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NHS chief ‘unaware’ Hove GP was prescribing hormones to children
An NHS chief was unaware a Hove GP was prescribing puberty blockers and hormones to children despite a whistleblower repeatedly raising concerns, he told an employment tribunal today. Adam Doyle is also being quizzed on why NHS Sussex, of which he was the chief executive, launched an investigation i...
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Closed school sites already in use
The sites of two of the three schools closed by the council are being used by a special educational needs provider and as short-term storage, a senior councillor has confirmed. Middle Street school in The Lanes, which closed in August, is being let to a special educational needs and disability provi...
Man died after struggling with phone signal during Pride, meeting told
A man died after his doctor apparently struggled to call him back because of poor phone signal during Pride weekend, a meeting was told last night. The 71-year-old was found on the floor by his wife with his mobile phone in his hand during the Nick Cave gig. She called 999, and when police and […]
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Man in court over street sex attack
A man has been charged with sexual assault after a woman was followed through Brighton and attacked in the early hours of the morning. Alex Ogden, 30, is due to appear at Brighton Magistrates Court today charged with sexual assault, assault with intent to commit a sexual offence on 9 October, posses...
Man charged with sex attack in Brighton
A man is due in court today (Tuesday 13 October) charged with a sex attack in Brighton on Friday. Sussex Police said: “A man has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman in Cheapside, near London Road, Brighton, in the early hours of Friday 9 October. “It was reported the man approached a 2...
Juliet & Romeo Comes To Brighton Dome’s Corn Exchange
Lost Dog Dance ’s ‘Juliet & Romeo’ starring Emily Terndrup as Juliet and John Kendall as Romeo – will offer audiences at Brighton Dome Corn Exchange a glimpse into the comic, surreal world of creator Ben Duke who wrote and starred in the original production back in 2018. Since then the...
Kate Mosse at Charleston Preview
Make your way to Charleston for an intimate in-conversation events with an exceptional lineup of speakers for its autumn programme of live evening events. These intimate conversations will all take place in the beautifully restored Hay Barn at Charleston in Firle. One of these speakers is Kate Mo...
Bathing Suits overcome adversity
BATHING SUITS + GIRL APOCRYPHA – VOLKS, BRIGHTON 8.10.26 I really dunno where time flies these days! It seems like just three months ago that I was witnessing Leeds based electro-noise outfit Bathing Suits play their debut Brighton concert as headliners at The Rossi Bar on Queens Road, and yet whe...
Former Brighton journalist’s book explores highs and lows of football fandom
A former Brighton journalist turned psychologist has written what could well be the football book of the year. It’s eye-opening, moving and downright funny. Damien Pearse, 56, lifts the lid on why the sport means so much to fans in Till I Die – Why Football Means Everything (Even When It Shouldn...
Person hit by train between Brighton and Lewes
A person has been hit by a train between Brighton and Lewes this evening (Monday 12 October), Southern Rail said. The train operator said: “A person has been hit by a train on this part of the network. Network Rail and the emergency services are working to deal with this incident as sensitively, q...
Council grants coffee shop a licence to serve the strong stuff
A coffee shop in Hove has been granted a drinks licence so that it can serve alcohol with a meal. The owner, Selina Simeonova Grigovova, applied to Brighton and Hove City Council for a licence to sell alcohol from 10am to 10.30pm daily at Intenso Espresso Bar, at 236 Portland Road, Hove. Three neigh...
“Than…kewwww” Alison Moyet
ALISON MOYET + RICHARD WALTERS – BRIGHTON DOME 10.10.26 Billericay born and now Brighton based Alison Moyet was back at Brighton Dome Concert Hall this evening as part of her totally sold out ‘Songs of Yazoo, the minutes, Other tour’. A title that doesn’t actually roll off the tongue tha...
Heaven 17 celebrate 45 years of ‘Penthouse And Pavement’
HEAVEN 17 + PETER COYLE – DE LA WARR PAVILION, BEXHILL-ON-SEA 11.6.26 Tonight we arrive at the iconic De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea for the third of 12 dates for Heaven 17’s ‘Celebrating 45 Years Of Penthouse And Pavement Tour’. Glenn Gregory (lead vocals) and Martyn Ware (Roland V-S...
Teen jailed for £20 drug murder can keep ID secret until 18, judge rules
A teenager who was jailed for life for murdering a 16-year-old boy over a £20 drug debt will not be identified publicly until he turns 18, a judge has ruled. The 17-year-old, who had adopted a “faux gangster persona”, stabbed Joshua Ingram with a 7in (19cm) blade which he pulled from his tracks...
American firm buys one of Brighton’s biggest employers in £2bn deal
An American firm has bought one of Brighton and Hove’s biggest employers in a deal value at more than £2 billion. Asurion, a global leader in technology care, support, and protection, has completed the acquisition of Domestic and General (D&G), the appliance care experts. D&G protects, re...
Court papers lodged to stop Brighton and Hove taking over Peacehaven
East Sussex County Council has started a court case to try to stop Brighton and Hove City Council from taking over East Saltdean, Teslcombe Cliffs and Peacehaven. The move follows an announcement about the boundary change by the former Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government...
Police identify sex attack suspect after public appeal
Police believe that they have identified the man suspected of carrying out a sex attack in Brighton on Friday (9 October) after an appeal for the public’s help. Sussex Police published security camera pictures of the man suspected of sexually assaulting a woman in the early hours of the morning. T...
Council urged to engage with residents when siting electric car charge points
The council is being urged to engage with residents when choosing where to site electric vehicle (EV) charge points. Independent councillor Peter Atkinson made the plea after a fire engine struggled to pass the sport where drivers have to park to use one recently installed charge point. Councillor A...
Coco And The Lost unveils bold new era at ‘Modern Lover Girl’ launch show
COCO AND THE LOST – WATERBEAR VENUE, BRIGHTON 6.10.26 Launching her debut album ‘Modern Lover Girl‘ at Brighton’s Waterbear Venue, Coco And The Lost delivered a performance that felt both celebratory and deeply personal, presenting the new record as a confident artistic statement while reinf...
On the “Hup Hup Hup” – The Wonder Stuff conquer The Dome
THE WONDER STUFF + INSPIRAL CARPETS – BRIGHTON DOME 8.10.26 The Wonder Stuff are back and are celebrating 30 years in the bathroom baby…, hold up! that’s not right, that’s one of their songs, they are actually celebrating their 40th anniversary with a mega tour, and what a tour this is; 18 d...