Brighton care home declared safe after dealing with outbreak of e-coli

A Brighton care home has been declared safe after an official inspection, having had to deal with an outbreak of e.coli among staff and residents. Maycroft Manor Care Home, in Carden Avenue, Brighton, was inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) last month for the fifth...
Posted On 30 Aug 2016 at 10:30 pm

Brighton’s economic growth outpaced by the likes of Croydon and Darlington

Brighton and Hove’s economic growth is being outpaced by the likes of Croydon, Darlington and Peterborough. And six out of the top ten fastest growing local economies in the country were in London, according to research by the firm of accountants UHY Hacker Young. But Brighton’s...
Posted On 30 Aug 2016 at 6:34 pm

Southern puts 119 trains back on the line – but no more for the Brighton line yet

A light at the end of the tunnel for Southern’s temporary timetable will be glimpsed with the reinstatement of 119 of 345 cancelled services on Monday – but none of those are on the Brighton line. The reduced timetable was introduced on July 11 following months of...
Posted On 30 Aug 2016 at 5:41 pm

Tourist trail for elm tree lovers unveiled

A new tourist trail showing visitors where the city’s elm trees can be found is to be unveiled next month. Brighton and Hove’s elm trees, including a pair in Preston Park thought to be the oldest in the country, are known as the National Elm Collection in recognition...
Posted On 30 Aug 2016 at 5:35 pm

Police officer ends up in pond after altercation with Pride thug

Police are hoping Pride revellers could have filmed an altercation between a rowdy reveller and police which ended with one officer falling into the pond at Preston Park. The incident happened after police told a man who had been seen acting aggressively in the park to leave on...
Posted On 30 Aug 2016 at 5:05 pm

Brighton’s best known property developer puts Stanmer House up for sale

The owner of Stanmer House has put the listed mansion up for sale for £2million seven years after he embarked on its restoration – but with a manslaughter case over the death of a workman there still hanging over his head. Mike Holland bought a 125-year leasehold on the...
Posted On 30 Aug 2016 at 4:32 pm

Brighton pizza restaurant hands over £1.6k to local children’s charity

A newly opened Brighton pizza restaurant handed over its first day’s takings from food orders to a local children’s charity. Rockinghorse was presented with £1,653 by MOD Pizza, the American brand which has opened its second British branch at Brighton Marina. Analiese Doctrove,...
Posted On 30 Aug 2016 at 3:44 pm