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Election results

Published on Sunday, 13th May 2018

 

I am delighted to have been re-elected to represent Eastney and Craneswater ward. The results were:

Luke Stubbs Conservative 1763
  Labour 1144
  LibDem 969
  Green 172

As far as the council as a whole goes, while the Conservative vote held up well, the Labour party made progress and UKIP lost all its remaining seats, resulting in a hung council where the combined LibDem and Labour vote now constitutes a narrow majority (at least once a leftwing independent is counted as part of the block). At this stage it is not clear whether any such coalition will be formed or whether the current Conservative minority administration will continue for another year. 

 

Tags: Election

Boost for Southsea shelter project

Published on Tuesday, 1st May 2018

 

The City Council set aside some £70,000 in last year’s budget to restore the Edwardian shelter that once stood where the Pyramids now is and to put it back on the seafront, just to the east of the Coffee Cup.

 

The indications are that that amount will not be sufficient. However thanks to an offer of financial help from Michael Eisner (owner of the football club) and assistance from local builder, PMC Construction, the project is now back on track.

 

Tags: Shelter

Sunday opening at Southsea library

Published on Tuesday, 1st May 2018

 

Southsea library in Palmerston Road will open on Sundays on a trial basis starting this coming weekend. If demand proves sufficient, it is hoped to make this arrangement permanent.

 

Tags: Libraries

CCTV in allotments

Published on Tuesday, 1st May 2018

 

There have been a depressing number of incidents of anti-social behaviour at some of Portsmouth’s allotment sites. In response, the City Council has installed CCTV in some locations. While powers to enforce the law rest solely with the police, the council can at least help gather evidence; the cameras will also hopefully act as a deterrent.

 

Tags: Allotments, CCTV

New butcher’s shop in Albert Road

Published on Sunday, 22nd April 2018

 

It’s nice to see that a new butcher’s shop has recently opened in Albert Road, a couple of doors along from Tesco. We all know about the move to online and out-of-town retail, but there is very much a place for independent retailers with the right product. This opening is also a sign that Albert Road remains vibrant.

 

Tags: Albert Road, Retail

New water feature proves popular

Published on Sunday, 22nd April 2018

The replacement for the fountain near the D-Day Museum is proving popular. Lit at night and computer controlled, it really is a quality feature and is worth popping down to the seafront to see.

 

The old fountain was 60-years old and with parts unavailable was becoming a maintenance problem. 

 

 

Tags: Seafront

New signs at Canoe Lake

Published on Sunday, 22nd April 2018

 

New information signs have gone in around Canoe Lake, with the aim of making it easier for occasional visitors to navigate. The cost was met from part of the Community Infrastructure Fund development tax paid by McCarthy and Stone for their new building on the seafront.

 

Tags: Seafront

Fruit importer enters new market

Published on Sunday, 22nd April 2018

 

MMD, the council-owned company that handles containers and pallets of imported soft fruit, has landed a contract to also handle the export of wind turbine blades. The 10-year deal with Vestas will safeguard jobs at the facility and marks an important milestone in the battle to make the business sustainable.

 

While MMD has reported a loss most years since the council acquired it a decade ago, the extra trade it brings to the port has generally more than offsets the deficit, meaning that the overall financial position is better having it than not having it. However, the council administration wants it to do better and is making changes to improve the position further.

 

The shift towards importing fruit in containers is gathering speed and that is a less labour-intensive business than unloading pallets. The council invested millions the other year removing the Floating Dock Jetty - a leftover from the Navy that limited the size of vessels that could land at the commercial port – primarily to accommodate larger, containerised ships. MMD was always going to have to change, but happily, as the Vestas contract indicates that will not necessarily involve scaling back the business.

 

Tags: Port

D-Day Museum reopens

Published on Friday, 30th March 2018

 

The newly refurbished D-Day Museum reopened today and it really is first-rate. The tapestry itself looks so much brighter in its new display cases and there are numerous video displays, featuring both actors and veterans.

 

Amongst the first visitors were a family from Berkshire, whose son was fascinated by history of it all and how it was brought to life. Hopefully, the museum will draw even more people to visit Portsmouth.

 

The refurbishment works cost £5m, with most of the money coming from the compensation the banks had to pay in the wake of the LIBOR interest rate fixing scandal. While the museum itself is now complete, there are still more works to do to complete the experience, the most notable of which will be when the last surviving landing craft is put on permanent display on an open site just outside the museum.

