Brighton and Hove News

THE DARTS + JOANNA & THE DROPOUTS + THEE DERELIQUE – THE PRINCE ALBERT, BRIGHTON 2.10.24 Right then, let’s get the confusion out of the way...

The fees and charges for a variety of licences issued by the council could go up from next spring if councillors approve a package of measur...

Parents have criticised a council survey on secondary school admissions, saying that it contained a lack of information and asked “leading q...

THE OHNOS + THE PINK DIAMOND REVUE + ROADKILL DRIVE-THRU – THE PRINCE ALBERT, BRIGHTON 29.9.24  It’s always nice to support a relatively new...

A Saltdean man won a guitar owned by one of the Beatles but took a modest cash prize instead – and now the instrument is being auctioned for...

Too many new homes are built for oligarchs rather than would-be council tenants and young people in Brighton and Hove, according to a leadin...

A swimming school can use a back garden private pool four days a week after councillors granted a “part change of use”. Members of Brighton...

ACID KLAUS + CURRENTMOODGIRL – THE HOPE & RUIN, BRIGHTON 28.9.24 I must confess that The Moonlandingz was just a name I was aware of, unlike...

Police are trying to find three people after they attacked a man with a hammer near a railway station. One man has been arrested on suspicio...

A city centre vape shop is under investigation after dodgy tobacco and dangerous vapes worth about £40,000 were seized during a raid. Sussex...

Slashing the cost of parking in Brighton despite rising visitor numbers will make traffic jams and pollution worse, environmentalists are wa...

A man has been remanded in custody charged with drug dealing in Peacehaven, Sussex Police said. The force said: “A man has been remanded in...

PROLAPSE + CHOPCHOP – THE CON CLUB, LEWES 27.9.24 During the lockdowns I played an insane amount of music and ventured down many a YouTube r...

‘VARIOUS ARTISTS’ – ‘234 FEST’, GREEN DOOR STORE, BRIGHTON 29.9.24 The Green Door Store music venue in Brighton have been supporting local g...

Fire crews put out a house fire in Peacehaven after six appliances were sent to the property and the northern end of the town. The fire serv...

Councillors approved plans for a shared house despite objections from neighbours and a councillor for the area. A former family home at 65 L...

Councillors have agreed to take a closer look into what can be done to deal with the issue of short-term holiday lets. They voted to set up...

Brighton and Hove City Council is planning a crackdown in smoke control areas as wood-burners become more popular although they may not be t...

A street cleaner who started wearing his own body worn camera says he’s been threatened with the sack unless he takes it off. Terry Gullen s...

The pilot involved in the Shoreham Airshow disaster is appealing against the decision to revoke his flying licence. Andrew Hill, 60, is appe...

A surgeon used a Swiss army knife to open up the chest of a patient in cardiac arrest because he claimed he could not find a sterile scalpel...

The council is to review secondary school admissions, with the aim of reducing the number of spare places, redrawing catchment areas in the...

WINTER GARDENS + FRIEND OF FRANKY + RAGDOLL – DALTONS, BRIGHTON 1.10.24 We first picked up on Winter Gardens back in November 2018 when they...

Brighton and Hove City Council has submitted a letter expressing interest in joining forces with seven district councils in West Sussex to f...

The local branch of Age UK has opened an advice hub in the heart of Brighton on Older People’s Day today (Tuesday 1 October). Age UK West Su...