Council denies campaigner’s claims about £2m gender-neutral school toilets

A campaigner accused Brighton and Hove City Council of embarking on a multimillion-pound programme to “gender-neutralise toilets” in schools. Laura King, from the FrIends of Brighton and Hove Citizens’ Action Group, asked what public demand there was for a £2 million project ...

Brighton pub told to keep green roof tiles

Councillors have refused plans to replace a pub’s distinctive green roof tiles with brown ones. Pub company Greene King said that it needed to replace the roof at the Spanish Lady, in Longridge Avenue, Saltdean, because rain was leaking into the manager’s flat and the pub below....

New mini-festival joins Brighton Fringe

A new mini-festival which began at one of the UK’s biggest rock festivals is coming to Brighton Fringe for the first time this year. Caravanserai, which features bars, stalls and fairground rides built in repurposed caravans, started at Camp Bestival in 2013. This year, it...
Posted On 02 Feb 2023 at 2:10 pm

‘Refugee Valentine 2023’ – For a love which crosses borders

The Sussex Refugee Migrant Self Support Group set up ‘Refugee Valentine’ in 2016 to celebrate love and diversity in their community, and have run this event ever since except during the pandemic. ‘Refugee Valentine’ is back this year and it will be bigger than ever in a new...
Posted On 02 Feb 2023 at 1:42 pm

90+ artists added to The Great Escape new music festival in Brighton

2 February 2023 – The Great Escape today adds a mammoth number of further artists to play at this year’s Brighton festival featuring some of the most exciting names in new music, including The Big Moon, Sad Night Dynamite, Willie J Healey, Stone, and many more. The Great...
Posted On 02 Feb 2023 at 11:50 am

‘Hey Dude’ Kula Shaker are back in Brighton

KULA SHAKER + BLUE VIOLET – CHALK, BRIGHTON 31.1.23 There’s palpable excitement in the air tonight as Chalk braces itself for an onslaught of classic Britpop from a band who artfully blend 60s folk-pop with 70s prog-psych and lace it liberally with Eastern influences. Kula...
Posted On 02 Feb 2023 at 10:16 am

Conservative deputy leader to stand down in May

Conservative councillor Robert Nemeth is to stand down at the local elections in May. Councillor Nemeth, deputy leader of the Conservative group on Brighton and Hove City Council, represents Wish ward where he was first elected in 2015 and re-elected four years ago. The...
Posted On 02 Feb 2023 at 12:10 am

Five-bedroom house approved on tree-covered site

Councillors approved detailed plans for a five-bedroom house on a tree-covered site, The house is planned for an empty plot next to a property known as Hillside, in Ovingdean Road, Brighton. But it faced objections from Independent councillor Bridget Fishleigh and the Ovingdean...