queen Alexandra hospital on May 5, 2020. Picture: Leon Neal - Pool/Getty Images

Campaigners say elderly were 'expendable' after Covid patients sent to homes

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Earl and Countess of Wessex take their children litter picking on Southsea beach

Care homes will be prioritised for testing. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Care homes will be given free PPE until March under new coronavirus plans

A study in China found that people who wear glasses appear to be at lower risk of catching COVID-19 (Photo: Getty)

Does wearing glasses or goggles protect you from coronavirus?

The care home has since expressed gratitude to the MP for raising the issue (photo: Shutterstock)

The care home which sacked an employee over claims of lack of PPE has admitted i...