Poliça put on a ‘Steady’ performance in Brighton

POLIÇA + WARM DIGITS – CONCORDE 2, BRIGHTON 12.02.20 It’s usually tour time when a band releases a new album and Minneapolis synth-pop group Poliça are no exception. Released on 31st January, this album has hit BBC6 and other good music stations disc rotation hard! This new...
Posted On 13 Feb 2020 at 8:14 pm

Green tweaks to annual council budget passed it as goes to next stage

Plans to spend more money on services – paid for by a 4% council tax increase – have passed the first hurdle tonight with a raft of Green amendments. The Greens proposed a range of tweaks to Labour’s budget, including spend more on buying properties to use for...

Almost four in five EU residents in Brighton and Hove apply for ‘settled status’

Almost four in five European Union residents in Brighton and Hove has applied for “settled status” under post-Brexit rules. The move has become necessary with Britain’s exit from the EU – known as Brexit – and also applies to Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland....
Posted On 13 Feb 2020 at 6:52 pm

Despite coronavirus, Brighton and Hove is open for business, council leader says

Brighton and Hove is open for business despite heightened concern about coronavirus, council leader Nancy Platts said this afternoon (Thursday 13 February). Councillor Platts set out the latest position at a meeting of the council’s Policy and Resources Committee at Hove Town...
Posted On 13 Feb 2020 at 5:39 pm

Self-isolating taxi driver drove child to school before being told of coronavirus contact

A taxi driver told to self-isolate as a precaution after contact with a coronavirus patient twice drove a child to a special needs school before he was informed. The driver, from Brighton, does work for the home to school transport service and as part of this he takes the child...
Posted On 13 Feb 2020 at 5:35 pm

Over-reliance on retail is risk to council’s property income

Investment in the high street has been identified as a potential risk for Brighton and Hove City Council as it looks to maximise the money it makes from property. In a budget report before the Policy and Resources Committee on Thursday 13 February, the portfolio is described as...

Everyone in close contact with Brighton coronavirus patients now in self-isolation

Everyone who came into close and sustained contact with anyone diagnosed with coronavirus has now been approached by health officials and advised to go into self-isolation. Those in isolation or self-isolation are believed to include almost a dozen family doctors, with some...
Posted On 13 Feb 2020 at 4:14 pm

Binmen call of threat off strike action

Binmen who have been locked in dispute with the council over alleged anti-union activities have today said they are withdrawing the threat of industrial action. Both council chiefs and the GMB union, which represents Cityclean workers, said today that talks had taken a positive...
Posted On 13 Feb 2020 at 3:57 pm

Burglars spotted with stolen till

Two burglars spotted carrying a stolen till away from a Brighton chippy fled before police could arrive. A member of the public flagged down a police car in West Street after seeing the pair carrying their loot along South Street. But by the time officers got to where they had...
Posted On 13 Feb 2020 at 2:13 pm

Fond farewells to Martlet hospice cat after she passes away

Tributes have been paid to a Hove hospice’s beloved cat who has passed away after reaching a grand old age. Misty the Martlets cat brought comfort to patients and families – especially children – since she chose the hospice as her home 15 years ago. She passed...
Posted On 13 Feb 2020 at 2:06 pm
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