Caroline Criado Perez at The Old Market

I was due to attend The Old Market’s Reigning Women diverse programme of events celebrating women, in March 2020, just before the first lockdown. So this then, is the reboot. This Reigning Women annual showcase is a genre-spanning mini-season of shows and events that are...
Posted On 25 Nov 2021 at 3:53 pm

Reigning Women

It’s really great to see a programme promoting women in Brighton and Hove, not just one event but a whole season! More of this please, and thank you to The Old Market in Hove for pushing the boat out with an amazing array of events and activities about, for and by women in...
Posted On 25 Feb 2020 at 10:24 pm

Brighton and Hove ‘shines a light’ for Europe

Brighton and Hove for Europe organised a vigil last night (Friday 31 January) next to the Peace Statue on Hove Lawns as a simple moment to remember Britain’s contribution to the European Union and a solemn moment for people to come together to say goodbye. The crowd sang...
Posted On 01 Feb 2020 at 2:08 pm

Thousands from Brighton and Hove face losing their vote in European elections

Thousands of Europeans who live in Brighton and Hove face being turned away from polling stations when they turn out to vote in the European elections. The situation is a repeat of a problem that was highlighted at the last European elections in 2014 and could affect as many as...
Posted On 29 Apr 2019 at 11:11 pm

Hove MP speaks out in Commons about Western Road Post Office

Hove Labour MP Peter Kyle criticised the “sham consultation” before the closure of the post office in Western Road in a debate in Parliament on “crown post offices”. Post Office bosses claimed that the number of customers using the branch had declined and...
Posted On 13 Jan 2019 at 3:29 pm

Planning forum prepares to update neighbours on progress in Hove station area

Hove Station Neighbourhood Forum is holding its next public Have Your Say Day tomorrow (Saturday 7 July) shortly before England’s World Cup quarter-final match with Sweden. The event is taking place at the Honeycroft Centre, in Sackville Road, Hove, and offers an opportunity to...
Posted On 06 Jul 2018 at 2:41 pm

Plans go on show for 600 new homes on Hove estate

Plans are going on show for 600 new homes on an estate between the railway line and Old Shoreham Road in Hove. The developer Mountpark will share its initial ideas for the Sackville Trading Estate and former Corralls coal yard at an exhibition on Saturday (18 March). As well as...
Posted On 15 Mar 2017 at 10:58 pm

Hove school head to join academy trust as executive principal

The head teacher of one of the biggest schools in Hove is to leave to become the executive principal of an academy trust. Rob Reed is leaving Hove Park School at Easter to join Aldridge Education where he will be responsible for its local cluster of schools. They are the Brighton...
Posted On 27 Jan 2017 at 9:30 am

Tetra Pak carton recycling launched in Brighton and Hove

Empty cartons (Tetrapaks) can now be recycled in Brighton & Hove. Carton recycling bins have been installed in 17 of the city’s recycling points. The scheme is being introduced following requests from residents who took part in the council’s waste strategy consultation....
Posted On 21 Aug 2010 at 9:23 am