By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
A proposal for a new council children’s home in Portswood has secured planning permission.
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11th November 2025
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
A proposal for a new council children’s home in Portswood has secured planning permission.
Police have launched a witness appeal following a collision involving a car and a person riding a rented e-scooter on Thomas Lewis Way (TLW) just before midday on Saturday (Sept 6).
Image: Google
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
Plans to convert a takeaway restaurant in a Townhill Park parade of shops into a massage parlour have been approved by councillors.
Updated: Two people received “immediate medical assistance” from firefighters, and an arrest was subsequently made after a kitchen blaze at a Newton Road property in Bitterne Park.
Update 2: The Osborne Road sewer repairs and temporary lights are back, for the... is it third time in recent months? The junction to Belmont Road has also been closed so work can proceed with a diversion in place.
Work is due to start in early September on landscaping ‘Woodmill Bay’ in Riverside Park, currently used as an informal boat launching and car parking area, to include seating overlooking the river.
By Noni Needs, Local Democracy Reporter
An outgoing fire chief has warned £1.7m in proposed cuts are untenable decisions – but things are going to get worse if the government does not give the service more money.
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
A cruise parking company operating from St Denys Road has launched an appeal against a council planning decision which is having a “material impact on the business”.
A car allegedly being driven on the wrong side of Bitterne Road West collided with another vehicle on Saturday evening (Aug 30).
Updated: A proposal to demolish the “degrading structure” of Bitterne police station on Bursledon Road, closed since 2016, has been filed with Southampton City Council.
The Green Open Homes event sees householders open their homes in September to showcase energy, water and money saving upgrades in action.
‘Water rescue’ cabinets are to be installed in Riverside Park.
Plans to change premises from a takeaway to a massage parlour in Townhill Park are due to go before the city’s planning and rights of way panel on September 2.
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
Progress is being made on the drawn out Townhill Park housing estate regeneration project, councillors have been told.
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
Complaints have been lodged with the council’s planning enforcement team over the use of Highfield House Hotel in Portswood to house asylum seekers.
Plans for a major student housing development in Portswood have drawn a slew of objections from both public and councillors.
The Butcher’s Hook micro pub at the Triangle has reported it has been hit with a break-in , and is consequently only able to accept card payments until next week.
Police are appealing for information about a van after an attempt was made to apparently remove a cashpoint machine from the wall of Portswood Waitrose early on Tuesday morning (Aug 19).
Update: The vehicles left the park reportedly on Saturday morning (Aug 23).
Caravans and other vehicles entered Riverside Park late on Thursday (Aug 21) and formed an unauthorised encampment.
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
Southampton MP Satvir Kaur believes anti-immigration protests outside a city hotel which is housing asylum seekers are “crossing a line”.
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
There are no plans to sell off allotments in Southampton “now or at any point in the future”, a senior councillor has confirmed.
Hampshire Open Studios runs until Bank Holiday Monday (25 August), with artists’ studios open to visitors across the county, including in our area.
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
Plans for scores of student flats on a derelict pub site have been approved despite concerns the block will “tower over” neighbouring homes.
Southampton Ukulele Jam played a continuous 30-hour ‘UKe-athon’ at the weekend, surpassing their original 24-hour target and several fundraising goals, to bring in over £10k for four local charities.
An appeal has been launched following reports that a man approached a 17-year-old girl in Bitterne and pulled her down a flight of stairs into a subway.
By Jason Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter
A second Southampton councillor has defected from Labour to the Liberal Democrats in a matter of weeks.
Photo: Southampton Liberal Democrats
Updated Southampton City Council has responded to concerns over recent bin collection delays. Meanwhile following missed glass collections some local bottle banks appear to need emptying.
Update Sun 11:20am: Appeal tops £8K for local charities! Ukes pass 24hr target.
Southampton Ukulele Jam (SUJ) will be strumming around the clock this Saturday (Aug 9) as it attempts a 24-hour record-setting, fundraising UKe-athon in support of four local charities.
Live UK-athon stream from here
A wall understood to have been damaged by a car in early February outside Cobbett Road Library has now been repaired.
Photo: Ali Beg
Riverside Park and ten other city parks have earned Green Flag status for 2025, recognising “exceptional dedication to green space management”.