Business News Nice ‘n’ Naughty warms up for charity Nice ‘n’ Naughty, the chain of adults shops with a branch in St James Street, Brighton, have a history of doing their best for charity and will be taking part in the Christmas Knit this year. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
In The South National Switchboard launch GP poster campaign Switchboard, the national LGBT+ helpline, teams up with Channel 4’s Dr Christian Jessen for an unprecedented national GP programme. Over the last 12 months the national charity Switchboard has been working on an ambitious project to send a Switchboard poster to every GP surgery in the country. By Gary Hart • 3 min read
General News Residents’ survey will help shape the future of library services Changes proposed to existing library services in the city are the subject of a widespread consultation with residents. The council is looking at new ways of keeping and improving services against a climate of reduced funding for the local authority. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Books Latest issue of Pink Humanist available online The Pink Humanist is an online magazine published by the UK LGBT charity the Pink Triangle Trust (PTT). It features topics of special interest to those who identify as humanists, atheists,, freethinkers, secularists and sceptics in the LGTB communities and those who support them. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
General News Dog walker collared for a second time A Brighton dog walker has been punished for the second time after walking his dog in a prohibited area. Carl Wild, of Melbourne Street, Brighton was fine £1,000 earlier this year, but has continued to walk his dog in Woodvale Cemetery. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
General News Ending gender discriminatory nationality laws To mark Human Rights Day on Thursday, December 10, the Equal Rights Trust will launch, My Children’s Future, a film calling on governments to end laws which deny women the ability to pass on their nationality to their children on an equal basis with men. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
Food & Drink City restaurant fined £11,937 for filthy kitchen equipment Organic Moments Limited, which runs the Little Bay restaurant, 64 Kings Road, Brighton, pleaded guilty to 14 counts of food hygiene breaches and fined £11,937 by Eastbourne Magistrates last week (Friday, December 5). By Gary Hart • 2 min read
General News Help a young homeless person this Christmas Give some Love in a Box and make a young homeless person happy this Christmas. A local charity is asking people to make up a shoebox of Christmas gifts for young people living in supported housing projects across Brighton & Hove. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
General News No one need to feel alone this Christmas, say Samaritans As the UK gears up once more for the festive season, Samaritans remind people that no one needs to feel alone this Christmas. If you’re struggling to cope with life, the pressure to have a good time can magnify your challenges and increase your sense of isolation, even with friends and family around By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Arts LGBT History Project re-launched as the UK LGBT Archive The LGBT History Project, set up to create a Wikipedia-style resource for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) life in the UK, is being relaunched today, on the occasion of the London Metropolitan Archive’s 13th annual LGBT Conference, “Speak Up! Speak Out!” By Gary Hart • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Stonewall hold biggest Scottish Workplace Conference to date Stonewall, the lesbian, gay, bi and trans equality charity, held its Workplace Conference today, Friday, December 4, at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. By Gary Hart • 3 min read
Health Beacon supports ‘PrEP Now’ campaign The Sussex Beacon are supporting the European Needs PrEP Now Campaign. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is the new component of HIV prevention programmes and plays a key role in the preventing transmission of HIV. PrEP is for HIV negative people and involves taking part of a treatment regimen using a By Gary Hart • 2 min read