Simon Czapp Photography

Photographer and Picture Editor at Solent News and Photo Agency

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As it’s announced by the Environment Agency today that half of England is in drought, the grass on Southsea Common looks more like sand instead of its usual lushes green colour.

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#drought #weather #southseacommon #news #hampshire

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GAME ON!  Bill Blacker, Chairman of the Certification Panel of the Worshipful Company of Gunmakers; Elle Simpson, Joint Master of the Warwickshire Beagles; angling consultant John Hunter; and Charlotte Souto of CJ’s Birds of Prey prepare for The Game Fair 2026.

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The Olympic medal-winning diver Peter Waterfield who competed alongside Tom Daley has swapped the diving board for sycamores and silver birches - as he has become a tree surgeon.

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#olympicdiver #treesurgeon #jobs #news #hampshire

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With just over a week to go Joint Master Elle Simpson and Huntsman Jack Parkes of Warwickshire Beagles prepare for The Game Fair 2026 at Ragley Hall, Warwickshire on 24th – 26th July, where they will perform a hound parade in the main arena.

#event #beagles #dogs #hounds #pr

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A top food artist has unveiled a giant portrait of England star Jude Bellingham made from 998 footballer-shaped chicken nuggets ahead tonight's World Cup clash with Norway. The golden artwork took 10 painstaking hours to complete in Nathan Wyburn's studio. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🔥💪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

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Good luck to Johnny Fish this weekend, who is in preparation for a stunt that will see him descend 85 foot down a burning rope in a record breaking attempt.  The daredevil former paratrooper plans to set another world record with the attempt.

#burning #stunt #hampshire #news

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Shawn Warner, Workshop Manager at Iconic Bricks, puts the finishing touches to some of the wildlife creations before they start to leave their site in Bordon, Hampshire, to make up a spectacular new nature trail at five RHS Gardens in the coming weeks.

#blocks #lego  #news

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Lead organiser Steph Glen admires the completed display made from recycled materials at St John the Baptist in Boldre near Lymington in the New Forest, Hampshire.

A churchyard has been transformed into a cascading waterfall and wildflowers made from recycled items.

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This was a fun project to work on as I was there for the arrival of turkey poults with Oliver Young, the Farm Manager at Copas Turkeys in Berkshire.

Tiny, fluffy young turkeys were taking their first steps at a British farm.

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#turkeys #pr

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A group of pampered pooches were spotted cooling off at what appeared to be the 'paw-fect' pool party, with the pools supplied by @AldiUK, as the supermarket launches its new pet shop range. The six dogs were lapping up the sun as well as cooling off in a specially-designed pool.

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Portraits to go with an interview with Chief Constable of Hampshire Police, the force that arrested dying murder victim Henry Nowak.  He defended his officers and said "I don't accept the term of two-tier policing, I don't recognise it". 

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Visitors were able to travel on a timeline of the events that unfolded at the Nova Music Festival on October 7th 2023.  It tells the story of the largest terror attack in Israel's history, as the Nova Exhibition came to London.
 
#event #exhibition #london #news #PR

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The Great British Farm Fest is taking place in the fields of Warwickshire in the festival’s first year. Showcasing the best of British, field to fork, animals, tractors to absolute tunes, the three-day event this bank holiday weekend is being held in Warwickshire.

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Jo Styles of Hello Outdoors leads a workout class called SUP Fit at Lymington Sea Water Baths, Hampshire. The unique class, which lasts an hour, was the first of the year and held in the sunshine. 

SUP Fit is an exercise routine on the water. 

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Budget supermarket Aldi have come to the rescue and given a four-year-old girl a brand new stall where she can sell eggs from - after heartless yobs smashed hers to pieces during her birthday party.

#chickens #eggs #pr #news #hampshire

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This week, I’ve been let loose and off the back of it I’m chuffed to have had three @thetimes print hits with my photographs over the last four days.

Thank you to Hello Outdoors, Lymington Seawater Baths, @AldiUK, @ClarionComms, @JaneAustenHouse and @CTwomeyStudio. 👏👏🏆🎉🎉

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An iconic quote from Pride and Prejudice was today immortalised at Jane Austen's home by an acclaimed artist who engraved 60 mirrors in the author's handwriting. @JaneAustenHouse unveiled a unique exhibition by ceramicist @CTwomeyStudio.

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Artist Harriet Riddle gets passers-by to hop on a specially-made bike which transfers energy to her sewing machine. I pictured Dickon Kelly, Deputy Head Virger, pedalling to power Harriet Riddell's sewing machine in front of @WinCathedral.

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THE PERFECT MODEL..... Dr Michael McCabe, a retired lecturer who turned to the craft of miniature model making to cope with his wife's early onset Alzheimer’s has now created more than 80 incredible sculptures.

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#model #press #news #feature

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Amy Roberts, the Collections Officer at The Novium Museum, with the Stopham Mount which is made of gold and red garnet stones.

The rare Anglo-Saxon sword fitting known as the Stopham Mount, thought to be between 1,300 and 1,400 years old, has gone on permanent display.