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Brighton and Hove Health and Wellbeing Board holds first meeting

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Brighton and Hove’s Health and Wellbeing Board met for the first time last week behind closed doors.

Health and Wellbeing Boards are one of the new bodies [...]

Work likely to start on Brighton Eye this autumn

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Work on the i360 Brighton Eye looks likely to start in the autumn after the £35 million scheme was given a financial kickstart yesterday afternoon (Thursday [...]

Education Secretary praises Brighton public school for tackling inequality

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Education Secretary Michael Gove addressed Brighton College’s annual conference for school leaders yesterday (Thursday 10 May).

He praised the school and its head teacher Richard Cairns, saying: [...]

Hundreds of Sussex officers protest in London the day before awards ceremony

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Seven hundred off-duty police officers and staff from Brighton, Hove and Sussex went to London to take part in a protest rally today (Thursday 10 May).

They [...]

Brighton MP welcomes move to curb supermarkets

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Brighton Kemptown Conservative MP Simon Kirby has welcomed moves to give farmers better protection in their dealings with the big supermarkets.

He was a member of a [...]

Brighton and Hove union members strike over pensions

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Public sector workers in Brighton and Hove went on strike today over changes to their pensions. Some joined a mass protest in London.

They were protesting at [...]

Campaigners protest about prospect of 750 homes on greenfield site in Hove

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Labour and Conservative councillors are lining up to protect a greenfield site on the edge of Brighton and Hove.

One of them, Labour councillor Brian Fitch, is [...]

Brighton and Hove Greens decide key jobs for the coming year

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Brighton and Hove Green Party has named the councillors being put forward for key posts for the coming year.

The announcement comes as Jason Kitcat is due [...]

Brighton councillor apologises for ‘rape’ tweet

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A Brighton councillor and cabinet member has resisted calls for his resignation and apologised for making what was intended as a light-hearted remark about rape.

Green councillor [...]

School catchment area changed on Brighton and Hove boundary

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A school boundary change has been agreed with cross-party support by politicians in Brighton and Hove.

Most children at Stanford Junior School living in the Port Hall [...]

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