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Brighton registrar to tackle world’s toughest race

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Brighton orthopaedic surgeon Sam Weston-Simons is the first to admit that he’s not a natural athlete.

The 31-year-old registrar would even go so far as to say: [...]

Senior Brighton police officer takes up town hall post

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Football fans are used to the idea of players on loan. Brighton and Hove Albion signed Steve Harper on loan from Newcastle in the autumn and [...]

Steve Coogan opens children’s A&E in Brighton

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Actor and comedian Steve Coogan attended the formal opening of the new Accident and Emergency Department at the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital in Brighton this afternoon [...]

Brighton and Hove councillors asked to help trans community

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A Green councillor has asked his colleagues to help make Brighton and Hove safer for transgender and transsexual people.

Councillor Phelim Mac Cafferty said that the murder [...]

Brighton and Hove organisations join forces to improve health awareness

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Five organisations in Brighton and Hove worked together for a day last week to help workers look at ways to improve their health.

Advice workers from Albion [...]

Hove councillor moved to tears over patient’s treatment

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Proposed changes to mental health services in Brighton and Hove prompted an outburst from a former carer who now sits as a councillor.

Dawn Barnett said that [...]

Brighton hospital’s £420m rebuilding plan approved

A ten-year £420 million rebuilding of Brighton’s main hospital has been given planning permission.

Three new buildings will replace all those now on the southern half – [...]

Ward councillors back Brighton hospital scheme but set out concerns

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Two Brighton councillors have raised residents’ concerns about plans to modernise the Royal Sussex County Hospital.

Craig Turton and Warren Morgan, both East Brighton Labour councillors, support [...]

Brighton hospital plan is ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity

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Some opportunities come along once in a lifetime. One of those opportunities is coming along tomorrow (Friday).

Twelve councillors will decide whether to approve a £420 million plan [...]

Brighton and Hove’s poorest babies are less likely to be breastfed

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Fewer babies breastfeed in the poorer parts of Brighton and Hove, according to an official report.

But the percentage of mothers breastfeeding their babies at six to [...]

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