Chris Broom Reporter
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Chris Broom is The News's entertainments editor, who oversees our weekly what's on supplement, The Guide. He covers music, comedy, musicals, plays - if it's on a stage (and even if it's not) he'll write about it. And that includes everything from major touring acts and festival headliners, through to grassroots acts and the am-dram scene.

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846 Articles
7 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Royal Blood make it four chart-toppers in a row with Back To The Water Below as they head to Port...

​With their pummeling riffs and swinging rhythms that manage the trick of being heavy and hummable, Royal Blood have ...

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7 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Disadvantaged Portsmouth secondary school pupils perform worse in GCSE exams than their peers

Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds in Portsmouth secondary schools performed worse across eight key subjects than ...

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7 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Unauthorised school absences are above the national average in Portsmouth, new data reveals

The number of pupils missing school without permission is well above the average in Portsmouth, and has risen signifi...

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7 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Portsmouth, Havant, Fareham and Gosport households are paying hundreds of pounds extra per year f...

Households in The News’s region are paying hundreds of pounds a year on top of their energy bills, due to their netwo...

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7 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Hundreds of Portsmouth patients were forced to attend A&E due to tooth decay as shortage of NHS d...

More than 500 people were forced to attend A&E at QA Hospital in Portsmouth last year due to dental decay.

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7 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Only 23 per cent of 999 calls to Hampshire Constabulary last month were crime-related, figures re...

Less than a quarter of all calls to the police on 999 in Hampshire last month were actually crime-related, new resear...

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7 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Trussell Trust and FareShare call on volunteers to help with annual Tesco Food Collection

People in Portsmouth are being urged to give the gift of their time to take part in the UK’s biggest food donation dr...

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7 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Portsmouth Guildhall basement to be transformed in £1.3m project into a creative space for young ...

The basement of Portsmouth Guildhall is to be transformed in a £1.3m project into a new creative space for young peop...

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7 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Portsmouth company raises £23,000 for Naomi House hospice by walking 2,000km in one day

Staff from Portsmouth-based company GRP Solutions collectively walked 2,000km in one day, to raise more than £23,000 ...

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7 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

School holiday scheme run by Home-Start Portsmouth receives £5,000 boost from Tesco

Home-Start Portsmouth will receive £5,000 to allow the charity to host additional Stay and Play groups during the sch...

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7 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

£5m over five years pledged to county-wide service for victims of sexual violence by police and c...

Nearly £5m has been pledged by the police and crime commissioner to a service providing county-wide support for victi...

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7 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Horndean care home's managing director nominated as a finalist in the Great British Care Awards 2023

The managing director of Barchester’s Bere Grove Care Home in Horndean has been nominated as a finalist in the Great ...

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