To suggest that Portsmouth is a racist city with racist people is a gross misrepresentation of the facts. I am from Portsmouth and have lived there for more than forty-five years. It is a beautiful place with lovely people. I am proud to be associated with Portsmouth; I consider it to be my home town. The much-loved and respected Lord Mayor of Portsmouth, Abdul Kadir is a devout Muslim who was born in Bangladesh. He is pushing for the construction of Portsmouth's first Hi

I have heard various reports in the news that the Birmingham Binmen Strike is nearing a resolution, and they hope to have good news for us by early next month. But what if talks do break down again for whatever reason? Can the government demand that an ACAS team be mobilised to settle this dispute, or aid the situation by adding a little cash to the discussions. We Birmingham residents are totally fed up with the current situation and did not dream in our

In Holyrood, during the Scottish Parliament Question Time, opposition to hyperscale data centres was rising. Scottish Green Party, Mr Greer - "Current applications for hyperscale Data Centres in Scotland would consume more than 1.5 times our country's current peak power use. At Larbert, a 300-megawatt data centre is proposed, with 200 diesel generators, situated right beside a care home, with some of the residents on ventilators. Even the developer