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Conservatives select candidate for Hove by-election
The Conservatives have selected the party’s candidate for the forthcoming by-election in Westbourne and Poets Corner ward. The party has chosen Anthony Meadows, widely known as Tony, a self-employed antique furniture restorer. Mr Meadows was the mayor’s consort in 2011-12 when his wife Anne was ...
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Brighton students transform museum storytelling with interactive QR trail
Final-year Interior Architecture students at the University of Brighton have collaborated with Brighton & Hove Museums on a new interactive QR code trail that reshapes the way visitors experience and understand museum artefacts.
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Frantic Assembly bring Lost Atoms to Worthing for company’s 30th anniversary
Frantic Assembly’s brand-new production Lost Atoms will be staged at Worthing’s Connaught Theatre from November 18-22 as part of the company’s 30th-anniversary programme.
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Harty: The Albion have never had a better chance of winning the FA Cup
Looking back, Brighton’s previous four FA Cup quarter-finals have added up to a real mixed bag. But number five – this weekend against Nottingham Forest – feels different again.
Seafront restaurant allowed to keep beach huts permanently
Rockwater, a bar and restaurant on Hove beach, has been granted permission to keep six beach huts in place on a permanent basis.
Pub which had historic tiles ripped off put up for sale amid lengthy legal battle
The Montreal Arms in Brighton which had its historic green tiles ripped off has now been put on the market amid a lengthy legal battle
Claims of political bias levelled at £551k grant from Fairness Fund
The Conservatives have accused Labour of allocating council money to “a left-wing political movement” when it was intended for people in need and for the community and voluntary groups that help them. Conservative councillor Anne Meadows said that Brighton and Hove City Council had allocated £6...
Two blocks of council flats planned for butterfly bank
Plans to build two blocks containing 36 council flats have been submitted for a site in Whitehawk. Brighton and Hove City Council has applied to build the two blocks on a former butterfly bank which was once a playground in Swanborough Drive. Residents campaigned against allocating the site for hous...
Why Brighton Foodies Festival is the ultimate family feast
Every family has its traditions. Some people go camping, some return to the same Cornish cove each summer, others might be loyal to a favourite theme park. For my wife, our kids, and me, the year doesn’t feel complete without a long weekend at Brighton’s Foodies Festival — the ultimate celebra...
Brighton police officer jailed for 3 years for perverting justice
A Brighton police officer has been jailed for three years and two months after he lied by blaming his parents when he was filmed speeding. Seren Sriganesh, 23, was also banned from driving for two years, with the ban to start on his release from prison. Sriganesh joined Sussex Police in June 2023 an...
REVIEW: Snow White - roundly slated but really really not that bad!
Snow White (PG), (109 mins), Cineworld Cinemas.
REVIEW: Last Breath - tense, claustrophobic viewing
Last Breath (12A), (96 mins), Cineworld Cinemas.
City centre road closed as part of building collapses
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service has closed East Street in Brighton for public safety as part of a building collapses on the road below.
I took photos of Brighton during the first Covid-19 lockdown five years ago - they shocked me
Brighton during lockdown – five years ago today (March 24).
City centre parking spaces sell for £145k
Nine parking spaces in Brighton city centre have been sold for £145,000 at auction. The spaces at Grand Parade Mews in William Street were sold on the instructions of Brighton and Hove City Council. Six of them are currently let at £8,640 per annum with the estimated rental when fully let £12,000...
All change on three bus routes after Big Lemon loses council contract
Three subidised bus routes will no longer be run by The Big Lemon after its contract came to an end and a different operator was chosen to take them on. From Monday 31 March, the 16, 47 and 52 services will be operated by Compass Travel, which already runs the 37 and 37B buses. Timetables […]
Using space data to restore nature: four SME projects showcase their plans before Sussex investors
An AI-powered app helping children speak to endangered animals; a tool to use nature to fight climate change; a way to measure forest health; and a method to make decisions to build healthy communities – these four projects are using space data to help nature. The four projects beat fierce competi...
Dial 999 if you see this man wanted by Sussex Police on recall to prison
Sussex Police have issued an urgent public appeal to help find a man wanted on recall to prison.
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Poet and writer Antony Szmierek plays Brighton on back of debut album
Manchester-based poet, writer and producer Antony Szmierek plays Concorde 2, Brighton on March 29 following the release of his album Service Station At The End Of The Universe, which is via Mushroom Music/Virgin Music Group.
Here's who has appeared at Brighton Magistrates' Court
A ROUND-UP of recent cases heard at Sussex (Central) Magistrates’ Court, sitting at Brighton Magistrates’ Court.