 

Tags: Seafront, Museums

The homeless shelter

Published on Friday, 30th March 2018

 

Last week, the council Cabinet visited the Homeless Shelter and it was an interesting thing to see. Located in Hope House, Milton Road, the facility is much bigger than it appears from the street. Most of the space is taken up with individual rooms, some of which have been personalised: with some people resident there for up to a couple of years, these rooms have become their homes. There are also shared kitchen and bathroom areas; laundry facilities are available. 

 

The stability of having accommodation can then provide a foundation for addressing any drug, alcohol or mental health issues, as well as providing breathing space to find employment and permanent housing. The separate, council-funded day services provide help for this.

 

The winter shelter is effectively a shared lounge. While a bit cramped, it meets an essential need and it is really good that we’ve found the money to keep it running throughout the year. It is open from 9pm, although people start to congregate before then.

 

The whole facility is operated by the Salvation Army on behalf of the City Council. The buildings were originally part of the workhouse and are located just to the north of St Mary’s hospital.

 

Tags: Housing

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  2. Cumberland House gets funding boost
  3. Decking application for pier
  4. Fire service to stay separate from the Police and Crime Commissioner – at least for now
  5. Affordable housing around the country
  6. University's only bookstore closed today
  7. Apprenticeship numbers up again
  8. New special school nears completion
  9. Business rates and the High St

