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//December 9, 2022
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Brighton you have been warned…This Will Destroy Your Ears

It might be easy to stop in front of this band’s apocalyptic name and walk on by… convinced that you’re entering a deliberately badly lit alley or already exhausted by the heavy weather forecast. However, even if this most Mancunian trio from the suburbs of Hossegor is indeed...
Posted On 09 Dec 2022 at 11:01 pm
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Hove girl, 12, dies of strep A

A 12-year-old girl from Hove has died of strep A, it has been confirmed. The Hove Park School pupil was taken to hospital in Brighton yesterday but died shortly after. She is the 16th child to die of the infection in the UK this year. Dr Rachael Hornigold, consultant in health...
Posted On 09 Dec 2022 at 4:26 pm
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Cable contractors left ‘path of destruction’

Neighbours say ‘cowboy’ contractors caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to their homes when they installed broadband cables. Kelly Group damaged one Addison Road resident’s gas pipe and allegedly drilled into another’s garden wall when they were...
Posted On 09 Dec 2022 at 3:37 pm
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Labour take seat from Tories in Hove by-election

Labour has taken a seat from the Conservatives, winning the Wish ward by-election in Hove. Bella Sankey won the seat in the by-election which took place yesterday (Thursday 8 December), with the count held this afternoon. She won by 763 votes and said that “change is...
Posted On 09 Dec 2022 at 3:31 pm
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Luke Haines (Auteurs) & Peter Buck (R.E.M) announce Brighton concert

Peter Buck was the guitarist for the biggest band in the world – R.E.M. Luke Haines was the guitarist for The Auteurs. The Auteurs were not the biggest band in the world. They were pretty good though. Luke Haines also does paintings of Lou Reed and that’s what brought the two...
Posted On 09 Dec 2022 at 2:52 pm
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Hove by-election turnout better than expected

The turnout in the Hove by-election was better than expected at 34.24 per cent. The consensus among the parties was that it was likely to be about 20 per cent. The by-election, in Wish ward, is for a seat on Brighton and Hove City Council. The returning officer, Geoff Raw, said...
Posted On 09 Dec 2022 at 2:42 pm
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Snow and ice warning for Brighton

Ice and possibly even snow could come to Brighton and Hove this Sunday, the Met Office is warning. The forecast is currently uncertain, but a yellow be aware warning has been issued from 9am on Sunday to 9am on Monday. If snow does fall, it’s most likely to fall inland, but...
Posted On 09 Dec 2022 at 1:12 pm
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Three people arrested as police helicopter helps track motorbikes stolen in Brighton

Three people have been arrested after the police helicopter was called out to help track two motorbikes stolen during a burglary in Brighton. The helicopter was circling over Brighton and Hove yesterday afternoon (Thursday 8 December), circling an area that appeared to include...
Posted On 09 Dec 2022 at 11:48 am
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Number of strep A cases prompts Hove doctors to take emergency-only appointments

A doctors’ surgery in Hove has messaged patients to tell them that it is taking “emergency appointment only” because of “high cases of strep A”. The switch to emergencies only suggests that the number of strep A cases may have risen rapidly since the weekend. The government’s...
Posted On 09 Dec 2022 at 12:15 am
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Councillor slates luxury developer’s measly approach to ‘affordable’ housing as St Dunstan’s decision delayed

A councillor took aim at the developer who wants to turn the landmark old St Dunstan’s home for blind ex-servicemen into luxury flats. Independent councillor Bridget Fishleigh criticised the “measly” approach taken by the James Taylor Group to their obligation to inclu...
Posted On 09 Dec 2022 at 12:10 am
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