Brighton control room workers have power to shut down main line

Railway control room workers in Brighton could bring the main line and coastway lines to a halt when they go on strike later this month. The workers are members of Unite which said that its members employed by Network Rail would join other rail unions in taking action on Thursday...

Labour Party expels two Brighton and Hove councillors

The Labour Party has expelled two Brighton and Hove councillors. The pair are Nick Childs, who represents Queen’s Park ward on Brighton and Hove City Council, and Anne Pissaridou, who represents North Portslade. Councillor Pissaridou was already sitting as an Independent, having...
Posted On 04 Aug 2022 at 7:56 pm

Drag Queen Story Time cancelled in Woodingdean after protests

Drag Queen Story Hour was cancelled at a library in Brighton today (Thursday 4 August) after protests at two earlier events. The event was called off in Woodingdean where protests again centred on 27-year-old Sab Samuel, known as Aida H Dee, a drag performer and author. Mr...

With video: Two men arrested during protest over drag queen reading to children

Two men were arrested as protesters for and against a Drag Queen Story Hour held demonstrations outside libraries in Brighton and Hove today (Thursday 4 August). The arrests – of a 29-year-old and a 64-year-old – were outside Hove Library, in Church Road, Hove, and followed an...

Brighton and Hove Albion send defender on loan to German side

Brighton and Hove Albion defender Michal Karbownik has joined Bundesliga 2 side Fortuna Dusseldorf on a season-long loan. The 21-year-old Poland international joined Albion from Legia Warsaw for £3 million in October 2020. Albion’s pathway development manager Gordon Greer sai...
Posted On 04 Aug 2022 at 2:57 pm

Drugs mule spared prison after being caught with heroin worth £200k

A drugs mule has been spared prison after she was caught with heroin with a street value of £200,000. Perri Phillips-Ede, 30, of Freehold Terrace, Brighton, was caught with 2kg of heroin in Coldean Lane, Brighton, on Monday 28 February. At Hove Crown Court on Monday (1 August)...
Posted On 04 Aug 2022 at 1:53 pm

Jofra Archer extends Sussex contract for another year

England fast-bowler Jofra Archer has signed a one-year contract extension with Sussex. The 27-year-old’s new deal will keep him at Hove until at least the end of the 2023 season. World Cup winner Archer has been sidelined for more than a year by a persistent elbow problem, which...
Posted On 04 Aug 2022 at 11:57 am

Planners oppose Hove shop changes but neighbours show support

Plans to extend a flat above a shop and turn the basement into a flat face opposition from council planning officials. The proposals for 10 Blatchington Road, in Hove, include enlarging the existing first-floor flat to create a two-bedroom maisonette and to convert the basement...