Choccywoccyshop Easter Eggheads at the ready! Win Choccywoccyshop Easter eggs at the Brighton Bear Weekend £300 cash quiz raffle on Thursday, March 29. Put a team together and trot down to the Camelford Arms on Thursday, March 29. Grab a table, answer the most questions correctly and £300 prize money, is there for the taking. By Besi • 1 min read
Rental agent pleads guilty to fire hazard homes City property agent fined more than £3,000 for allowing two of his properties to become fire hazards. Ahmed Khalil, sole director of Khalil Properties Ltd, 124 Lewes Road, Brighton, has pleaded guilty to two charges of putting his tenants at risk of harm in the event of a fire. By Besi • 1 min read
Third release Pride Festival tickets on sale now! With more than 14 different entertainment areas, the Pride Festival on Preston Park on Saturday, August 4 has something for everyone. For many people the bright lights of the Festival Main Stage glittering with world-class acts, performers and campaigners will be the highlight of their day. This yea By Besi • 2 min read
HIV campaign helps Londoners make safer sex choices The Do It London HIV campaign has dramatically boosted public awareness of the choices available for preventing HIV transmission through sexual contact, according to an independent evaluation. The new research into Do It London’s impact reveals that the most recent phase of the campaign (which ran f By Besi • 3 min read
Volk’s Electric Railway back on the rails Volk’s Electric Railway will start running trains for passengers again from Friday, March 30. After a year and a half of work and over £1.65 million in investment the 135 year old train will carry passengers along Brighton seafront between its new Visitor Centre, workshop and Black Rock station. By Besi • 2 min read
Friends of Joiners Arms win ‘Best Community Campaign’ award Campaign to save LGBT community pub lights up SMK 2018 National Campaigner Awards. The Sheila McKechnie Foundation’s 2018 National Campaigner Awards were held in London on Wednesday, March 21. By Besi • 2 min read
Programme announced for Brighton Bear Weekend Organisers of Brighton Bear Weekend announce full programme of events from Thursday, June 14 to Sunday, June 17, 2018. Events planned over the weekend include a welcome party at Bar Revenge, pub quiz at Camelford Arms, club nights at Envy, Subline and Latest Bar, a Bear breakfast at Camelford Arms, By Besi • 2 min read
Sundaes to star at Golden Handbag Awards Following their appearances on All Together Now, the BBC singing contest with a twist, The Sundaes, the ‘biggest’ girl group in the land, will appear at the Golden Handbag Show on Sunday, July 1. By Besi • 2 min read
Bear-Patrol raise almost £2,350 for LGBT mental health charity Bear-Patrol, the social networking community group raise £2,349.28 for the counselling service at MindOut, the LGBTQ mental health service. The sponsorship money was raised by four members of Bear-Patrol, Kieran Fitsall, Peter Stevens, Mark Alexander and Graham Baker who ran in the the Brighton Half By Besi • 1 min read
Amsterdam manager raises more than £700 for Sussex Beacon Miguel Morán García bar manager at The Amsterdam Bar and Kitchen on Marine Parade, ran the Brighton Half Marathon last month. By Besi • 1 min read
Forced anal examinations for gay men in Kenya stopped Today, a Court of Appeals in Kenya, led by a 5 judge bench, ruled that forced anal examinations are contrary to the law. Forced anal examinations have largely been used to “prove” whether or not a man is homosexual in countries where homosexuality is criminalised. This practice has been decried by o By Besi • 2 min read
£250 raised for MindOut at BLAGSS bowling extravaganza Twenty Six teams from local LGBT organisations and businesses battled it out at the Brighton Marina Bowlplex on February 28 at the annual BLAGSS Tenpin Bowling Extravaganza. Bear-Patrol, the social networking community group shook buckets during the evening raising £251 for the LGBTQ Counselling Pro By Besi • 1 min read
