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Former Brighton priest arrested over child sex abuse claim

Frank le Duc — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:53:39 +0000

A priest who has worked in Brighton and Hove has been arrested on suspicion of child sexual abuse.

Father Wilkie Denford, 76, has been questioned by Sussex [...]

Spirit of change helps revive Hove church

Frank le Duc — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:00:55 +0000

A breath of fresh air has been breezing through church life in Hove over the past six months.

Talisker MacLeod, 30, was ordained as a deacon in [...]

More than 200 meet to help choose next bishop for Brighton and Hove

Frank le Duc — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:38:09 +0000

More than 200 people went to a meeting in Brighton yesterday evening (Wednesday 23 November) to share their views on the next bishop to serve Brighton [...]

Brighton and Hove’s bishop opposes welfare reforms

Frank le Duc — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:17:54 +0000

The Church of England bishop responsible for Brighton and Hove has signed an open letter criticising the coalition government’s welfare reforms.

The Bishop of Chichester, the Right [...]

The burning question about Lewes Bonfire

Frank le Duc — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:08:04 +0000

Is Lewes Bonfire an important commemoration or a good excuse for a party?

The Bonfire prayers implore us to “Remember, remember the Fifth of November, the Gunpowder [...]

Hove MP says ban churches from holding weddings if they refuse to marry gay couples

Frank le Duc — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:11:08 +0000

Hove MP Mike Weatherley says churches should agree to conduct gay marriage ceremonies or lose the right to host weddings at all.

The Conservative backbencher has written [...]

Tea bag recycling scheme launched in Brighton city centre

reporter — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:24:30 +0000

Tea bags, vegetable peel and coffee grinds will be recycled in a new scheme in Brighton city centre.

In a trial which could be replicated across the [...]

Help Poles use NHS in Brighton and Hove, urges report

Frank le Duc — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 03:36:07 +0000

More effort should be made to help Polish people living in Brighton and Hove understand how they can use the NHS, according to an official watchdog.

The [...]

Housing chiefs assess the challenges in Brighton and Hove

Frank le Duc — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:15:10 +0000

Council leader Bill Randall took a tour of almost a dozen key housing sites in Brighton and Hove yesterday (Monday 18 July).

He was joined by senior [...]

Wickedness of the church denounced by Brighton priest

Frank le Duc — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:14:39 +0000

The wickedness of the Catholic Church was denounced in a sermon by one of its own priests on Sunday.

The corruption of popes, the perversion of bishops [...]