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Albion can build £1m car park at old Brighton school

Brighton and Hove Albion have been granted permission to build a car park on the site of the old Falmer High School.

The club will be able [...]

Work starts on Brighton’s first council houses for 30 years

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Work has started on the first new council homes in Brighton and Hove for a generation.

Councillor Liz Wakefield, the Brighton and Hove City Council cabinet member [...]

Green council sees red over Brighton firm’s purple patch

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A Brighton estate agent has been ordered to repaint its grade II listed premises.

Bonett’s painted the outside of its offices purple and has been told to [...]

Brighton home made safe after being neglected

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The council has restored a house in Brighton after it was allowed to become unsafe through neglect.

It said that the full cost of the work would [...]

Russian gymnasts asked to train in old Hove church but are told ‘you haven’t a prayer’

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Russia’s Olympic gymnastics squad asked to train in Hove so that they could prepare for the Games this summer.

But the local club said that its gym [...]

Wind farm survey mast put up south east of Brighton and Hove

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Energy company Eon has put up a 360ft (110m) meteorological mast 12 miles south east of Brighton and Hove.

The mast will measure wind speeds, wave heights, [...]

Green MP jeered at Patcham meeting about travellers

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Green MP Caroline Lucas was jeered at a public meeting about travellers this evening (Friday 13 April).

She spoke up for her party from the floor as [...]

Mobile phone company wins appeal to site mast in Brighton

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A mobile phone company has been given permission to put up a mast in Brighton after the council turned down the proposal.

Planning inspector Lloyd Rodgers upheld [...]

Older Brighton and Hove homes need mass insulation scheme, says council leader

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Brighton and Hove’s older housing should be insulated using local government pension funds, according to Green council leader Bill Randall.

Councillor Randall, a housing expert, said that [...]

Hove MP to host public meeting about travellers

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Hove Conservative MP Mike Weatherley is to hold a public meeting about plans to build a permanent travellers sitein Patcham.

Mr Weatherley will be joined by councillors [...]

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