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Two steps forward, one step back …

I’d like to start with the good news this week. We had another Kingsway to the Sea meeting last week – and this exciting project, which will create a lovely accessible linear park, with state-of-the-art planting, new sports facilities and toilets along our western sea front is...

Posted On 29 Apr 2022 at 11:35 pm

, By Carmen Appich

Reef surf a wave of adulation in Brighton

REEF + A – CHALK, BRIGHTON 28.4.22 Reef formed in Glastonbury and came to prominence in the mid-1990s with their lively brand of blues-tinged, surfer-dude classic rock. Having signed a deal with Sony, their single ‘Naked’ featured in a TV advert for that company’s MiniDisc...

Posted On 29 Apr 2022 at 11:08 pm

, By Richie Nice

Sussex take control against Durham on Day 2 at Hove

Cheteshwar Pujara scored his third century in as many matches to give Sussex control on the second day of their LV= County Championship match against Durham at Hove. It’s been a difficult start to the season for Sussex, whose inexperienced side has been weakened by injury and...

Posted On 29 Apr 2022 at 6:06 pm

, By Paul Weaver, ECB Reporters Network

Firefighters called to smoking cup

Firefighters were called to a blaze in London Road yesterday afternoon which turned out to be smoke coming from a tiny cup. A fire engine from Preston Circus was dispatched at about 1pm to reports of a fire in the open outside Aldi. But when they got to the scene, all they...

Posted On 29 Apr 2022 at 4:39 pm

, By Jo Wadsworth

Council’s parking permit renewals process still beset with problems

Hundreds of people trying to renew their residents’ parking permits in Brighton and Hove are having to apply for a new permit from scratch – a more cumbersome process requiring proof of address. Brighton and Hove City Council has sent out renewal letters telling people to apply...

Posted On 29 Apr 2022 at 4:03 pm

, By Sarah Booker-Lewis, local democracy reporter

Architect signals new future for Portslade station

A 19th century station building could be turned into shared houses if the council grants planning permission. Freelance architect Jonida Murataj, 33, has submitted a planning application to convert empty offices at Portslade Station into a pair of shared houses. Mrs Murataj wants...

Posted On 29 Apr 2022 at 12:30 am

, By Sarah Booker-Lewis, local democracy reporter

Mural firm drops ad plans for Brighton shop

Colourful murals look unlikely to return to the wall of an ice cream parlour in Brighton after the council turned down planning permission. Global Street Art wanted to paint the mural on the side of the Gelato Gusto ice cream shop on the corner of Gardner Street and Church...

Posted On 29 Apr 2022 at 12:20 am

, By Sarah Booker-Lewis, local democracy reporter

Neighbours criticise plans for six homes in old Portslade driveway

A property developer wants to build six one-bed houses on an old driveway next to a primary school in Portslade. Timothy Jennings has applied for planning permission to build the homes on land by St Nicolas (Church of England) Primary School, in Locks Hill, and close to...

Posted On 29 Apr 2022 at 12:10 am

, By Sarah Booker-Lewis, local democracy reporter

Hove developer wins permission to build ‘retirement’ home

It was fourth time lucky for a developer after he won an appeal that granted him planning permission to build a one-bedroom “retirement cottage” in his back garden. City Partnership Housing Limited, run by the Regan family, applied to subdivide the plot occupied by 7 Woodland...

Posted On 29 Apr 2022 at 12:01 am

, By Sarah Booker-Lewis, local democracy reporter

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