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School fence to go before planners
Plans for a mesh security fence surrounding school playing fields are recommended for approval when it goes before councillors next week. Varndean School, in Balfour Road, Brighton, wants to build a fence 550 yards or 500 metres long and 10ft or 3 metres high to create a “clearly defined and secur...
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“Turn and look at the sunset” – Moby ‘On The Beach’
MOBY + MAX COOPER + LOGIC1000 + SWIM + PLANNINGTOROCK + MIGGS B2B CARTER – ‘ON THE BEACH’, BRIGHTON BEACH 26.7.26 In the mid-90s, genres like grunge and Britpop dominated British radio. With Oasis flying the flag of lad culture, Nirvana and Pearl Jam were for anyone angry and distrustful of th...
Who are our schools for?
Getting our children into school matters. So does the fairness of which school they can go to. We should not have to choose. We are Class Divide. We come from Whitehawk, in the east of the city. For seven years we have asked one question. Is Brighton and Hove a fair place to go to […]
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‘And We Go Back To Where We Came From’ – The Maccabees ‘On The Beach
THE MACCABEES + EDITORS + MILES KANE + ANNA CALVI + ASH + BADLY DRAWN BOY + LIME GARDEN – ‘ON THE BEACH’, BRIGHTON BEACH 25.7.26 In the mid-2000s post-Britpop hangover, any band with four chords and lyrics of lost love or boozy nights out could earn a record deal. While the likes of Arctic [...
Work to extend beach enters new phase next week
Work is due to start next week to extend beach and protect the coastline. A scheme to protect a key part of the shore from erosion and flooding will enter the next phase. Work is scheduled to begin on Monday 3 August to fill the new groyne field in Hove with thousands of tonnes of […]
Chelsea target veteran Brighton and Hove Albion striker Welbeck
Chelsea are in talks to sign Danny Welbeck from Brighton and Hove Albion, the Press Association understands. The 35-year-old has emerged as a surprise candidate to bolster the Blues’ forward line after scoring 13 Premier League goals in 37 matches last season. There are also reports that the club ...
Armed police to be deployed at Brighton Pride
Armed police are to be deployed at Brighton Pride on Saturday (1 August) after an attack left one dead and dozens injured at Berlin’s Pride event at the weekend. Sussex Police said: “As we look ahead to Brighton and Hove Pride, I want to reassure those attending, as well as residents, businesses...
Give toilet cleaners better pay, urges councillor
The council was finding it hard to recruit people to a seasonal job to open, close and clean Brighton and Hove’s public toilets, a councillor said. She called for better pay to make the jobs more attractive but a leading Labour councillor said that, despite the challenges, most of the vacancies ha...
Heatwave blamed for missed bin collections
The rate of missed rubbish collections suggests that Brighton and Hove City Council is not ready to go from weekly rounds to fortnightly, according to a senior councillor. Conservative leader Alistair McNair cited the “appalling” rate of missed collections in his ward, Patcham and Hollingbury, i...
Opposition leader flags concerns about council FoI responses
The council is too slow to respond to too many freedom of information (FoI) inquests, according to opposition leader Steve Davis, who also said that staff felt nervous and under pressure to withhold information. Official figures showed that replies are late in more than a quarter of cases, the Green...
‘Alive At The Barn’ Music Festival – Day 1 report
JOHN OTWAY BIG BAND + DAKKA SKANKS + HENRY NORMAL + PHAT PROBLEM – THE BARN, SOUTHWICK COMMUNITY CENTRE 24.7.26 Friday 24th July: I must confess that I had been completely unaware of the ‘Alive At The Barn Festival’ being held at Southwick Community Centre, until a couple of months ago. I...
Rising costs of King Alfred scheme prompt questions
The rising cost of plans to build a new King Alfred Leisure Centre and the amount spent so far have prompted a series of questions. Campaigner Laura King asked whether Brighton and Hove City Council was considering an “urgent and independent review” of the £65 million budget now the council has...
King Alfred shows bravery in all the wrong places
There’s little doubt that change – or an upgrade – is overdue at the King Alfred. Ideas for a replacement leisure centre have ebbed and flowed since the plumes were removed at the turn of the millennium. And the urgency shown by this Labour administration in developing alternative provision is...
It’s Madness again ‘On The Beach’
MADNESS + HOT 8 BRASS BAND + DAVID RODIGAN + KID KAPICHI + DJ DUSTEE DU SOUL CASSEROLE – ‘ON THE BEACH’, BRIGHTON BEACH 24.7.26 Well, here we are once again, day six of this outstanding run of ‘On The Beach’ mega shows, shows that are bringing us 40 acts over 8 magical days, 10,000 […]
Hove nursery reaches strong standard, according to official watchdog
A Hove nursery is operating at a “strong standard”, according to a report from Ofsted, the independent official watchdog. The report, published today (Monday 27 July), rated Hopscotch Nursery, in Portland Road, Hove, as “strong” overall – the second best of five grades, meaning that leader...
Broken-down train causes rush-hour rail chaos
A broken-down train on the southbound line between Haywards Heath and Brighton caused chaos on the railways this morning (Monday 27 July). Services in both directions were cancelled or delayed as thousands of passengers faced significant disruption. At about 8.45am, train operator Southern said that...
Absence and attendance matter much more than admissions
It might surprise some people but, for a disadvantaged child, Brighton and Hove is one of the best places in England to go to school. Once you account for the children our schools actually teach, they are among the top handful of areas in the country for how far they carry their poorest pupils. A [...
Sussex trounced by Yorkshire at Hove in One Day Cup
Yorkshire 325-7 (48 overs) Sussex Sharks 140 (27.5 overs) Yorkshire (4 points) beat Sussex (0 points) by 184 runs (DL) The Sussex Sharks floundered again in the Metro Bank One Day Cup as they were trounced at Hove by Yorkshire who made it two wins out of three. The victory came on the back of […]
Yard Act: ‘We Make Hits’
YARD ACT + POLITE BUREAUX – CHALK, BRIGHTON 24.7.26 In the late 2010s, the gloomy post-punk of The Fall and Joy Division was revived in a scene dominated by the likes of Shame and Fontaines DC – an artistic reflection of Tory austerity. While spearheaded with the same anger, Yard Act’s 2022 Me...
Two men arrested for helping prisoner who absconded
Two men have been arrested for helping a prisoner who absconded after being jailed for his role in a drugs gang run by a man from Brighton. Sussex Police said that officers had made two arrests in their search for Oliver Mazirel, who is wanted for escaping from Ford Prison, near Arundel, on Tuesday ...