As 2024 draws to a close, here’s a look back at some of the stories that made the news month by month.
Rumours of race riots put the city on edge. In the end, thousands of people came into the city centre – but all but a tiny handful were counter protesters.
A Brighton pub whose owners got permission to knock it down 18 years ago was finally demolished. New houses will be built on the site.
A Brighton man was charged with kidnapping a woman off the street.
About a dozen motorhomes moved on from a Tesco car park after a teenage boy was arrested for a firearms offence.
Councillors reluctantly agreed that a developer should pay £500,000 towards the cost of the council buying or building homes rather than include 14 “affordable” flats in a £16 million scheme
A Portslade man was ordered to remove tonnes of rubbish from his back garden after neighbours complained it was like living next to a landfill.
A Brighton entrepreneur who started her first business in her spare room and now runs an international beauty brand opened her first spa in West Street.
Very proud of Brighton that day when we all stood up to bigotry.
Yes give yourself a hearty pat on the back for taking to the streets based on unfounded social media rumours. It just showed that the right wing lot aren’t the only people who are so easily misled.
I will. I’m proud to not be a bigot, and to take to the street as a symbol of that conviction, regardless of if the bigots turn up or not.
If one person pauses to think about their outdated views from seeing this, then it is something we all be proud of.