Conan Doyle celebrated in special lecture series
Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts will be able to attend a free, online lecture series hosted by Portsmouth City Council. The lecture series, which commemorates Professor Neil McCaw’s dedication to the Conan Doyle Collection, will enable people to learn more about these famous and popular works, whether they are fans, authors or academics. Neil […]
New promenade set for Southsea Castle area
A split-level promenade – including terracing between the upper and lower promenade – is proposed to replace the existing walkway around Southsea Castle as part of an amended design for Frontage 4 of the Portsmouth City Council-led Southsea Coastal Scheme. A new planning application to amend the originally approved design will be submitted to […]
Cancer Contact Therapy comes to Southsea Bathing Hut
Praise for Portsmouth schools in SEND survey
The results of the annual Portsmouth Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) parent and carers’ survey are published today. After the biggest response to a SEND survey to date, parents and carers show how much they value the support they get from Portsmouth schools. In an unusual year, with the survey being conducted in February […]
Clean Air Fund grants available for businesses on the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth
Residents, businesses and visitors on the Isle of Wight will benefit from fewer older, more polluting vehicles travelling on the island’s roads when Portsmouth’s Clean Air Zone (CAZ) launches in November 2021. Portsmouth City Council is offering grants from the £3.2M Clean Air Fund to owners of vehicles that will need to pay when travelling […]
Call for tourism champions to help celebrate the city and welcome back visitors
With many of Portsmouth’s top attractions now reopened and ready to go for the summer season, Visit Portsmouth is calling on people to become cheerleaders for the city and re-launching its free, online training scheme, Portsmouth Champions, to mark English Tourism Week (22 to 31 May). On 28 May, Stephen Morgan MP will also be […]
Excitement builds as recordings for virtual Dance Live! TV event begin
The Guildhall Trust’s Dance Live! team has been hitting the road to bring a virtual edition of the popular dance competition for Schools and Colleges to fruition this summer. Following an earlier decision that the in-person event at Portsmouth Guildhall, due to take place in March, would not be able to go ahead due to […]
Portsmouth’s pandemic heroes celebrated in the Coronavirus Civic Awards
Portsmouth City Council has recognised Portsmouth’s pandemic heroes at this year’s mayor making ceremony. The city’s new Lord Mayor, Councillor Frank Jonas, together with Deputy Lord Mayor, Councillor Rob Wood, presented Coronavirus Civic Awards to individuals, organisations and businesses that have gone the extra mile to help others during the course of the pandemic. The […]
Hovertravel & Wessex Cancer Trust team up to support travelling patients
Hovertravel has announced an enhanced boarding procedure for patients, developed in conjunction with the Wessex Cancer Trust. Patients with the Wessex Cancer Trust lanyard will be allowed to pre-board, ahead of other customers, if they wish. Loretta Lale, Head of Commercial at Hovertravel, explains: “Having chosen the Wessex Cancer Trust, as our charity of the year, we […]
Wightlink supports the next generation of forensic investigators
A Wightlink ferry is starring in an unusual production. The Portsmouth-Fishbourne ship St Faith hosted a team of forensic investigators while it was out of service and moored in Portsmouth Harbour ahead of the busy summer season. But there was no cause for concern. The University of Portsmouth had asked Wightlink if its technicians […]