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Anti-social Dispersal Order
Suggestion from LN: Portswood would benefit from a Dispersal Order. It comes under the Anti-Social Behaviour Act. Police Officers can direct people to leave an area and not return for usually 48 hours. Refusal is grounds for arrest etc. This...
read moreHawthorn Cottage, built in 1818 on Southampton Common, once stood on the land now occupied by The Hawthorns Urban Wildlife Centre
Info courtesy of Paul Lipscombe, Southampton History Photos. “Very few people remember the Hawthorn cottage that graced Southampton common it was built in 1818 by Thomas Ridding, in Georgian style. Although named Hawthorn Cottage it was a...
read moreThe University of Southampton ‘Voices’ Choir ‘Salutes Randy Newman’, “one of the most unusual of the great American singer songwriters”, in their next concert in the Turner Sims Concert Hall at 19:30 on Friday 9 May!
It’s 12 years since the University of Southampton ‘Voices’ Community Choir began! Many people from the local area are involved! Get your tickets now! Find out more here!...
read moreJust a reminder – the next quarterly Portswood Police and Community Together (PACT) meeting in our area is at the Highfield Church Centre, next Monday 24 March, 6.30-8pm, if you have any concerns or issues you wish to raise
Some members of the HRA Crime information sharing WhatsApp Group will be attending! In Hampshire Alert 17/3/25, the Portswood Neighbourhood Policing Team say: “These meetings serve as a vital platform for residents like you to engage directly...
read moreTwo youths with faces covered doing something shifty on top of a bin – Nile Road
They shuffled off when person went up to them and said ‘Afternoon Lads’. Reporting to Police encouraged.
read moreA blue BMW car was badly damaged by 6 youths – parked in Abbotts Way
Car vandalised, windscreen smashed. Police were called and witnesses spoke to a police call handler. Took place at 8.50pm on Wednesday 19 March 2025.
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