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The Slaughter House Band & Top Left Club perform at Brighton’s new WaterBear concert venue

THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE BAND + TOP LEFT CLUB – WATERBEAR, BRIGHTON 1.10.21 The Brighton & Hove News Music Team were tipped off that The Slaughter House Band will be kicking off their nine date UK tour here in Brighton at the intriguingly named WaterBear venue. This is a new...

Posted On 06 Oct 2021 at 11:19 pm

, By Nick Linazasoro

Specialist service for young victims of rape and sexual assault may leave Brighton

A specialist centre providing medical and forensic services to rape victims may leave Brighton for Crawley. The NHS is looking to move the sexual assault referral centre (SARC) based at Brighton General Hospital, in Elm Grove, which specialises in services for under-14s. NHS...

Posted On 06 Oct 2021 at 7:43 pm

, By Sarah Booker-Lewis, local democracy reporter

Labour tee up bin strike talks but drivers stay out on strike

Labour councillors stepped into the dispute between Brighton and Hove City Council and striking bin lorry drivers, setting up a meeting between unions and council chiefs today (Wednesday 6 October). But despite a round of talks which ended a short while ago, the strike at the...

Posted On 06 Oct 2021 at 6:23 pm

, By Frank le Duc

90s Baby Pop Review: back to the 90s in the best way

VENGABOYS + PETER ANDRE + 5IVE + 911 + LIBERTY X + ATOMIC KITTEN + S CLUB + GARETH GATES + EAST 17 + A1 + BLAZIN’ SQUAD + LIVIN’ JOY + BABY D + ROZALLA + DJ NICK COULSON – THE OVAL, HASTINGS 3.10.21 On a rainy Sunday, 90s music fanatics came together for 90s Baby Pop, a day...

Posted On 06 Oct 2021 at 5:54 pm

, By Iona Murphy

Youth breaks railway worker’s nose

A railway worker was punched twice in the face by a boy he was trying to help with travel directions at Brighton Station, leaving him with a broken nose. British Transport Police today launched an appeal for witnesses to the assault, which happened 5.05pm on Tuesday, 24 August....

Posted On 06 Oct 2021 at 4:18 pm

, By Jo Wadsworth

Vintage sewing machines saved from skip after uproar

Eagle-eyed recyclers saved a skipful of Singer sewing machines in The Lanes which had been ripped out of the nearby All Saints store yesterday. The picture above was posted on Facebook and Twitter yesterday morning, prompting scores of people to ask All Saints why they were being...

Posted On 06 Oct 2021 at 10:48 am