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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

Roman coin and grave discovered by archeological dig along pipeline route for Havant Thicket rese...

Roman remains have been uncovered during archaeological investigations along the route of a new proposed pipeline for...

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7 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Portsmouth children remain below pre-pandemic levels in speaking and reading skills at Key Stage One

Portsmouth children's speaking and reading skills remain below pre-pandemic levels, new figures show.

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7 months ago
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Portsmouth house prices drop by more than South East average, latest figures reveal

House prices dropped by 2.8 per cent – more than the average for the South East – in Portsmouth in August, new figure...

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7 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Prescriptions for ADHD medication across Hampshire leap by a quarter in a single year

The number of patients being prescribed ADHD medication by GPs in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight has jumped by 27 pe...

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7 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Royal British Legion Riders announce annual Ride of Remembrance for Remembrance Sunday

Hundreds of riders will gather in Southsea on Remembrance Sunday in an annual event bringing together the motorcycle ...

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7 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

University of Portsmouth researchers find baby chimpanzee behaviour could help explain evolution ...

Young chimpanzees are capable of making similar sounds to human babies as they begin to learn to speak, which Univers...

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7 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

New art exhibition at Gosport Museum and Art Gallery uses local archeological finds

A giant frieze created in collaboration with members of the Gosport community forms the centre-piece of a major new e...

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7 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Pompey panto stars urge local performers to audition for Kings Theatre's community production of ...

Aspiring performers are being offered the chance to follow in the footsteps of two of the stars of this year’s Kings ...

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7 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

The Archbishop of Canterbury comes to Portsmouth diocese and celebrates Cowplain church's centena...

The Archbishop of Canterbury joined three very different church congregations for worship on the final leg of his thr...

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7 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Review | The Hanging Stars at The Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea: "Deserves to be heard far and wide"

As The Hanging Stars saunter on stage and begin playing the gentle, shimmering chords of Ava, many of the audience ar...

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7 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Review | Portsmouth synthpop band Magnetic Skies' album launch gig at The Loft, Southsea: "Impres...

The last time I saw Magnetic Skies’ frontman Simon Kent performing live was a long time ago, in a venue sadly long-si...

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7 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Review | Jim Jones All Stars at Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham: "A riot of rock'n'roll at its libi...

Maintaining a cool, detached demeanour at this gig isn't really much of an option.

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