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Why Sigmund Freud Is Making a Comeback in the Age of AI
Psychoanalysis is having a moment. Instagram accounts dedicated to Freudian theory have amassed nearly 1.5 million followers. Television shows like Orna Guralnik’s Couples Therapy have become compulsive viewing. Think pieces in The New York Times, The London Review of Books, Harper’s, New States...
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Man whose XL Bullies savaged family dog avoids jail ‘by a whisker’
A Brighton man whose XL Bullies ripped a woman’s beloved pet dog to pieces in front of her and her son has been ordered to pay her £1,000 in compensation. Dean Bryce’s dogs broke out of his garden in Mackie Avenue while Caroline Freeman was walking her dog Rolo, a court heard today. Hove Crown ...
Potholes a priority, council says
A cabinet member put on his hard hat to show how potholes are the hot topic in the council’s road maintenance budget. Last night’s cabinet meeting backed a plan for spending the £8.8 million of transport funding the government has allocated to Brighton and Hove for the next financial year. Of t...
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Brighton to get first high-street weight loss jab service
Boots is offering customers an in-store service for weight loss drugs that will allow people to pop in and buy jabs in their lunch breaks. The pharmacy chain has started the service as a trial initially across 17 stores nationwide, including Brighton, offering treatments such as Mounjaro and Wegovy ...
Former Labour mayor quits party to sit as an Independent
A long-serving Labour councillor who served as mayor of Brighton and Hove has quit the party almost 50 years after she first joined and will sit as an Independent. Jackie O’Quinn said today (Friday 13 February): “It is with deep regret that I am standing down as a Labour councillor with immediat...
Stella Rose & Bande Á Part in action in Brighton
STELLA ROSE + BANDE A PART – DALTONS, BRIGHTON 11.2.26 15,899 days ago I was having the pleasure of watching Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher, Vince Clarke, and a certain Dave Gahan live in action at a small club in Brighton called Jenkinsons, which was sandwiched between the Top Rank Suite (now PRYZM) ...
Boy seriously injured in hit and run
A boy has been injured in a hit and run in East Sussex.
Missing man found dead after police launch high-profile search
A missing man has been found dead, Sussex Police have confirmed
Controversial plan for new Aldi is approved
Aldi's plan to open a new store in Rye has been given the green light.
New Sussex supermarket officially opened by Olympic gold medallist
Team GB’s Bryony Page officially launched the new Aldi store in Hastings, cutting the ribbon in front of pupils from Arc Little Ridge Primary School.
Chicken shop refused late night licence extension after breaches
A pizza and chicken takeaway has been refused a 3am extension to its late-night licence. Sussex Police and Brighton and Hove City Council licensing department said they did not have confidence in Express Pizza and Chicken owner Kamran Khan, 32, after he received warnings about trading after 1am. D...
Parents ‘not told’ about last minute changes to schools admissions
Parents applying for secondary school places for this September say they were not told about changes to the admissions process made while applications were still being made. As a result of a challenge by campaign groups to a wider reworking of admissions criteria, Brighton and Hove City Council’s ...
New Amazon payment method launched - and it's already used by JustEat and Ryanair
Amazon has launched a new payment option online, which is a service that companies such as Ryanair and JustEat also use
Vintage Valentine’s cards and love notes return to Snoopers Paradise
A collection of vintage Victorian and Edwardian Valentine’s cards is back on sale at Snoopers Paradise in Brighton ahead of Valentine’s Day.
I went to Prezzo at Brighton Marina and recommend it for families and Valentine's
After being invited to try Prezzo at Brighton Marina for the first time I can definitely recommend it for a romantic meal or family get-together.
Car showroom to become supermarket
A car showroom on the Old Shoreham Road is set to be a convenience store. Staff at the Tates Hyundai showroom have moved out to Tates’ other businesses on the other side of the road. Tates has now applied for a change of use of the Hyundai site so it can become a Morrisons Daily. […]
Sussex and Brighton Just Took a Major Step Toward Self-Rule- Here’s why
Sussex has reached a significant milestone in its devolution journey, with the Government laying the Statutory Instrument in Parliament that will formally establish the Sussex & Brighton Combined County Authority. This is the final legislative step and will enable the new Mayoral Combined A...
Komedia Launches Brand New Mystery Musicals Bottomless Brunches
Let your freak flag fly to your favourite movie musicals at Brighton’s brand-new Mystery Musicals Bottomless Brunch. Hosted by comedian, presenter, and podcaster Lee Peart. Don’t miss your chance to become one of the nicest (theatre) kids in town. Sing-along to all the hit songs from your favour...
Everyone Is Welcome At The House Of Life
The House of Life opened its welcoming arms last night at the Dome Studio, Brighton, and we were enveloped in the love, joy and craziness of the world they have created. This show promised joy, and it was exactly what we got! This review is not going to tell you too much about the […]
Constance Marten says social services gave ‘ultimatums’ not ‘true assistance’
Constance Marten insisted she was “given ultimatums, rather than true assistance” by social services in the lead-up to her baby daughter’s death in Sussex.