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Brighton home owner ordered to repair conservation area property

Frank le Duc — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:05:56 +0000

The owner of a terraced house in a Brighton conservation area has been ordered to carry out repairs and improvements.

The terraced property, at 23 and 24 [...]

Developer wants to plant 400 student flats on Brighton’s old fruit and veg market

Frank le Duc — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:12:17 +0000

The old fruit and veg market in Circus Street is to be turned into a new library for Brighton University and up to 400 student flats.

Cathedral, [...]

Ofsted says Brighton and Hove child protection work has improved

Frank le Duc — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:23:39 +0000

An independent watchdog has carried out an unannounced inspection of Brighton and Hove’s child protection work.

Ofsted inspector Stephen Hart wrote to Brighton and Hove City Council [...]

Brighton and Hove CAB offers help dealing with heating bills

Frank le Duc — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:01:46 +0000

Brighton and Hove Citizens Advice Bureau has seen a big rise in the number of people seeking help over the past few years.

And dealing with rising [...]

Portzed architect spells out vision to Regency Society lecture in Brighton

Frank le Duc — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:11:00 +0000

The architect behind a controversial project on the edge of Shoreham Harbour spelt out his vision at a Regency Society lecture in Brighton on Wednesday evening [...]

Three men face court over £2m theft from Sussex University

Frank le Duc — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:06:53 +0000

Three men face court today charged with conspiring to steal more than £2 million from Sussex University.

Gurdip Singh, 36, Hamel Bakriana, 35, of Campbell Avenue, Thurmaston, [...]

Brighton’s Open Market starts trading from temporary home

Frank le Duc — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:42:58 +0000

The Open Market started trading from its temporary home in Francis Street today (Monday 9 January).

Traders moved as the market – between London Road and The [...]

Brighton housing expert says benefits change will bring misery

Frank le Duc — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:42:07 +0000

Changes to housing benefit rules “will usher in a year of housing and homelessness misery for hundreds of people in Brighton and Hove”, according to a [...]

Brighton and Hove Green council leader to step down

Frank le Duc — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:19:53 +0000

The leader of Brighton and Hove City Council has said he will step down.

Councillor Bill Randall, the country’s first Green Party council leader, has been in [...]

Plans to build student flats at London Road Co-op in Brighton are rejected

Frank le Duc — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:12:08 +0000

The Co-op has been refused permission to knock down its old department store in London Road, Brighton, and replace it with 407 student flats.

The application was [...]