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Centre for older people celebrates 35th anniversary

In The South

Centre for older people celebrates 35th anniversary

Somerset Day Centre, home to the OLDER & Out project for older LGBT people celebrated its 35th anniversary last week with a party attended by almost 200 people. The event, attended by the mayor of Brighton and Hove, Cllr Linda Hyde, trustees, service users and their friends and families, took place

By Gary Hart • 1 min read

Council’s smart answer to bus ticket problem — Brighton and Hove City Cllr Gill Mitchell launches the expansion of the Bus Key Cards in Brighton and Hove with L-R Neil Morgan (The Big Lemon) Nick Hill (Brighton & Hove Buses) and Joe Beckley ( Compass Travel). From August 3rd the electronic smart tickets will be accepted onThe Big Lemon and Compass Travel buses as well as Brighton & Hove buses.

General News

Council’s smart answer to bus ticket problem

Bus passengers with electronic ‘smart’ tickets will be able to use them on more than one bus company in Brighton & Hove from next week. At present, smartcard tickets, known as The Key, used on Brighton & Hove Bus Company services, could not be accepted by other firms, meaning anyone who needed to ma

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Hepatitis C in the UK continues to rise

General News

Hepatitis C in the UK continues to rise

Latest figures published by Public Health England (PHE) show hospital admissions from hepatitis C-related end-stage liver disease and liver cancer continue to rise. Although there has been a small drop in deaths in 2013 compared to 2012, overall trends in hospital admissions and deaths have been upw

By Gary Hart • 2 min read

We All Bleed Red

Arts

We All Bleed Red

Poet and artist Vince Laws has created We All Bleed Red for the church of St Peter & St Paul, in Oulton, Norfolk. The church tower is in need of significant repair, the heating is inadequate and wooden platforms need replacing. A new floor of pamment tiles in the nave will create a level space, and

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Martlets appeal for volunteers to help support isolated patients

General News

Martlets appeal for volunteers to help support isolated patients

The Martlets Hospice appeals for volunteers to join their new Community Home Visiting Service, launching soon to help support isolated patients. Together two groups of volunteers will form a new service called the Community Home Visiting Service. Community volunteers will provide vital care to patie

By Gary Hart • 2 min read

Greens join Pride’s ‘Carnival of Diversity’ — Cllr Alex Phillips: Deputy Convenor of Green Group

Community News

Greens join Pride’s ‘Carnival of Diversity’

Green Councillors to join thousands of revellers for the ‘Carnival of Diversity’ Pride Community Parade, celebrating 25 years of Pride in Brighton & Hove on Saturday, August 1. Green councillors, including Phélim Mac Cafferty, Alex Phillips, Louisa Greenbaum and Leo Littman will accompany the Green

By Gary Hart • 2 min read

Archdeacon of Brighton to march on Pride Parade

Community News

Archdeacon of Brighton to march on Pride Parade

Rev Martin Williams, the Archdeacon of Brighton, will be marching on the Pride Community Parade, on Saturday, August 1, with members of the Brighton Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement. The theme of this years parade is Carnival of Diversity. The Parade will start from the Peace Statue on Hove Lawns

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PCC proud to celebrate 25 years of Brighton Pride

Community News

PCC proud to celebrate 25 years of Brighton Pride

Katy Bourne the Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner will join police officers on the Brighton Pride Community Parade this, Saturday, August 1. The theme of this years parade is Carnival of Diversity. It will start from the Peace Statue on Hove Lawns at 11am progressing along the seafront past the old

By Gary Hart • 2 min read

First LGBTI awards mark ‘historic year’ for equality in Scotland

LGBTQ+ News

First LGBTI awards mark ‘historic year’ for equality in Scotland

The first Scottish LGBTI Awards will take place at Glasgow’s iconic Grand Central Hotel on Thursday, September 10 2015, to mark what organisers are calling an ‘historic year’ for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) rights in Scotland.

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Champion weightlifter honoured

International News

Champion weightlifter honoured

World champion powerlifter, Chris Morgan inducted to the National Gay & Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place on Friday, July 24 at the Centre on Halsted Street in Chicago, Illinois. Chris an eight-times world champion powerlifter is active in Europe’s campaign against homophobia in s

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Pride dog show cancelled

Community News

Pride dog show cancelled

The popular Pride Dog Show due to take place this afternoon, Sunday, July 26 at Hove Rugby Club, has been cancelled. Following an improvement in the weather yesterday organisers had hoped it might be possible for the event to proceed, but with the deterioration of weather conditions overnight a deci

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Final Pride Ambassador for 2015 revealed

Community News

Final Pride Ambassador for 2015 revealed

Danny Eade is the final Pride Ambassador for 2015 and will join David Raven, Alice Denny and Aneesa Chaudhry representing their respective communities at the front of the Pride Parade on August 1.

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