Former Brighton council leader inflicts Lords defeat on government over ‘levelling up’

The former Labour leader of Brighton and Hove City Council inflicted a parliamentary defeat on the government after urging ministers to grasp a chance to boost their goal of “levelling up”. Steve Bassam, known as Lord Bassam of Brighton, led a debate about “dormant assets” which...

Is it the end of the road for eight communal bins after neighbours’ campaign?

Neighbours are to be formally consulted about the future of the eight communal bins in their street after they submitted a petition to councillors. The petition was signed by people from 75 out the 96 homes in Washington Street, in the Hanover area of Brighton. The street is the...

New co-chair for key council committee

A key council committee has a new co-chair, with two Green councillors once again sharing responsibility for rubbish, recycling, roads and much more. Councillor Steve Davis was voted in as the co-chair of Brighton and Hove City Council’s Environment, Transport and Sustainability...

Parents start petition to save bollards and keep road closed by school

Parents have started a petition to keep bollards at the end of the road where their children go to school. More than 550 people have signed the petition online and on paper to retain the bollards in Somerhill Road, Hove, close to Brunswick Primary School, as part of the “School...

New Brighton mainline campaign loses out on government cash

The 30-year campaign to create a second Brighton mainline by reopening the track between Uckfield and Lewes has been dealt a blow after losing out on government funding. The BML2 campaign submitted a bid to the Department of Transport’s Restoring your railway fund in order...
Posted On 16 Nov 2021 at 1:57 pm

Neighbours worried after bomb threat at hostel

Armed police were called to a new supported housing scheme this morning after a call from someone who said they had weapons and explosives. Neighbours of the old Racecourse Inn say there have been several incidents since Cranmead started using it for supported housing for people...
Posted On 16 Nov 2021 at 12:33 pm

Nightclub apologises to wheelchair user

A Brighton nightclub has apologised to a wheelchair user who was carried out of its basement bar on Saturday night. Tyler Paul, 29, posted a video of club security pushing his chair through the bar despite protests from him and his friends. He said the force was so strong it...
Posted On 16 Nov 2021 at 12:24 pm

Brighton restaurant to become flats after closing for good

A restaurant in Brighton has closed for good and is to be turned into flats if planning permission is granted by Brighton and Hove City Council. Plans have been submitted to the council for the conversion of the Ginger Dog, part of the Gingerman group of restaurants, and...
Posted On 16 Nov 2021 at 12:19 pm

‘Predatory paedophile’ attacked girl after meeting mother through dating website

A paedophile has been jailed after he used a dating website to get to know a woman then sexually assaulted her daughter. Gary Fenn, 50, was given a nine-year extended sentence by Judge Shani Barnes, the former honorary recorder of Brighton and Hove. As she jailed Fenn at Hove...
Posted On 16 Nov 2021 at 8:53 am