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Councillors want more money from ministers to promote coronavirus jabs

Councillors have called for more money from the government to promote coronavirus vaccinations at a local level. They asked Brighton and Hove City Council chief executive Geoff Raw to write to Health Secretary Matt Hancock to ask for funding for the council’s public health team....

Posted On 25 Jan 2021 at 9:31 pm

, By Sarah Booker-Lewis, local democracy reporter

Police investigate ‘theft’ of historic Brighton seafront street lamps

The police have been asked to investigate how two historic Brighton seafront street lamps ended up for sale on the internet. Green councillor Marianna Ebel shared the news at a virtual meeting where councillors debated how to protect other “heritage assets”. Councillor Ebel said:...

Posted On 25 Jan 2021 at 8:58 pm

, By Sarah Booker-Lewis, local democracy reporter

Driver guilty of Brighton seafront murder

A jury has convicted a man of murder on Brighton seafront after he drove straight into his victim, Suel Delgado, and two of his friends. Mr Delgado, 20, died after Iftekhar Khondaker, 34, drove a BMW at him on the A259 Marine Parade in the early hours of Sunday 1 December 2019....

Posted On 25 Jan 2021 at 4:50 pm

, By Frank le Duc

Mother of disabled child gets £1k council compensation over bad housing decision

The city council has been ordered to pay the mother of a disabled child £1,000 for delays in reviewing her housing needs – and to redo the assessment. The woman, named as Miss Y in a report by the local government ombudsman, complained after it took Brighton and Hove City...

Posted On 25 Jan 2021 at 4:32 pm

, By Jo Wadsworth

First vaccinations given at Brighton Centre

The first vaccination was given at the Brighton Centre this morning as months of hard work behind the scenes finally came to fruition. The atmosphere in the main auditorium, where vaccination booths have been set up, was calm but there was a buzz in the air as the first people...

Posted On 25 Jan 2021 at 2:40 pm

, By Jo Wadsworth

Hove secondary school appoints new head teacher

The biggest secondary school in Brighton and Hove has appointed a new head teacher. The move comes five months after James Kilmartin retired from the job of running Cardinal Newman Catholic School, in The Upper Drive, Hove. The school said today (Monday 25 January): “The...

Posted On 25 Jan 2021 at 2:33 pm