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Healthwatch Brighton and Hove to be scrapped
Healthwatch Brighton and Hove is one of several patient and professional watchdogs to be scrapped by Health Secretary Wes Streeting in an announcement published by the Daily Mail today (Saturday 28 June). The Labour cabinet minister said that patients with complaints would have to take them up with ...
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Eastbourne contest features exciting young pianists at start of their careers
The 2025 Norah Sande Award will be decided at the Birley Centre, Carlisle Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4EF over the weekend July 5-6.
Disability campaigners protest before special council meeting discusses welfare reforms
Disability campaigners protested outside Hove Town Hall before a debate about the government’s proposed changes to personal independence payments (PIP) and universal credit. And when the Brighton and Hove City Council meeting started, the campaign group Speak Out presented a petition calling for a...
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REVIEW: 28 Years Later - grisly, gruesome and compelling... eventually
REVIEW: 28 Years Later (15), (115 mins), Cineworld Cinemas
Council’s £1m underspend provides brief respite from big financial challenges
More tough times are ahead at Brighton and Hove City Council despite ending the most recent financial year with a £1.1 million surplus. The Labour deputy leader Jacob Taylor said that the cost of supporting the homeless was already proving challenging in the new financial year which started in Apri...
Brighton College takes centre stage with national theatre award win
At a glittering awards ceremony in London, Brighton College was thrilled to receive ‘Best Play’ from the National School Theatre Awards for their epic production of The Trial. Performed earlier this year in their spectacular Cairns Theatre, both the winning play and the school’s Middle School ...
Brighton College: National Theatre champions!
At a glittering awards ceremony in London, Brighton College was thrilled to receive ‘Best Play’ from the National School Theatre Awards for their epic production of The Trial. Performed earlier this year in their spectacular Cairns Theatre, both the winning play and the school’s Middle School ...
Richard Durrant, Guitarist. Sunday 22 June 2025. Brighton Open Air Theatre. 2pm. Review by Janet Lawrence
Richard Durrant is a legend. No arguments. He’s a guitarist - been playing for over 30 years. Internationally known and with reason.
Joe Black takes over Komedia Comedy Club this Pride with a Kabarett special!
Incomparable cabaret chameleon, Joe Black, hosts a special takeover of Komedia Comedy Club on Pride weekend. For one night only the event will become Komedia Kabarett Club for Friday 1st August.
Plans lodged for 300 affordable homes in Hove
A planning application to build 306 “affordable” homes has been submitted to Brighton and Hove City Council. The plans have been drawn up by Homes for Brighton and Hove, the partnership between Brighton and Hove City Council and the Hyde Group housing association. The joint venture is looking to...
Pavilion fencing to be installed from next spring
Work on installing new fencing around Pavilion Gardens – and a new toilet block – is expected start next spring. Part of the gardens will be fenced off temporarily in August for the second Silent Disco night following a successful trial night in September last year. Meanwhile work is continuing ...
Kiddie Capers Childcare opens their newest nursery in the heart of Fishersgate!
Kiddie Capers Childcare, a well-established provider of Early Years Education with multiple settings across Sussex, has opened in St Peter’s Church on Gardner Road, Fishersgate bringing flexible and affordable childcare to the local community. This brand-new setting is enrolling now, and open from...
Disability charities plan welfare cuts protest outside Brighton station
Two charities plan to host a protest outside Brighton railway station over the government’s proposed changes to welfare benefits. The protest is due to take place from 3.30pm to 4.30pm on Tuesday (1 July) and has been organised by Brighton and Hove Speak Out and Grace Eyre. Both local charities su...
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Worthing production offers return to life-defining role of Macbeth
Macbeth really has been a life-defining role for Ross Muir who returns to it for this year’s Rainbow Shakespeare season in Worthing.
More than 4,600 dangerous dog offences recorded by Sussex Police over five years
A new investigation has revealed Sussex Police has recorded more than 4,600 dangerously out-of-control dog incidents since 2020, with the figure now the highest it has been in five years.
Sussex Police incident: Photos show armed officers with air support as car found torched after reports of fight
Armed officers were given air support, as they carried out searches, following reports of a fight in East Sussex.
No arrests yet as armed police rush to East Sussex with support from helicopter
Here’s everything we know so far after armed police swooped on a neighbourhood in Sussex.
Councillor 'gobsmacked' by fire safety failings at high rise building
A Brighton councillor said she was “gobsmacked” because no one seemed to take responsibility for a series of failings involving New England House.
Everything we know about the armed police search following fight in city
Sussex Police are investigating after a fight triggered a huge search involving armed officers in Brighton.
'Shameful': Hundreds of trees dead just weeks after seafront park opens
Hundreds of trees have died just a month after a seafront park was opened