Portsmouth City Council

The Portsmouth City of Culture bid leaves Portsmouth on a rib en route to London

Heartbreak as Portsmouth fails to be shortlisted in City of Culture

Portsmouth FC. Preview of Portsmouth100 Exhibition, Portsmouth Museum and Art Gallery, Museum Road, Portsmouth
Picture: Chris Moorhouse (211026-020)

New exhibition explores 100 years of Portsmouth life

Southsea Infant School, Collingwood Road, Southsea, on Sunday, October 11, 2026.

Picture: Sarah Standing (111026-9777)

Portsmouth parents asked to have their say on primary school shake-up

The Portsmouth Fireworks organised by Portsmouth City Council took place on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, on Southsea Common.
Picture: Sarah Standing (041125-2151)

Portsmouth100 celebrations light up city with fireworks spectacular

new vape restriction

32 shops suspected of links to organised crime, FOI figures reveal

Action is being taken to reduce youth unemployment in Peterborough.

Portsmouth youth unemployment concerns grow as jobs scheme announced

St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School in Titchfield Common

Primary school to cut reception places as pupil numbers fall

George Madgwick

Councillor’s links to patriot group revealed in ITV investigation

The Portsmouth Guildhall bell is working again after restoration

Pompey chimes ring out again after restoration

Kington Town Council asked for £25,000 to be a part of Herefordshire Youth Strategy

Residents owe £37.9m in council tax as new repayment rules approach

Chimneys on a row of terraced residential houses. Photo credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

Portsmouth HMO database criticised ahead of major planning changes

Cllr Lee Hunt on site at the Canoe Lake desilting trial

New trial begins to improve the health of Canoe Lake

The Manor house with medieval fabric and later work - said to be one of Hampshire's most haunted buildings, was acquired by a Trust in 2013. A condition survey and an investigation into options for future sustainable uses have been completed with grant aid from Historic England and the Architectural Heritage Fund. The house is in need of some structural repair, general renovation and a new use. It currently hosts events including ghost hunts.

Wymering Manor secures £180,000 for repairs to save historic building

Milton Road co-living development

Nearly 100 objections to five-storey co-living plans in Milton

Cosham McDonald's

Residents oppose plans for longer opening hours at Cosham McDonald’s

Chris Packham in the People's Emergency Briefing film

Councillors back climate change documentary
The film aims to pressure the UK government into broadcasting a prime-time televised emergency briefing
Toby Paine

Aerial view of the Guildhall in Portsmouth

Council shake-up U-turn could leave Portsmouth facing six-figure bill

Adey shared her powerful poetry at the official launch of nominations for Pamodzi Creatives' Inpirational Women 2027. Host Debbie Smith watches on

Nominations open for Inspirational Women of Portsmouth 2027

Anchorage Park

Portsmouth council to assess suspension of Anchorage Road HGV ban

CGI view of the proposed flats from Walden Road.

Stamshaw to get six new Passivhaus council flats

Southsea Infant School, Collingwood Road, Southsea, on Sunday, October 11, 2026.

Picture: Sarah Standing (111026-9777)

Eight Portsmouth schools face changes amid falling birth rates

Ten Portsmouth businesses have joined cultural organisations in supporting the City of Culture 2029 bid.

Pompey hero and esteemed professor back city of culture bid

Portsmouth council offers £1,000 to groups supporting residents

Green-fingered Portsmouth gardeners celebrate blooming centenary year

A trio of bins found their way to the top of a bus stop in Commercial Road this weekend.

Council leader says bins put on bus stop roof was 'quite funny'

Portsmouth Harbour and the Spinnaker Tower

Spinnaker Tower to be run by Gunwharf Quays owner under 25-year deal

Coffee Kiosk Knight and Lee site

Coffee kiosk proposed for Southsea’s former Knight & Lee store
The proposed kiosk would operate for 12 months while redevelopment plans are considered
Toby Paine

Portsmouth Guildhall is a beautiful building at the heart of the city and it is a Portsmouth landmark which brings people together.
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Taxpayers ‘should not pay’ for scrapped council shake-up, motion says

Construction work has officially started at Bransbury Park after months of preparatory work.

