05/06/2026
In case you've seen Portsmouth News's attention-grabbing headline regarding our opposition to the planning permission changes for the property next door to the studio.
We were contacted and asked to express if we had any concerns about the planning, which we did log.
The News have now worded as what they wanted anyway to spin it.
JUST TO REITERATE AND BEFORE PEOPLE TRY AND TWIST THE AGENDA , our concerns are based on road safety, traffic, parking, and general safety of the building and it's occupants. For starters there is no rear access and no fire escape - we looked into the building for ourselves 2 years ago. It has absolutely NOTHING to do with it being a place of worship, Islamic or otherwise!
We have always and will continue to always, welcome anyone and everyone, regardless of race, religion, gender, sexuality, or anything else, to our studio.
Those who know us will know that this has always been the case.
Long term supporters may even remember when we were on the very same newspaper front page when we turned the studio into a donation centre for Syrian refugees and raised a huge amount of funds to help them.
Please don't buy into the media's attempts to cause and perpetuate division and unrest amongst the general public.
This is more tabloid ill-worded scaremongering.
