The Reverse Advent Calendar is back and we need your help!
Following last year’s successful virtual reverse advent calendar, the University of Portsmouth Global team are back and need your help! Please join us as we collect items and donations throughout the months of November and December to support the local community this Christmas. The Reverse Advent Calendar started in 2017 as a box in the […]
Aquind: Council Leader’s letter to minister
The Leader of Portsmouth City Council has sent the following letter to Kwasi Kwarteng, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Dear Mr Kwarteng MP Re: Aquind Interconnector Application I am writing about the Aquind Interconnector application, which will take a major electricity line through Portsmouth, from the south to the north of the city. […]
Guildhall Games Fest returns in 2022!
Calling all gamers! You do not want to miss Guildhall Games Fest as it returns to Portsmouth Guildhall on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th January 2022. Featuring the best in modern, board and retro gaming across 3 sessions and 2 floors of the iconic venue, the 2022 event will also feature gaming merch, tournaments and an all-new […]
Plans move forward for 180 new affordable homes
Plans for 180 new affordable homes in Leigh Park can move forward after Portsmouth City Council secured more than £2.5m of government funding. The homes will all be social or affordable rent and will include some custom-built for residents with specific specialist needs. It will see better use made of 13 under-developed sites owned by the […]
Portsmouth silences hate with a united voice
Portsmouth City Council partners with Portsmouth Football Club and Pompey in the Community to produce an anti-discrimination film. Produced by Portsmouth City Council, the film stars prominent members of Portsmouth Football Club, fans and a local poet who penned the poem that is read out in the film. Prompted by a rise in hate […]
Essential maintenance to port facilities means Wightlink’s Portsmouth-Fishbourne car ferries will use the Portsmouth International Port on 16/17 October 2021
Wightlink’s car ferries between Portsmouth and Fishbourne will use the Portsmouth International Port (PIP) instead of Wightlink’s terminal in Gunwharf Road over the weekend 16/17 October 2021. This is to allow essential maintenance of the boarding ramp at Gunwharf. This weekend has been chosen as Sunday 17 October is also the date of the Great […]
Little-known story of the Royal Navy’s heroic coastal forces in both World Wars told for the first time in major new gallery at Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower
The little-known story of the Royal Navy’s heroic coastal forces in both World Wars was told for the first time in a major new gallery at Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower Major new permanent gallery The Night Hunters: The Royal Navy’s Coastal Forces at War pays tribute to the high-risk, high-octane operations of the coastal forces in both world wars. Two remarkable surviving historic […]
Praise for Portsmouth builders working on all-electric council homes in the face of Covid challenges
Portsmouth builders have been praised for taking on the challenges of the global pandemic while building brand new all-electric council-owned homes in Hilsea. The 17 brand new Portsmouth City Council houses and flats, on the corner of Doyle Avenue and Northern Parade, in Hilsea, are being built for the council by Portsmouth firm PMC […]
Council Leader asks Minister of State Housing, Communities and Local Government to reduce housing target number for city
Leader of the council, Cllr Gerald Vernon-Jackson, has written a letter to the Rt Hon Christopher Pincher MP, Minister of State Housing, Communities and Local Government, to ask for a meeting to discuss the housing target that is set by Government for the City. Dear Minister Housing Targets in Portsmouth A member of the public […]
Foster carers and fostered young person take on the Great South Run
Foster Portsmouth has secured places in this month’s Great South Run for 10 of our dedicated foster carers and young people in their care. The south coast’s biggest and best-running event on Sunday 17 October 2021, will take in all the sights and sounds of Portsmouth. These include the naval base and historic dockyard […]