As 2025 draws to a close, here’s a look back at some of the stories that made the news month by month.
Eight council-owned blocks of flats were earmarked for demolition, leaving more than a thousand tenants in three areas of Brighton in need of a new home
Two independent businesses were finally evicted by the Co-Op despite a three-year campaign supported by thousands of people
Plans to widen pavements, plant trees and remove parking from a city centre street blighted by antisocial behaviour were unveiled by the council.
A woman from Brighton was prohibited from begging for two years – and banned from local branches of the Pret a Manger sandwich shop chain
A Brighton primary school announced plans to become an academy and join a trust that already runs two other local primaries.
(t was revealed the owner of the Royal Albion Hotel still owes nearly £1 million to Brighton and Hove City Council two years after a fire ravaged the seafront landmark.
Why did the Royal Albion Hotel burn-down?
I recall that it was due to someone smoking inside, and because of the old-style construction, it spread rapidly.
Why did the fire start in the frist place and not have a better exit Doors and windows to get out with in the frist place then
From what I understand, it’s a listed building, so it doesn’t meet the same modern standards of fire protection within its architecture. As a result, the fire spread quickly and wasn’t compartmentalised.