Mayor-making ceremony

RESIDENTS are being invited to the first mayor-making ceremony since the pandemic.

Free tickets are available for Portsmouth’s colourful mayor-making ceremony – the traditional civic event at which a new Lord Mayor is chosen – which will take place on Tuesday, May 17, at Portsmouth Guildhall.

A series of Civic Awards that recognise those people who have improved the local community will also be given out.

Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis, available from Cosham Library, Central Library or the Guildhall reception desk, or by calling 023 9268 8938 or emailing events@portsmouthcc.gov.uk