Day: October 5, 2016

About 80 people gathered at the site of a planned phone mast yesterday to protest after it was accidentally given ...

Man given oxygen after Brighton house fire

A man was given oxygen after breathing in smoke from a bedroom fire at a Brighton house last night. Firefighters ...

Death of Brighton patient prompts more questions for Coperforma

Concerns over third Coperforma contractor after ambulance staff sent home

Ambulance crew working for a subcontractor of the privatised NHS patient transport service have been sent home as a union ...

Southern takes down ‘tweet the RMT’ station posters after backlash – but campaign continues

Controversial posters calling on rail passengers to tweet the RMT with their frustrations over the shambolic service of the last ...

Brighton families urge friends and neighbours to watch Down syndrome documentary

by Sarah Booker-Lewis - local democracy reporter

A group of Brighton is urging friends and neighbours to watch the BBC TV documentary A World Without Down’s Syndrome. ...

Sport

Council submits plans for £65m new King Alfred Leisure Centre

How the debate on the King Alfred plan was decided

30 July 2026

A proposed new leisure centre at the King Alfred site was granted planning permission by councillors at a meeting lasting...

Brighton athlete narrowly misses out on mile final at Commonwealth Games

29 July 2026

An athlete from Brighton narrowly missed out on a place in the final of the mile at the Commonwealth Games....

Plan for £65m new King Alfred pool and leisure centre approved

29 July 2026

A £65 million proposed new King Alfred swimming pool and leisure centre has been granted planning permission this afternoon (Wednesday...

King Alfred pledge as council cabinet member makes case for £65m scheme