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Iron Chic open up UK leg of tour in Brighton

IRON CHIC + COLOUR ME WEDNESDAY + HUMAN CELL – THE HAUNT, BRIGHTON 17.4.18 Attention Green Day and Blink 182 fans! Iron Chic really need to be added to your record collection! Iron Chic called into The Haunt in Brighton tonight as the first UK date of their 21 date...

Posted On 18 Apr 2018 at 10:15 pm

, By Nick Linazasoro

Gentleman’s Dub Club set to support Orbital at Brighton Racecourse

Gentleman’s Dub Club have been added to Orbital’s Brighton Racecourse concert on 29th June. The Gentleman’s Dub Club formed in 2006 and are now celebrating over twelve years as a nine-piece. They initially came together as a dub band, having been inspired by the scene in Leeds....

Posted On 18 Apr 2018 at 8:04 pm

, By Nick Linazasoro

Orbital to play Brighton Racecourse this June

ORBITAL are back with a summer event not to be missed … Full line-up (in order) includes: Orbital Faithless (DJ set) Gentleman’s Dub Club System 7 & Steve Mac (These Machines / Rhythm Masters) After a triumphant return in 2017, Orbital are to headline a night in...

Posted On 18 Apr 2018 at 7:24 pm

, By Nick Linazasoro

Man hunted on suspicion of kicking in Hove woman’s door

A man is being hunted on suspicion of kicking in the door of a woman’s home on Hove. Sussex Police issued an appeal for help tracing the man, Marc James, who the force said had breached a court-imposed non-molestation order by going to the woman’s home. “Police in Brighton and...

Posted On 18 Apr 2018 at 6:04 pm

, By Frank le Duc

Council ordered to pay homeless Brighton man £900 over delays to his case

Brighton and Hove City Council has been ordered by the ombudsman to apologise to a disabled homeless man and pay him £900 for delays and errors in how it handled his case. The man, referred to in the local ombudsman’s report as Mr B, was rehomed in Newhaven after being...

Posted On 18 Apr 2018 at 3:03 pm

, By Jo Wadsworth

Hairdresser jailed for life for deliberately infecting Brighton men with HIV

A man who set out on a deliberate campaign to infect men in Brighton with HIV has been jailed for life. Daryll Rowe, 27, was found guilty by a jury at Lewes Crown Court on 15 November last year of five counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and five counts of...

Posted On 18 Apr 2018 at 2:55 pm

, By Jo Wadsworth

Last Rampion turbine switched on

The last of the 116 wind turbines which have sprung up off the Brighton coast has now been switched on, bringing the total amount of electricity generated by the farm to 400MW – enough to power half the homes in Sussex. The Rampion Offshore Wind Farm began construction in...

Posted On 18 Apr 2018 at 1:26 pm

, By Jo Wadsworth

Grease flashmob raises money for Trevor Mann unit

A professional flashmob was staged at Brighton Station yesterday to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the musical Grease – and to raise money for Brighton’s Trevor Mann baby unit. Staff from party company Fizzbox danced to Grease Lightning and Hand Jive, watched by...

Posted On 18 Apr 2018 at 12:51 pm

, By Jo Wadsworth

A worrying debate about sheep – or dog whistle politics from Brighton MP?

Lambing season has been marked in Parliament by two former Brighton councillors giving a lead in a debate about sheep worrying. Lloyd Russell-Moyle, the Labour MP for Brighton Kemptown, secured an “adjournment debate” – a closing debate at the end of the...

Posted On 18 Apr 2018 at 11:28 am

, By Frank le Duc

Uber licence renewal set to be decided in public next week

Uber’s bid to renew its licence is to be heard in public next week following a campaign by taxi drivers. Hundreds of taxi drivers have also written in to object to the controversial app being allowed to continue trading in the city, with a total of 274 representations...

Posted On 18 Apr 2018 at 9:40 am

, By Jo Wadsworth

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