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April 2026 Events at October Books!

We Can Make Origami Flowers by Claire Ballinger of Clara’s Crafts An opportunity to learn some simple paper folds to make Spring flowers. These can be used to decorate cards, gift tags or as free-standing models. Participants will take away a completed card. I enjoy making paper items using a variety of techniques, including origami, stamping and collage. I sell items in October Books...
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Police Southampton on Facebook 2/4/26: “Further update on the ongoing protests in Portswood from Superintendent Alex Charge”

‘We want to share with you a further update on the ongoing protests in Portswood from Superintendent Alex Charge, and our commitments to facilitating these. As the evenings become lighter once again and with protests continuing outside Highfield House Hotel, I wanted to take some time reassure people of our commitments and talk about some of the powers we continue to use so people can...
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Dementia friendly events/activities for week beginning Tuesday 7 April 2026 for across Southampton, courtesy of Caraway

Dementia News, Southampton – April 2026 MEMORY CAFÉS   •  WELLBEING ACTIVITIES  •  OTHER CAFÉS Hi All We wish you all a very Happy Easter! Do check out what’s on next week as with the bank holiday some gatherings are having a break. With our best wishes, Ros, Katherine, Dave, Jo & All our Memory Café leads. •   EXTRAS  • Hampshire Dementia Strategy Survey This is now live, and...
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Incidents on Portswood Broadway on 2/4/26

Four reports of street people / possibly street drinkers in seating area outside former Flagship Coffee Three reports of street drinkers / street people in Portswood Broadway Using plant pots to put rubbish in. Note: there have also been other occasions since January of some street drinkers in Portswood Broadway which have not been reported.
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‘Happy Easter from Yellow Door’ – below is the latest Yellow Door Newsletter!

Happy Easter from Yellow Door! A message from Nicci our CEO With Spring and Easter finally on our doorstep, it has been a busy start to 2026 here at Yellow Door. The government released their new 10-year Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy in December 2025 ‘Freedom from Violence’, and we hope that this will lead to increased funding for support services and better outcomes for...
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Roadworks in our area as of Thursday 2 April – plan ahead!

All info from SCC’s City News: Bassett Avenue lane closures: Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 April, 9.30am and 3.30pm for carriageway repairs and investigations Thomas Lewis Way contraflow system between Kent Road and St Denys Road: from Monday 16 March to Friday 31 July for SSEN replacement Burgess Road temporary signals: Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 April for telecoms works. To stay uptodate with...
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It’s the St Denys Carnival and Arts Festival on May 23rd – more below!

There is also a cake baking competition, entries via the website – www.stdenyscarnival.uk  
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Four lots of Street Drinkers in Portswood High Street – 1 April 2026

Yesterday, 1 April 2026, at around 12.30pm in Portswood High Street, there were four different pockets of street drinkers along the Broadway. All ‘groups’ had open cans of what looked like alcohol. They were located as follows: Two outside Boots plus some ‘street furniture’ Three to five outside what was once Roebridge Farm Shop, near to the former Flagship Coffee. One of...
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