Brighton seafront site offered up for new attractions

A campaign has been started to bring new attractions to a prime site on Brighton seafront. Brighton and Hove City Council has invited bids for users of a 116-metre stretch of the beach between the new Brighton Wheel site and the Yellowave beach sports complex in Madeira Drive....
Posted On 27 Sep 2011 at 5:50 pm

Inflatable roof plan for Brighton beach volleyball centre

Brighton’s beach volleyball centre could have covered courts for the winter. The management of Yellowave, in Madeira Drive, Brighton, have applied to the council for permission to install a 9m tall inflatable roof over three of their six courts. They hope the temporary...
Posted On 26 Sep 2011 at 6:31 pm

Curry contest at Brighton's Amex stadium

The best curry chefs in Brighton and Hove are preparing to compete for the title of the city’s number one. Cooks from restaurants across the city will be producing their finest dishes in the final of the Curry Chef of the Year at Brighton and Hove Albion‘s American...
Posted On 24 Aug 2011 at 6:30 pm

Tea bag recycling scheme launched in Brighton city centre

Tea bags, vegetable peel and coffee grinds will be recycled in a new scheme in Brighton city centre. In a trial which could be replicated across the city if successful, residents in North Laine have been asked to take any compostable waste items to community composters at St...
Posted On 23 Aug 2011 at 6:24 pm

Woman speaks about terrifying glassing attack in Brighton club

A woman stabbed in the face in a Brighton nightclub by a stranger with a broken glass has spoken about her ordeal. The 34-year-old victim, who asked not to be named, spoke after Salim Ali, 33, of Findon Road, Brighton, was jailed for six years for the unprovoked attack. On Friday...
Posted On 23 Aug 2011 at 6:05 pm

Free bicycle security help for Hove cyclists

Cyclists in Hove will be given free security marking for their bikes as part of a Sussex Police day of action against bicycle crime tomorrow. Officers will be at George Street from 10am giving advice and marking bikes so they can be recovered if stolen. The day is the latest...
Posted On 22 Aug 2011 at 7:06 pm

Man charged after petrol station robbery

A man was charged by police today following a robbery at the Star Petrol Station, in South Coast Road, Peacehaven yesterday. Homeless Gary Barney, 37, is suspected of robbing £170 cash. He will appear before Brighton Magistrates Court tomorrow. A 22-year-old from South Yorkshire...
Posted On 22 Aug 2011 at 6:54 pm

'Large-nosed' man wanted following Whitehawk knifepoint robbery

Sussex Police have appealed for information about a suspect with a large pointed nose following an attempted knifepoint robbery. The man, described as white, slim, 5′ 8″ to 6″, with blue eyes and a skinny face, threatened staff in Mulberry Stores, in Whitehawk...
Posted On 22 Aug 2011 at 6:33 pm

Brighton guerrilla garden to become flats, offices and shops

Plans have been revealed for a four-storey complex of offices, shops and flats on the site of a community garden created by “guerrilla gardeners” in Brighton city centre. If they go ahead, the proposals would finally see the long derelict site next to the Earth and...
Posted On 22 Aug 2011 at 6:15 pm

£450k Hove bike lane plan revived

Plans for a £450,000 bike lane along Old Shoreham Road in Hove have been revived. Council chiefs have approved new proposals for lanes on each side of the road, protected by raised kerbs. The scheme will run between BHASVIC (Brighton, Hove and Sussex VI Form College), at the...
Posted On 18 Aug 2011 at 6:51 pm