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Brighton hospital support staff to hold strike ballot

Support staff at Brighton and Hove’s main hospital trust are holding a strike ballot. The staff currently work for the contractor Sodexo and belong to the GMB trade union. The union, the GMB, said: “Sodexo’s failure to deal with outstanding issues leaves members no choice other...
Posted On 23 May 2015 at 12:41 am
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Hove man jailed for nine years for sex attacks on boy

A Hove man has been jailed for sexual assaults on a teenage boy more than ten years ago. David Cager, 61, of Old Shoreham Road, Hove, appeared at Hove Crown Court today (Friday 22 May) and was sentenced to a total of nine years. He was convicted last month of 13 counts on...
Posted On 22 May 2015 at 5:52 pm
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Brighton teenager banned for drug driving

A Brighton teenager has become the first person in Sussex to be convicted under a new drug driving law. Neil Scott-O’Connor was arrested at 12.50am on Saturday 7 March after his car was stopped in Nuthurst Place, Brighton. Sussex Police said: “Officers could smell...
Posted On 22 May 2015 at 5:45 pm
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New mayor elected for Brighton and Hove

A new mayor has been elected for Brighton and Hove. Councillor Lynda Hyde, 67, was voted in unopposed and unanimously by fellow members of Brighton and Hove City Council this afternoon (Thursday 21 May). Councillor Hyde, the former chairman of the council’s Planning Committee,...
Posted On 21 May 2015 at 5:24 pm
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Brighton’s Mazda fountain saved as part of Valley Gardens rethink

The Mazda fountain has been granted a last minute reprieve as part of Labour’s review of the Valley Gardens revamp. More than a thousand people signed a petition started by Brighton journalist and mum Sarah Booker-Lewis after she read about it’s proposed removal...
Posted On 21 May 2015 at 5:01 pm
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Strike called off as Network Rail makes revised pay offer

A 24-hour strike which was due to start at 5pm on Bank Holiday Monday (25 May) has been suspended. The threat was lifted by the RMT and TSSA trade unions after a revised pay offer from Network Rail. Brighton and Hove’s main train operator Southern had said that it would not...
Posted On 21 May 2015 at 3:09 pm
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Union leader wins Brighton conference support for ‘targeted and sustained industrial action’

The leader of the PCS told the trade union’s annual conference in Brighton that a fighting fund would support more “targeted and sustained industrial action”. Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the PCS (Public and Commercial Services Union), won backing for his “campaigning...
Posted On 21 May 2015 at 12:54 pm
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Strike prompts Southern to scrap train service to and from Brighton and Hove

Brighton and Hove’s main train operator Southern said that it would not be running any services on Tuesday (29 May) if a threatened strike goes ahead. Southern said: “Members of the RMT and TSSA trade unions employed by Network Rail have voted in favour of taking industrial...
Posted On 21 May 2015 at 12:15 pm
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Brighton kebab shop’s plea to stay open later is rejected

A Brighton kebab shop has been told that it cannot extend its opening hours until 4am. Sussex Police objected to the proposed longer hours and said that officers were investigating a sex attack reported to have taken place at Albion Kebabs, in Queen’s Road, Brighton. The...
Posted On 21 May 2015 at 11:52 am
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Older People’s Council elections to be held in Brighton and Hove

People aged 60 or over in Brighton and Hove are being invited to get involved in the Older People’s Council elections. A postal ballot will be held in June and early July. The OPC is non-party political so parties are not allowed to promote candidates or campaign for them. OPC...
Posted On 21 May 2015 at 11:28 am
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