Picture: Habibur Rahman

Pictures reveal the progress made at leisure centre since work started

Kingston Road bus lane

‘We’re going to lose shops’: Kingston Road traders warn over bus lane

Southsea Cinema

Southsea Cinema music rights cut after claims of ‘horrendous’ noise

Treadgoldfish Sculpture at Queen Street Portsea, Portsmouth is being emptied of the thousands of plastic bottles for recycling on Wednesday 7th October 2026

Pictured: Artist Pete Codling with the Treadgoldfish

Picture: Habibur Rahman

Treadgoldfish returns to Portsea roots

Since being set up over a decade ago, Portsmouth City Council’s Wellbeing Service has supported over 10,000 attempts to quit smoking to date.

Free expert support available to Portsmouth smokers this Stoptober

Cosham Health Centre

MP says Cosham has been ‘neglected for too long’ with vacant buildings

Toni Harris and Tamsin De La Haye with Arthur 7, Teddy 6 and George 6 outside Moorings Way Infant School, Southsea

Concerned parents call for crossing outside infant school

Southsea beach on Monday, June 22.

Charity boss raises concerns over ‘concoction’ of pollutants in Solent

GV of Cosham Social Club, Portsmouth on Monday 5th October 2026

Picture: Habibur Rahman

New Carlton Arms pub set to open at former Cosham social club

Cadets marched through Guildhall Square to mark the 125th anniversary of the Volunteer Cadet Corps (VCC).

Devoted cadets parade in city with plaque unveiled honouring them

The former Bluewater Care Home could be converted into new housing

Kingston Road co-living scheme could expand under new plans

Portsmouth City Council has provided an update on the progress being made at Bransbury Park.

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Steel framework almost complete as leisure centre project continues

Artist Flora Duley on her artwork near Clarence Pier, Southsea

Picture: Habibur Rahman

Colourful new sculptures are installed on Southsea seafront

Portsmouth Grammar School visual

Grammar School given green light for common rooms and pre-school

Chimneys on a row of terraced residential houses. Photo credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

Majority of HMO plans were recently approved by Portsmouth planners

Council plans ‘cool space network’ and other measures for heatwaves

The Volunteer Cadet Corps will be celebrating its 125th anniversary in Portsmouth next week. Pictured: Remembrance Sunday at Guildhall Square in Portsmouth.

Anniversary parade for prestigious Volunteer Cadet Corps

The city has the most road collisions near schools outside the capital

Portsmouth has the most dangerous school run outside of London

ANNUAL MEETING: Portsmouth is at the heart of Solent Freeport, which is holding its AGM, open to the public, on November 5

Portsmouth air pollution sees ‘slight uptick’

The Great Run Company and Merton Council have partnered to bring ‘Run South London’ to the London Borough of Merton in March 2027.

Hop on board the park and ride to the Great South Run

100 Year Olds Party at Southsea Castle, Portsmouth on Monday 28th September 2026

Pictured: All 3 one-hundred year old guests at Southsea Castle with the Lord Mayor, Abdul Kadir

Picture: Tom Langford

Portsmouth marks 100 years as a city

Gilly Ainsley, the new manager of the Portsmouth Business Improvement District

Portsmouth BID manager pledges 'vibrant and welcoming’ city centre

A packed Southsea beach in the 1920s, but what was the occasion?

Portsmouth’s changing health: 100 years of progress and challenges

Members of the Hampshire and the Solent Combined County Authority board after the inaugural meeting. From left to right, Steve Pitt, Sarah Bogle, George Madgwick, Nick Adams-King and Jonathan Bacon. Picture: LDRS

New Hampshire authority begins work on plan to drive economic growth

Hundreds of children from Portsmouth who took part in this year's Summer Reading Challenge

Portsmouth children celebrate Summer Reading Challenge

There are also several pavements affected by the installation of water metres. They include: Mill Street, Preesall; Lower Green, Poulton; Halton Avenue, Thornton; Darbishire Road, Fleetwood; Stafford Avenue, Poulton; Larkholme Parade, Fleetwood; Rydal Avenue, Fleetwood, Blackpool Road and Blackpool Old Road, Poulton.
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‘Noisy’ overnight roadworks to hit key routes until November

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston behind the scenes of Mission Pompey 2029 film about the Portsmouth City of Culture bid

Portsmouth to learn UK City of Culture 2029 shortlist fate