News & Press Office

Welcome to Southampton's online press office. News and information are key to local people being able to access the full range of council services, so we hope our media colleagues will find this page a useful guide to what is happening in the city.

The Media Team is available to help media with their enquiries during normal office hours. The general enquiry number is 023 8083 2000.

Alternatively you might want to speak directly to a media officer who specialises in an area of the council's work.

Media officer contact details:

General Enquires telephone: 023 8083 2000

Economic development and resources - Oliver Harry, 023 8083 2756 or oliver.harry@southampton.gov.uk

Housing, health and adult social care - Mike Ktomi, 023 8083 4701 or mike.ktomi@southampton.gov.uk

Children's services, schools and community safety - Damian Cook, 023 8083 2001 or damian.cook@southampton.gov.uk

Environment and transport, leisure, culture and heritage - Ruth Harrington, 023 8083 3910 or ruth.harrington@southampton.gov.uk

In the event of an emergency outside of normal working hours the press office team can be contacted through the city council’s emergency duty team on 023 8023 3344.

It must be stressed that this is an emergency response number only and should not be used as an out of hours contact number.