By Mabel Wellman. Main image: Rachel Jones. Southampton Pride 2026 is now over, and whilst it was a wet one, it was still a fantastic weekend. The two day Pride event kicked off with the protest march from Queen’s Park, to the Pride event at Guildhall Square. There were...
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Anti-asylum seeker protests and anti-racism counter demonstrations return to Southampton on Friday
Anti-racism demonstrators will be back on the streets of Southampton on Friday evening, in response to anti-asylum seeker protests resuming outside a city hotel. After a break of some months, ‘Southampton Patriots’ are set to resume their once-weekly protests outside Highfield House Hotel, which houses asylum seekers, placed there...
Trans Pride Winchester returned for third year at the weekend
By Mabel Wellman. On 23rd August 2026, Trans Pride Winchester returned for its third year. TPW was a fun filled day which started from 10:30am with a protest march through the city centre, ending at the Abbey Gardens next to the Guidhall where members of the community gave speeches....
Opinion: Southampton’s tradition of welcome is something to be proud of
By Nikki Walters, Chair, Southampton Action. This month marks 75 years since the United Nations adopted the Refugee Convention – a promise that people forced to flee war, persecution and violence would be offered protection, dignity and hope. Seventy-five years later, that promise is as important as ever. Southampton...
Cheers from the gallery as Southampton Reform councillor withdraws flag banning motion
By Sally Churchward. Additional reporting by Joy McKay. Image: Orlagh Scorey Auckland. Cheers and claps rung out in a Southampton City Council meeting this afternoon when Reform councillor Philip Crook withdrew a controversial motion to ban all flags except the Union Jack, St George Cross and Southampton City flags...
Protest as Southampton Reform Cllr wants to ban flags including Pride, Armed Forces Day and Windrush Day
By Sally Churchward. A Southampton Reform councillor is bringing a motion before the city council on Wednesday (15/7/26) that would ban the flying of a huge range of flags from the Civic Centre. If the motion, being brought by Councillor Philip Crook, were passed, the only flags that would...
March and counter-demonstration in Southampton go off peacefully
After the violent scenes on the streets of Southampton at a demonstration following the verdict in trial of Henry Nowak’s murder, the huge police presence on the streets of Portswood and beyond yesterday (20/6/26) was unsurprising. And it was a relief that the UKIP/Southampton Patriots vigil and march and...
Anti-asylum seeker hotel protest and anti-racism counter demonstrators returned to Southampton last night
Anti-racist demonstrators and anti-asylum seeker protesters faced off across Highfield Lane again last night in hostile scenes that have become all too familiar to local residents (17/6/26). Anti-asylum seeker demonstrations and counter-demonstrations coordinated by Southampton Stand Up To Racism became a weekly feature of the Portswood street from summer...
Anti-racist community unity demonstration planned for Southampton this weekend
Picture shows anti-racism demonstrators in Southampton in October 2025. Southampton anti-racist and community groups are holding a demonstration calling for community unity this weekend. A counter-demonstration organised by one of the groups, Southampton Stand Up To Racism, is also being held on Wednesday evening (17/6/26). Both events will be...
Reader’s letter: The time to stand together is now – unity is strength
By John Jess. As an 82-year-old working-class man, I have spent my entire life opposing fascism. It deeply worries me to see what is happening on the streets of Southampton, Belfast and elsewhere today. Too many people believe that fascism is something from the history books, or that it...