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Bin rounds to change as missed rubbish collections soar across Brighton and Hove

Bin rounds are to be changed in the coming year after a rise in the number of missed rubbish collections. The rate of missed rubbish and recycling collections jumped last year compared with the year before, according to a report to councillors. It said that the rate of missed...

Posted On 09 Jul 2019 at 5:04 pm

, By Sarah Booker-Lewis, local democracy reporter

Reckless jet skiers given temporary ban

Jet skiers who ride dangerously along Brighton seafront have been temporarily banned from local launches following a council crackdown. Jet skis under and near pier makes it very unsafe to swim round! Dangerous! Council need to do something about this esp with research showing...

Posted On 09 Jul 2019 at 3:12 pm

, By Jo Wadsworth

The World Transformed festival is coming to town this year – and it will be awesome

How many times have you heard someone say that they are not interested in politics? I have heard that sentiment expressed so many times that I couldn’t possibly have been expected to have kept count. The underlying understanding of politics in which that lack of interest is...

Posted On 09 Jul 2019 at 3:02 pm

, By Johnbosco Nwogbo

The Who Wembley Stadium gig report

THE WHO – WEMBLEY STADIUM, LONDON 06.07.19 Back in 1974, Pete Townshend from The Who had something of a problem. At the grand old age of 29 he feared that he had become too old to play rock ‘n’ roll; that he was as it were, past it. The day before Townshend’s 29th birthday...

Posted On 09 Jul 2019 at 1:29 pm

, By Mark Kelly

Alcoholic who collapsed of dehydration died after medics gave him too much fluid

A chronic alcoholic who became dangerously dehydrated while living at a council-run sheltered housing scheme died in hospital after medics inadvertently gave him too much fluid. Henry Dunne, known as Harry to his friends, had been giving healthcare workers “the run...

Posted On 09 Jul 2019 at 12:53 pm

, By Jo Wadsworth

Grand hotel wins national award for best hospitality employer

The Grand hotel on Brighton seafront has won a national award for being the best employer in the hospitality sector. The hotel won the award at the “Cateys” – the oscars organised by the Caterer magazine for the food, drink and hotels sector. The award is given to employers who...

Posted On 09 Jul 2019 at 11:51 am

, By Frank le Duc

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