Climate relay baton to pass through Portsmouth

On 1 July, the Running Out of Time relay baton will enter Portsmouth, an important stop on its extraordinary 2,436km route from Ben Nevis, Scotland to Big Ben, London in the name of climate action. The relay is the country’s only sporting event for climate and this year’s is the biggest yet. Its route comprises […]



Little Owl chicks set to join conservation display team

Two Little Owl chicks have become the latest apprentices set to join the flying display team at the Hampshire-based bird of prey charity, the Hawk Conservancy Trust. Already some of the cutest ambassadors for owl conservation, four-week-old Cheddar and Mozzarella are almost fully grown, weighing just 150 grams each – that’s only about half as […]



Hampshire garden designer wins People’s Choice Award at RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Today, the penultimate day of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, The Octavia Hill Garden by Blue Diamond with the National Trust by award winning designer Ann-Marie Powell received this year’s RHS/BBC People’s Choice Award, an award voted for by the public. The Show Garden was also voted the favourite of the junior judges who presented […]



RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024

Photos of RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024

The RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024



Red Arrows will soar at Portsmouth Armed Forces Day

Watch the Red Arrows soar as part of the huge, free Portsmouth Armed Forces Day event taking place on Southsea Common on Saturday 8 June. This year’s Armed Forces Day is being held at the end of a week of D-Day commemorations which starts in Portsmouth on Wednesday 5 June, to give everyone the opportunity […]



Photos of Basingstoke Comic Con 2024

Basingstoke Comic Con 2024, The Hampshire Court Hotel – Saturday. Actors from Stargate, Harry Potter, Our Flag Means Death and Supernatural were at the event with headline appearances from Jason Momoa, Richard Armitage, Richard Dean Anderson and Rhys Darby.



Jason Momoa

Jason Momoa coming to Basingstoke for Comic Con

Basingstoke’s second Comic Con, taking place at Hampshire Court Hotel on 10 to 12 May is set to welcome Jason Momoa as its headline guest alongside the likes of Richard Armitage and Richard Dean Anderson. The full list of guests can be seen on the event website including a host of Stargate, Supernatural, Harry Potter […]



BBC Gardeners' World Spring Fair 2024

Photos of BBC Gardeners World Spring Fair 2024

BBC Gardener’s World Spring Fair 2024 at Beaulieu. Best Showcase Garden and a Platinum award were presented to award-winning landscape designer Matt Le Gassick, founder of Inbud, for The Inner Dancer. The garden was designed in partnership with Great Oaks School, a specialist secondary school in Southampton for young people with complex learning difficulties. The […]



D-Day veterans’ names added to Portsmouth memorial wall

The names of 56 veterans of D-Day and the Normandy campaign have been added to the Normandy Memorial Wall in Portsmouth. On Monday 29 April, the new bricks carrying the name and the unit they served in were carefully added, taking the number of World War II veterans honoured on the wall to over 600. […]



Marwell Wildlife launches £20,000 appeal to save one of the UK’s most endangered species

Marwell Wildlife has today launched an appeal to raise £20,000 to help save one of the UK’s most endangered native species, the white-clawed crayfish by opening a breeding centre at the zoo. The Hampshire based conservation charity is taking part in the Big Give’s Green Match Fund and for one week only all donations will […]