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Starbenders – ‘The Beast Goes On’ stage in Brighton
STARBENDERS + VÄIN WILD – PATTERNS, BRIGHTON 13.6.26 Starbenders are a rock ’n’ roll fever dream for every hard-luck romantic still clinging to this third stone from the sun. At their centre is singer and songwriter Kimi Shelter, the spiritual offspring of Johnny Thunders and Joan Jett, raise...
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BalletBoyz celebrate 25 years with Still Pointless at Theatre Royal Brighton
Still Pointless: BalletBoyz – Theatre Royal Brighton 27th June Innovative all-male dance company BalletBoyz will bring a retrospective celebration of its 25-year history to the Theatre Royal Brighton later this month. Still Pointless is a show marking this milestone since founders Michael Nunn an...
Sussex top table after innings win over Glamorgan
Glamorgan 155 (51.2 overs) and 268 (99.3 overs) Sussex 521 (125.1 overs) Sussex (23 points) beat Glamorgan (2 points) by an innings and 98 runs Sussex moved to the top of the First Division of the Rothesay County Championship with their fourth victory in seven matches when they beat Glamorgan by an ...
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King honours outstanding nursery founder
An outstanding nursery founder has been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours. Lucy Owen-Collins, 48, who set up Bee in the Woods, has been made an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for services to early years education. Ms Owen-Collins, who lives in Hove, started the kindergarte...
Oscar Wilde To Visit Eastbourne
This week, one of the most notorious characters from literature will tell his own story in Eastbourne, and we are looking forward to the scandal, the passion and the love story at the heart of his downfall. The Importance of Being Oscar, a one-man performance written by Micheál Mac Liammoir, is bei...
Police arrest eight people as 4,000 join demo and protest in Brighton
Police arrested eight people including at least one woman as 4,000 people joined a demo and counter-protest in Brighton today (Sunday 13 June). Sussex Police estimated that about 300 turned out for a “Stop the Boats” protest while about 4,000 others gathered for an event called the Carnival Agai...
Sussex end day two at Hove in commanding position against Glamorgan
Glamorgan 155 (51.2 overs) and 42-0 (12 overs) Sussex 521 (125.1 overs) Glamorgan trail by 324 runs with 10 wickets remaining James Coles made a magnificent career-best 224 not out as Sussex built a commanding position after two days against Glamorgan in the Rothesay County Championship at Hove. The...
The Early Songs of Elvis Costello on offer at Brighton Dome
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS WITH CHARLIE SEXTON + CHRIS DIFFORD – BRIGHTON DOME 12.6.26 Tonight, at Brighton Dome Concert Hall, is the opening night for the UK leg of Elvis Costello & The Imposters with Charlie Sexton ‘Radio Soul!: The Early Songs of Elvis Costello’ tour, having alr...
Fatboy Slim entertains protesters outside Brighton station
Fatboy Slim has been entertaing Carnival Against Fascism protesters outside Brighton Station. The protest was organised in response to a demo organised by a group called the South East Patriots. The first arrest this morning was made before the demo had even started. Earliet, Sussex Police said: “...
First arrest made before today’s demo and protest even start
The first arrest has been made before the demo and protest planned in the centre of Brighton today have even started. Sussex Police said: “Our officers are in place at a planned protest in Brighton today, keeping you safe while facilitating peaceful protest. “We have already arrested a man on su...
Brighton-born jockey and former Albion players honoured by the King
Brighton-born jockey Ryan Moore has been made an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the King’s Birthday Honours. Moore, 42, one of the most successful jockeys of his generation, was recognised for services to horseracing and to British sport. He rode Estimate to win the Gold Cup at...
Goldsmid by-election profile – Philip Berman (Labour)
Six candidates are standing in a by-election in Goldsmid ward for a seat on Brighton and Hove City Council on Thursday 25 June. The seat became vacant when former councillor Jackie O’Quinn resigned. The six candidates are Louis Bird (Conservative), Nadia Barton Ahmad (Green), Philip Berman (Labour...
Goldsmid by-election profile – Nadia Barton Ahmad (Green)
Six candidates are standing in a by-election in Goldsmid ward for a seat on Brighton and Hove City Council on Thursday 25 June. The seat became vacant when former councillor Jackie O’Quinn resigned. The six candidates are Louis Bird (Conservative), Nadia Barton Ahmad (Green), Philip Berman (Labour...
Goldsmid by-election profile – Luke Willmoth (Reform UK)
Six candidates are standing in a by-election in Goldsmid ward for a seat on Brighton and Hove City Council on Thursday 25 June. The seat became vacant when former councillor Jackie O’Quinn resigned. The six candidates are Louis Bird (Conservative), Nadia Barton Ahmad (Green), Philip Berman (Labour...
King honours dozens of people linked to Brighton and Hove
Dozens of people who live or work in Brighton and Hove or who have links with the city have been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours. Children’s author Julia Donaldson, who wrote The Gruffalo, becomes a dame while crime writer Peter James has been made an OBE (Officer of the Order of the B...
Goldsmid by-election profile – Glenn Kelly (TUSC)
Six candidates are standing in a by-election in Goldsmid ward for a seat on Brighton and Hove City Council on Thursday 25 June. The seat became vacant when former councillor Jackie O’Quinn resigned. The six candidates are Louis Bird (Conservative), Nadia Barton Ahmad (Green), Philip Berman (Labour...
Goldsmid by-election profile – Louis Bird (Conservative)
Six candidates are standing in a by-election in Goldsmid ward for a seat on Brighton and Hove City Council on Thursday 25 June. The seat became vacant when former councillor Jackie O’Quinn resigned. The six candidates are Louis Bird (Conservative), Nadia Barton Ahmad (Green), Philip Berman (Labour...
Goldsmid by-election candidate profile – Kim Leyland-Walker (Lib Dem)
Six candidates are standing in a by-election in Goldsmid ward for a seat on Brighton and Hove City Council on Thursday 25 June. The seat became vacant when former councillor Jackie O’Quinn resigned. The six candidates are Louis Bird (Conservative), Nadia Barton Ahmad (Green), Philip Berman (Labour...
Secrecy overshadows specialist housing scheme in Hove
A row about council secrecy is overshadowing a £6 million specialist housing scheme in Hove. Opposition councillors said that they were prevented from properly scrutinising the project because of a cover up of the relevant numbers in an official report. Members of two political groups on Brighton a...
Sussex shine on day one against Glamorgan at Hove
Sussex 136-2 (44 overs) Glamorgan 155 (51.2 overs) Sussex trail by 19 runs with eight first innings wickets remaining Indian left-armer Jaydev Unadkat took four wickets and spearheaded an impressive performance by Sussex’s bowlers on day one of their Rothesay County Championship match against Glam...