Developer plans to turn Hollingdean home into HMO

A developer wants to turn a family home in Hollingdean into a shared house. The three-bedroom house at 5 Stanmer Villas is proposed to change to a four bedroom HMO, with a bike rack and bin stores. Brighton and Hove City Council has a policy of not approving applications for new...
Posted On 16 Jun 2022 at 4:54 pm

Lesbian couple win funding for baby on Instagram

A lesbian couple from Brighton have become mothers after winning a round of free IVF through an Instagram competition. Cleopatra Fraser, 36, and Sam Wain, 30, welcomed Maude Sorrel Dean Fraser into their family on 20 May when she was born, weighing 6lb 15oz. But if it...
Posted On 15 Jun 2022 at 5:15 pm

Hove synagogue given eco award

Clothes swaps, natural cleaning products and vegan lunches have helped land a Hove Synagogue an environmental award Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue (BHPS)  has been busy putting in a range of measures to make it greener. Last weekend, it received a silver award from...
Posted On 15 Jun 2022 at 4:42 pm

Caroline Lucas condemns government’s ‘half-baked’ food strategy

A new food strategy has “shamefully squandered” an opportunity to tackle both the climate and cost of living crises, Brighton MP Caroline Lucas said. The Food Strategy for England, published yesterday, focuses on “backing farmers”, strengthening local...
Posted On 14 Jun 2022 at 5:01 pm

Calls for traffic calming in quiet street ‘used as a racetrack’

Dangerously speeding cars need to be stopped using quiet Brighton roads as an “unofficial race track” before someone is killed, residents say. Tina Knight, who lives in Manton Road, Bevendean, filmed this video of a noisy speeding car with a camera she installed to...
Posted On 14 Jun 2022 at 4:50 pm