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Brighton registrar to tackle world’s toughest race

Frank le Duc — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:41:10 +0000

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

Frank le Duc — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:39:14 +0000

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

Frank le Duc — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:34:16 +0000

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

Frank le Duc — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:30:43 +0000

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

Frank le Duc — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:08:14 +0000

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

Frank le Duc — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:27:58 +0000

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

Frank le Duc — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:12:03 +0000

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

Frank le Duc — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:37:58 +0000

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

Frank le Duc — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:55:10 +0000

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

Frank le Duc — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:15:27 +0000

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 [...]