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After five consultations over the past decade, people parking in “Brighton’s last free city car park”, Hanover, are to finally start having to pay from October. Councillors voted this evening to pass the recommendations following the results of the final,...

Street parties are being used as a “back end” way for businesses to bypass licensing when putting on events, councillors heard today. Brunswick and Adelaide ward councillor Ollie Sykes said that he had received several complaints from residents who had not been asked...

The Mazda Fountain has survived the latest round of council discussions on the future of the Valley Gardens project. Brighton and Hove City Council’s environment and transport committee discussed the design of the new park which will be formed from the Old Steine to St...

The next year will be financially challenging for the NHS in Brighton and Hove, health chiefs said this evening (Tuesday 27 June). The outlook was shared at the annual general meeting (AGM) of the Brighton and Hove Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) at the Jubilee Library in...

A Woodingdean surgery could close following the retirement of both its GPs, husband and wife team Jeremy Baker and Dodie Fahmy. A letter is being sent out to patients of the practice informing them of the doctors’ departure, with their last day due to be Hallowe’en...

Brighton and Hove Albion have sacked their commercial manager and former club captain Paul Rogers, according to a statement released this afternoon (Tuesday 27 June). The statement said that Mr Rogers, 52, was dismissed for gross misconduct. The club have also said that he can...

Plans to move the taxi rank to the rear of Brighton Station – and stop taxis queueing outside people’s homes – are moving forward now the station owners have requested a meeting with the city council. Residents of Surrey Street have suffered years of...

Young people and parents are being urged to attend the biggest free apprenticeships event to be held in Brighton and Hove. The event next week could even save teenagers about £30,000 if they opt for an apprenticeship over a degree. Brighton and Hove City Council said: “There are...

Brighton’s latest attraction has finally made an appearance on the seafront, as its distinctive spiral staircase tower begins to go up. It was hoped that the £1.7million attraction, a replacement for the Brighton Wheel, would be open by Easter – but today’s...

A Brighton man was one of three to be charged after an illegal rave at a nature reserve just outside Lewes. Spencer Whale, 43, an unemployed man, of Beaconsfield Road, Brighton, was charged with causing a public nuisance and was due appear before Brighton magistrates today...