Brighton’s Latest TV studios to be blessed before channel launch

By Tim Ridgway Latest TV Brighton’s very own local TV station is to be blessed ahead of its launch later this month. Latest TV will go live on Freeview Channel 8, as well as Virgin and on demand online on TV Everywhere, on Thursday 28 August. Before the launch, the Reverend...
Posted On 07 Aug 2014 at 4:16 pm
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Brighton’s Latest TV studios to be blessed before channel launch

By Tim Ridgway Latest TV Brighton’s very own local TV station is to be blessed ahead of its launch later this month. Latest TV will go live on Freeview Channel 8, as well as Virgin and on demand online on TV Everywhere, on Thursday 28 August. Before the launch, the Reverend...
Posted On 07 Aug 2014 at 4:16 pm
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999 Fun Day on Hove Lawns on Sunday

The annual 999 Fun Day is being held on Hove Lawns on Sunday (10 August). Fire crews will show how they rescue people trapped in cars after a crash and there will be police dog displays. The event brings together the emergency services, including the RNLI Brighton lifeboat, which...
Posted On 07 Aug 2014 at 1:47 pm

999 Fun Day on Hove Lawns on Sunday

The annual 999 Fun Day is being held on Hove Lawns on Sunday (10 August). Fire crews will show how they rescue people trapped in cars after a crash and there will be police dog displays. The event brings together the emergency services, including the RNLI Brighton lifeboat, which...
Posted On 07 Aug 2014 at 12:52 pm

Tail end of Hurricane Bertha could hit Brighton and Hove

The Met Office has this morning issued a yellow weather warning for rain covering Brighton and Hove on Sunday as the remains of Hurricane Bertha move towards the UK. The warning says while the likelihood is low, if it does hit the impact will be severe.  The warning, which is in...
Posted On 07 Aug 2014 at 12:10 pm
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Travellers move onto Surrenden Field

Scores of travellers have set up camp on Surrenden Field this morning. Terry Purcell took this picture of some of the caravans and vans setting up today in the park off the A23 London Road. Brighton and Hove City Council’s traveller page says: “We will be visiting...
Posted On 07 Aug 2014 at 11:53 am
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Travellers move onto Surrenden Field

Scores of travellers have set up camp on Surrenden Field this morning. Terry Purcell took this picture of some of the caravans and vans setting up today in the park off the A23 London Road. Brighton and Hove City Council’s traveller page says: “We will be visiting...
Posted On 07 Aug 2014 at 11:53 am
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Football clubs sign up Brighton academic’s smartphone app

Thousands more football fans will benefit from a smartphone app developed by a Brighton academic in the coming season. The app boosts the signal in big stadiums by creating a network between phones, enabling them to share bandwidth. Sussex University said: “With the new...
Posted On 07 Aug 2014 at 11:33 am

Digging Whitehawk: a volunteer’s account of exploring Brighton’s Stonehenge

An archaeological dig of Whitehawk Hill,  home to some of Brighton’s first ever residents 6,000 years ago, begins on Monday. The Time Team-style project, funded by a £99,300 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, will focus on objects found in the 1920s and 1930s at the...
Posted On 07 Aug 2014 at 11:32 am
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Scores of Whitehawk households have power restored

Power was finally restored to 42 households in the Manor Way area this lunchtime after a fire at an electrical substation at 7pm last night. About 2,000 buildings in Whitehawk and Kemp Town were affected by the initial blackout, with power returning to most at different stages...
Posted On 07 Aug 2014 at 10:39 am
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