Category: Portsmouth

‘I used to be a bit naughty’: Portsmouth defied funding cuts and saved its youth centres – here’s what happened

Two decades ago, the city’s council chose to prioritise playgrounds and youth clubs to help its poorer families – and the benefits are plain to see• Read more: Last youth centre in one of England’s most...

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Brexit food control post at Portsmouth ‘may have to be demolished’, says port director

Exclusive: £25m hi-tech facility at terminal had been called ‘white elephant’ even before latest EU deal scrapping some health and veterinary checksA £25m post-Brexit border control post in Portsmouth may...

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Council on hook ‘for £10m’ over border post left in limbo by Brexit

The £25m port facility was built to fit government plans but stands empty while new border strategy is delayedAs white elephants go, few come larger than £25m. That is the cost of the hi-tech border control post,...

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‘We disagree politically, but she knows how to run things’: Portsmouth locals not surprised by Penny Mordaunt’s rise to bookies’ favourite

Even some of her political opponents back the Portsmouth North MP in the race to succeed JohnsonThe thick stone battlements that guard the entrance to Portsmouth’s ancient harbour bake in the late afternoon heat. Teenage...

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