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Brighton and Hove Buses has made changes to many of its services this autumn, from wholesale revision of routes to timetable tweaks. Among the biggest changes are to routes serving the Hanover and Queen’s Park area of Brighton. The 18 will now run in both directions between...

The March for England through Brighton could have cost the city’s businesses millions according to a new survey. The nationalist march and counter-protest took place on April 27, and the ensuing violence led many businesses to lose trade or shut up shop for the day...

A year after its transformation, The Level has been awarded a prestigious Green Flag award. The awards, given out by Keep Britain Tidy, has been hailed as the final seal of approval for the Brighton park. The award brings the number of Green Flags flying in the city’s parks...

The Giggling Squid in Hove has been forced to close after a deluge of massive hailstones ripped through its roof, causing damage over four floors. The restaurant in Church Road has had to cancel scores of bookings over the next six weeks while the whole premises is renovated at a...

Local Conservative Party members are due to meet tomorrow (Wednesday 30 July) to choose a candidate to stand in Hove at the next general election. The selection process is under way because the sitting MP Mike Weatherley announced this month that he would step down in May next...

MP Simon Kirby has called for a statue of Britain’s oldest WWI veteran Henry Allingham in Whitehall as a tribute to all those who fought in the war. The Brighton Kemptown MP has written to Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon MP, asking him to consider publicly funding a...

There were tears and a standing ovation as Alison Lapper MBE received a University of Brighton honorary Doctor of Arts at the Brighton Dome yesterday. Alison, who graduated with a first class honours degree in fine art from the university in 1993, was honoured for her major...

Travellers set up camp at Preston Barracks, 19 Acres and Black Rock this week. The encampments all sprung up over the weekend, and Brighton and Hove City Council visited all three sites before deciding what action to take.  The Preston Barracks site has now been vacated after the...

A Brighton businesswoman is one of the 12 hopefuls competing in this year’s Great British Bake Off. Kate, 41, lives in Brighton with her five-year-old daughter Eloise and runs an upholstery company here. The show organisers say that after wanting to become an actress, she...

The Brighton i360 has commissioned street artists to decorate hoardings which will be put around the building site next Monday. Developers say they have some exciting ideas to decorate the 90m length of boards, and are submitting plans for their design to Brighton and Hove City...