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  • ► 2020 (8)
    • ► September (3)
      • • Seafront road open again at last
      • • Pyramids closure shock
      • • All parking to go to make way for two cycle lanes in Elm Grove/Kings Road?
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      • • Closure of the seafront. Fine for now, but the council may make it permanent, which would push a thousand cars on to surrounding streets
      • • COVID cases in Portsmouth
      • • Traffic levels now back to half regular level
    • ► March (2)
      • • Coronavirus: the local response
      • • Leaflets
  • ► 2019 (10)
    • ► October (3)
      • • Water refill stations
      • • Painting the Spinnaker
      • • Council set to benefit from government cash
    • ► June (2)
      • • Kings Theatre-area residents’ parking scheme likely to be rubberstamped on Monday
      • • Blank wall of student tower
    • ► March (5)
      • • Planning application for Fraser Range
      • • 480 responses to MD consultation
      • • Council’s local plan can no longer be used to refuse planning applications
      • • Citywide parking petition
      • • parking petition
  • ► 2018 (48)
    • ► December (3)
      • • New emergency department for hospital
      • • Mixed news from Charlotte Street
      • • Pub numbers bearing up
    • ► October (3)
      • • Botched residents’-only schemes to bring new parking problems
      • • Social care grant
      • • Lighting in Guildhall Square
    • ► September (3)
      • • Annual beach clean tomorrow (Saturday)
      • • Damaging residents’ parking schemes move forward
      • • Police station flats plan revealed
    • ► August (6)
      • • Flood defences – last chance to comment
      • • Micropubs – a possible new use for old shop buildings
      • • Decision over power interconnector to be taken out of the council’s hands
      • • Plug pulled on energy company
      • • New country park might finally be about to be built
      • • Court ruling takes some of the pressure off social care
    • ► July (1)
      • • Residents’ parking debacle: how we’re going to get the short end of the stick
    • ► June (3)
      • • Planning update: new use for old cinema and shared living proposed in Old Portsmouth
      • • Residents’ groups should be consulted on flood defences
      • • Portsmouth on leaked list of Mothercare stores set to close
    • ► May (7)
      • • Phone boxes to go to appeal
      • • Rail replacement works
      • • Redundant office block set to become student accommodation
      • • Election results
      • • Boost for Southsea shelter project
      • • Sunday opening at Southsea library
      • • CCTV in allotments
    • ► April (4)
      • • New butcher’s shop in Albert Road
      • • New water feature proves popular
      • • New signs at Canoe Lake
      • • Fruit importer enters new market
    • ► March (8)
      • • D-Day Museum reopens
      • • The homeless shelter
      • • Possible redevelopment option for the Royal Mail sorting office put forward
      • • Cumberland House gets funding boost
      • • Decking application for pier
      • • Fire service to stay separate from the Police and Crime Commissioner – at least for now
      • • Affordable housing around the country
      • • University's only bookstore closed today
    • ► February (7)
      • • Apprenticeship numbers up again
      • • New special school nears completion
      • • Business rates and the High St
      • • New environmentally friendly lighting now being installed
      • • Congestion likely as Network Rail replaces bridge
      • • Exercise group for people with breathing problems benefits from lottery cash
      • • Housing scheme for Fraser Range published
    • ► January (3)
      • • Mountbatten Centre gets a new look
      • • Portsmouth one of a handful of areas to get electric car cash
      • • Church initiative on homelessness
  • ► 2017 (62)
    • ► December (5)
      • • New French electricity link may come ashore at Eastney
      • • Ice rink proving a hit
      • • A Christmas dinner for a hundred older people
      • • The 12 Days of Giving
      • • Views of experts on the costs of social housing
    • ► November (6)
      • • Bus usage in Portsmouth  
      • • Eastleigh – a cautionary tale
      • • Mayfield School rebuild
      • • Work starts on new Police Investigation Centre
      • • A bright future for the Outdoor Centre
      • • Southsea flood defences and the government grant
    • ► September (11)
      • • Business rate relief scheme moves forward
      • • New council housing construction continues apace
      • • Changing the funding model for QA hospital
      • • Tightening the rules on Houses in Multiple Occupation
      • • Successful lottery bid for last landing craft
      • • Churches Homeless Action
      • • Guildhall ice rink for the Christmas period
      • • Local plan consultation
      • • Victorious clean up
      • • Hotel planning consent
      • • GPs practices to merge
    • ► August (3)
      • • Coastal path plan unveiled
      • • Pop-up food venues to open this week
      • • Council buys shop to expand King’s Theatre
    • ► July (6)
      • • Free opera this Wednesday
      • • Phone box advert plan defeated
      • • Rough sleepers in Portsmouth
      • • Free bandstand events off to a flying start
      • • New learning disability housing to open
      • • Exciting new proposals for Moneyfields football club
    • ► June (4)
      • • Election result
      • • New shower to be installed in Canoe Lake
      • • Rewarding volunteers
      • • The causes of delayed discharges from hospital
    • ► April (4)
      • • Public access to the pier and licensing hours
      • • Marks and Spencer closure
      • • Cumberland House museum reopens
      • • University launches new nursing training centre
    • ► March (8)
      • • Broadcasting council meetings
      • • Another new hotel in the pipeline
      • • Eastern Road improvements move forward
      • • French exchange opportunity
      • • Pro tennis tournament coming to Southsea
      • • New hotel planned for Old Portsmouth
      • • Good news for local government in the budget
      • • The Housing White Paper and its local implications
    • ► February (7)
      • • Shocking tactics as LibDems falsely accuse council for the moving of the Yomper
      • • City centre redevelopment plans
      • • Council budget
      • • Anstey hotel planning appeal passes
      • • Big boost for capital projects
      • • Seafront shelter to be restored and a boost for the pier
      • • Working with charities
    • ► January (8)
      • • Fire services in Portsmouth
      • • Secondary school rolls rise again
      • • Portsmouth's economy grows
      • • Police and the council tax
      • • Interaction saved
      • • Housebuilding stats
      • • Eastern Road waterbridge
      • • Four-year funding settlement for local government
  • ► 2016 (22)
    • ► December (4)
      • • Request for funding for South Parade Pier
      • • New housing to help the disabled
      • • Consultation on changes to the health and care system
      • • Generating income to offset budget reductions
    • ► October (7)
      • • Prison land deal will make city just a little more attractive
      • • Limiting the numbers of Houses in Multiple Occupation
      • • Last wartime landing craft coming to Portsmouth
      • • Helping the traders in Commercial Road
      • • New student tower for city centre is good news
      • • New student tower for city centre is good news
      • • Planning application for road at Fraser Ranges
    • ► August (4)
      • • Best ever GCSE results in Portsmouth, even while the pass rate falls across the rest of the country
      • • Inside the new Greetham St student tower
      • • University numbers are not rising
      • • New hovercraft arrive
    • ► July (7)
      • • Sharing senior management with other councils
      • • Wild flowers in Milton Park
      • • Building new affordable housing through a council-owned company
      • • New movable café planned for seafront
      • • Council embraces new technology to improve social care
      • • Miltoncross probably won't be able to expand
      • • Thoughts on Kingston Prison