Portsmouth News - Opinion Feed

Toilet training tips are frankly potty

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:29:11 GMT

Have you ever asked someone a question and then regretted asking it in the first place?

Without strategy, there won’t be skylarks and butterflies

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:34:34 GMT

Sleep peacefully Mother Earth, the Daily Mail is campaigning to ensure your survival with innocuous headlines like ‘Would you drink sewage?’

Honouring the past can mean overlooking service of today

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:34:29 GMT

It’s been a good month for public servants from a bygone era.

There’s a payback time in marriage called retirement

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:34:25 GMT

Beware, high-flying men and women, who you walk down the aisle.

Right to remember people on both sides who died that day

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:05:47 GMT

War is always a terrible thing. But, coming from a military city like Portsmouth, you know it’s something that has always happened and will always be a threat.

What’s the point in buying a new car that I can’t park?

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:05:46 GMT

I’ve been toying with the idea of getting a new car.

Astronaut helps us to get a perspective on our lives

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:05:31 GMT

Perspective, so they say, is a wonderful thing.

Friendship is something we must treasure

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:05:20 GMT

For more than 50 years, they have extended the hand of friendship across the sea. And the value of that link was plain to see when Gosport schoolchildren welcomed visitors from the town’s French twin, Royan, over the weekend. Marking the 250th anniversary of Gosport town council’s creation by recreating the dress of the year 1763 for their Gallic visitors, youngsters from Bedenham Primary School gained more than just a fun day out.

Walking the dog for good cause

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:45:09 GMT

‘Well I never knew that,’ I exclaimed as I was researching West Highland Terriers for the 2013 Westie Walk last Sunday.

Family life and ice balls

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:45:04 GMT

Quote from Beyoncé recently: ‘Everyday life with my family, such as changing diapers, keeps me grounded.’

Elasticated waists and hideous colours are my top fashion tips

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:45:03 GMT

Alot of people at this time of year will be thinking about doing one of the most important shops of the year –the holiday clothes shop.

Are you a wobbling, waffling mess or a supreme speaker?

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:44:59 GMT

Well folks, does it make you go weak at the knees, palms sweaty and your throat dry?

I’ve been swimming in the Solent since I was a scamp

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:26:42 GMT

A waffle-muncher could be on the brink of ruining your summer.

Like a heated-up screwdriver between my shoulder blades

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:26:33 GMT

You know you’re getting old when you go to bed feeling fiddle-like and wake up injured.

Anna’s inspiring, committed, hardy and uncompromising

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:26:28 GMT

A good friend has been making waves in the media this week and I reckon she’s either an amazingly talented and inspirational person or a completely unhinged nutcase.

I could think of better ways to splash hard-earned cash

Fri, 17 May 2013 06:58:34 GMT

I didn’t really know what to think after I heard about Gwyneth Paltrow’s Groupon deal.

There’ll be no last-minute chickening out on this one

Fri, 17 May 2013 06:58:24 GMT

So it’s the big day tomorrow – my charity fundraising abseil that I’m doing for The Rowans Hospice at Purbrook.

Parents must ensure their children are given all jabs

Fri, 17 May 2013 06:58:19 GMT

It’s bad news and good news in the story that we carry on page 12 today about childhood immunisations.

What signs are there that we’ve benefited from EU?

Thu, 16 May 2013 06:20:43 GMT

Do we really need to be part of Europe? Would my simple life in Gosport be any better or worse if things did change and we parted from the EU?

Early nights mean I’ve been alert for the breakfast show

Thu, 16 May 2013 06:20:35 GMT

I’ve been back hosting the breakfast show this week as fellow News columnist Steve Power has had a week off in Majorca.