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Britain has the chance to wipe out HIV transmissions, says Brighton MP

A Brighton MP said that he thought that it was some “horrible joke” when doctors told that him he had HIV. Lloyd Russell-Moyle, the Labour MP for Brighton Kemptown, became only the second MP to announce that he had HIV in 2018, in an emotional speech in the House of Commons. In...

Posted On 25 Jan 2022 at 12:02 pm

, By Geraldine Scott, PA Political Correspondent

Window company under investigation for fraud

Police have launched an investigation after several customers of a bespoke window frame company reported a Hove building company for fraud. Pembroke & Nash Installations Ltd this week emailed customers to say it had appointed administrators to put it into voluntary...

Posted On 25 Jan 2022 at 12:01 pm

, By Jo Wadsworth

Fewer dementia patients receive care review in Brighton and Hove

Fewer dementia patients received their annual care review in Brighton and Hove last year, according to official figures. NHS guidance requires that dementia patients’ mental and physical wellbeing should be reassessed in a face-to-face review every 12 months. Dementia patients...

Posted On 25 Jan 2022 at 11:47 am

, By Frank le Duc

Penelope Isles play live in Brighton record store

PENELOPE ISLES – RESIDENT, BRIGHTON 21.1.22 Brighton based Penelope Isles dropped their second Bella Union long player today and in celebration the band headed on down to popular Brighton record store Resident music in Kensington Gardens for a special instore live...

Posted On 25 Jan 2022 at 11:08 am

, By Phil Newton

Struggling community centre ordered to restore listed font

The owners of a community centre based in a deconsecrated church have hit out at the council after being told they must move its font back into the church from the garden. Errol and Joanne Barrett moved the font after buying the Grade II listed St Augustine’s Church in...

Posted On 25 Jan 2022 at 9:50 am

, By Jo Wadsworth

New bands showcase event

THE GOLDEN DREGS + LIME GARDEN + THE UMLAUTS + HONEYGLAZE – THE LEXINGTON, KINGS CROSS, LONDON 20.1.22 Tonight’s show at The Lexington is another new band showcase, this time promoted by online magazine Line Of Best Fit. First up are Honeyglaze who deal in tuneful indie...

Posted On 25 Jan 2022 at 9:46 am

, By Mark Kelly

More than 1,000 Brighton and Hove drivers switch to electric cars

The number of drivers to switch to electric cars in Brighton and Hove rose to 1,035 as of September – a 57 per cent increase on the total of 851 a year earlier. A further 297 electric cares were registered to companies in the city, making a total 1,332, according to the...

Posted On 25 Jan 2022 at 12:05 am

, By Frank le Duc

Signs of confusion? Councillor speaks out over Brighton’s £2m bus lane cameras

A councillor has spoken out after his questioning revealed that two bus lane cameras in Brighton were responsible for fines totalling more than £2 million last year. Conservative councillor Robert Nemeth said that the road signs were not clear enough for tens of thousands of...

Posted On 25 Jan 2022 at 12:01 am

, By Sarah Booker-Lewis, local democracy reporter

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