Linzi Kinghorn

6 days ago | bbc.com | Linzi Kinghorn

Nature campaigners take over council meetingBBCCrowds of actors dressed in nature inspired costumes for the eventAmateur actors wore nature inspired costumes to a council meeting in a bid to give a voice to Southampton's non-human residents. Campaigners wanting to make Southampton a National Park City aired their concerns at an "interspecies democracy meeting" on Thursday. It was part of the week-long Urban Wild festival that culminates with an event at Southampton Common on Sunday.

3 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Dave Gilyeat |Linzi Kinghorn

Image caption, Ken Arkell served during the war but never got to board a motor gun boatFour veterans celebrated VE Day with a special trip on a high-speed World War Two vessel. As part of events at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard on Saturday the special guests were invited to ride on the motor gun boat. Ken Arkell, 98, a former Navy serviceman who trained for the boats but never got to board one, told the BBC it was a "wonderful" opportunity.

Dec 10, 2024 | yahoo.com | Sarah Farmer |Linzi Kinghorn |Pete Doherty |Jo Couzens

Luke Orton was playing in a rugby tournament on the Isle of Wight in July 2023 when his life changed forever. "I went in for a tackle and heard my neck snap," he said. "It sounded like eating a cracker or a dry Weetabix – it turned out to be the guy’s knee who I tackled – then I was paralysed on the beach."He is one of several patients receiving specialist rehabilitation treatment at Salisbury Hospital's Spinal Treatment Centre.

Nov 27, 2024 | yahoo.com | Linzi Kinghorn

A Christmas lights show is due to go ahead despite the theft of £80,000 worth of copper cabling. Months of planning had gone into the Light Up Sir Harold Hillier Gardens At Christmas event in Romsey, organisers said. But just as their team was gearing up for the show's launch, they discovered the "devastating" theft. Staff at the attraction, who have also been battling the impact of Storm Bert, found thousands of pounds worth of cabling had been taken at the weekend.

Oct 16, 2024 | yahoo.com | Linzi Kinghorn |Katie Waple

Peter Small left Barbados in 1962 and came to Reading as part of the Windrush generation [BBC]Generate Key TakeawaysA new exhibition has launched to celebrate the Windrush Generation and to mark Black History Month. Enigma of Arrival at the Battle Library in Reading reflects the lives of those who travelled to the UK from the Caribbean. Peter Small, from Reading, is part of the Windrush generation who moved to Berkshire in 1962.