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Brighton’s cathedral prepares to take down the scaffolding
A church known as Brighton’s cathedral is preparing to remove scaffolding that went up 10 years ago to enable the restoration of its tower. The news comes as St Peter’s Church has been awarded a £250,000 grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for a new project – One Moment in Time. The...
Queen’s Park by-election candidate profiles – Adrian Hart (Brighton and Hove Independent)
Five candidates are standing in a by-election in Queen’s Park for a seat on Brighton and Hove City Council on Thursday 2 May. The seat became vacant when Chandni Mistry resigned. She was elected for Labour last May but expelled from the party in December. She then sat as an independent but resigne...
Queen’s Park by-election candidate profiles – Milla Gauge (Labour)
Five candidates are standing in a by-election in Queen’s Park for a seat on Brighton and Hove City Council on Thursday 2 May. The seat became vacant when Chandni Mistry resigned. She was elected for Labour last May but expelled from the party in December. She then sat as an independent but resigne...
Queen’s Park by-election candidate profiles – Sunny Choudhury (Conservative)
Five candidates are standing in a by-election in Queen’s Park for a seat on Brighton and Hove City Council on Thursday 2 May. The seat became vacant when Chandni Mistry resigned. She was elected for Labour last May but expelled from the party in December. She then sat as an independent but resigne...
Queen’s Park by-election candidate profiles – Luke Walker (Green)
Five candidates are standing in a by-election in Queen’s Park for a seat on Brighton and Hove City Council on Thursday 2 May. The seat became vacant when Chandni Mistry resigned. She was elected for Labour last May but expelled from the party in December. She then sat as an independent but resigne...
Sussex police and crime commissioner election candidate profiles – Katy Bourne (Conservative)
Four candidates hope to become the Sussex police and crime commissioner (PCC) and are standing for election on Thursday 2 May. They are the incumbent Katy Bourne (Conservative) and three challengers – Jamie Bennett (Liberal Democrat), Jonathan Kent (Green), and Paul Richards (Labour and Co-operati...
Sussex police and crime commissioner election candidate profiles – Jonathan Kent (Green)
Four candidates who hope to become the Sussex police and crime commissioner (PCC) are standing for election on Thursday 2 May. They are the incumbent Katy Bourne (Conservative) and three challengers – Jamie Bennett (Liberal Democrat), Jonathan Kent (Green), and Paul Richards (Labour and Co-operati...
Sussex police and crime commissioner election candidate profiles – Jamie Bennett (Liberal Democrat)
Four candidates who hope to become the Sussex police and crime commissioner (PCC) are standing for election on Thursday 2 May. They are the incumbent Katy Bourne (Conservative) and three challengers – Jamie Bennett (Liberal Democrat), Jonathan Kent (Green), and Paul Richards (Labour and Co-operati...
Sussex police and crime commissioner election candidate profiles – Paul Richards (Labour and Co-operative)
Four candidates hope to become the Sussex police and crime commissioner (PCC) and are standing for election on Thursday 2 May. They are the incumbent Katy Bourne (Conservative) and three challengers – Jamie Bennett (Liberal Democrat), Jonathan Kent (Green), and Paul Richards (Labour and Co-operati...
Swim School certainly ‘Making Sense Of It All’
SWIM SCHOOL + HOLLER – GREEN DOOR STORE, BRIGHTON 24.4.24 On their debut headline tour, Scottish three-piece indie rock band Swim School (stylized as ‘swim school’) played an outstanding, thrilling sold-out gig here in Brighton at the popular Green Door Store on Wednesday. Swim School are Alic...
Community group calls for more affordable homes
An organisation representing thousands of people in Brighton and Hove has called on the council to make more local homes affordable, more for key workers and to create more of a sense of community. Brighton and Hove Citizens challenged councillors to support its campaign at the organisation’s “a...
A marriage of inconvenience – Brighton told to work with West Sussex on economic growth
Council leader Bella Sankey has criticised the government for telling Brighton and Hove City Council to form a local growth hub with neighbouring West Sussex County Council. The Labour councillor said yesterday (Thursday 25 April): “We completely oppose the government’s plans for West Sussex and...
Listed building could be turned into student housing
Two Grade II listed buildings on the Old Steine are set to be turned into student housing – with plans for some of them to double as short term lets in the holidays. Jensco Group wants to convert 52 and 52 Old Steine – two Georgian townhouses next to Marlborough House – into 39 student […]
Hopes to reopen Brighton synagogue strengthened by £40k funding boost
Efforts to safeguard and reopen a Brighton synagogue have been boosted by a £40,000 funding partnership. Three heritage funding bodies have agreed to contribute towards a feasibility study, which will identify future potential uses for the currently closed Middle Street Synagogue. The owners of the...
Blancmange will perform in Brighton in June and release career-spanning music collection in May
On 10th May 2024, BLANCMANGE will release a career-spanning new collection: ‘Everything Is Connected’ (via London Records). The band will also embark on a UK tour throughout May and June to support the release. Blancmange’s story is one of two distinct chapters. In the early ‘80s, they infus...
Councillors end their involvement in disciplinary and dismissal appeals
Councillors will no longer be involved in hearing appeals against dismissal and disciplinary measures from council staff after a committee agreed to end the practice. The scrapping of “member appeals panels” followed a critical report by independent barrister Aileen McColgan into the “toxic cu...
Kemptown by-election candidate profiles – Gary Farmer (Brighton and Hove Independent)
Six candidates are standing in a by-election in Kemptown for a seat on Brighton and Hove City Council on Thursday 2 May. The seat became vacant when Bharti Gajjar resigned. She was elected for Labour last May but expelled from the party in December. She then sat as an independent but resigned in Mar...
Kemptown by-election candidate profiles – Theresa Mackey (Labour)
Six candidates are standing in a by-election in Kemptown for a seat on Brighton and Hove City Council on Thursday 2 May. The seat became vacant when Bharti Gajjar resigned. She was elected for Labour last May but expelled from the party in December. She then sat as an independent but resigned in Mar...
Kemptown by-election candidate profiles – Ricky Perrin (Green)
Six candidates are standing in a by-election in Kemptown for a seat on Brighton and Hove City Council on Thursday 2 May. The seat became vacant when Bharti Gajjar resigned. She was elected for Labour last May but expelled from the party in December. She then sat as an independent but resigned in Mar...
Kemptown by-election candidate profiles – Josephine O’Carroll (Conservative)
Six candidates are standing in a by-election in Kemptown for a seat on Brighton and Hove City Council on Thursday 2 May. The seat became vacant when Bharti Gajjar resigned. She was elected for Labour last May but expelled from the party in December. She then sat as an independent but resigned in Mar...