2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (496+ words) Two neighbours have objected to a licence application for the Land Beyond Festival which is due to take place in East Brighton Park next year. The Festivals Group Limited has applied for a time-limited premises licence at the park in…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (338+ words) A citywide campaign is once again uniting charities to tackle homelessness in Brighton and Hove. Eight frontline organisations are teaming up through the Make Change Count campaign, which has been running since 2016 to raise vital funds for charities supporting people…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (479+ words) A major funding boost is on the way for small businesses across the South East. A new £210 million South East Investment Fund has been launched by the British Business Bank to support the growth of SMEs in the region, including…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (340+ words) As the classic track goes “another one bites the dust”. As news comes of yet another departure from the Labour administration, in what is rapidly becoming a low-budget re-enactment of the Last Days of Rome, I doubt this is the final…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (716+ words) Anti-fascist protesters have criticised the actions of police during city protests. The Network for Police Monitoring (Netpol) - a campaign group which professes to challenge police power and defend the right to protest - published a report on Friday, August 7. The 49-page…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (760+ words) Governing ain’t easy—just ask Andy Burnham, and he’s only been in Downing Street three weeks. He’s currently wrestling with two of the most contentious and emotional issues currently dominating British politics—asylum seekers and the prisoners’ early release scheme....

1+ mon, 21+ hour ago   (450+ words) In Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’, Lady Bracknell says: “To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.” Locally, we have a slight variation of this famous quote: “To…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (424+ words) A resident of a historic square that experiences drug taking, antisocial behaviour, people living in tents and even public defecation says the community is trying to take it back with “positivity”. In April, people living and working in and near…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (371+ words) A shopping centre that has been closed for more than two weeks will partially reopen this weekend. Swan Walk in Horsham has been closed since July 13, after a panel from its glass ceiling collapsed into the centre. In an update…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (609+ words) Two years ago as the country was about to swear in its sixth Prime Minister in eight years, I wrote an open letter congratulating Sir Kier but setting out some areas he might like to address to break the cycle…...