Food & Drink Brighton & Hove ‘Food and Drink Festival’ – Sussex and the World Weekend Brighton’s Food Festival Team have 12 days of events at the end of May. Centre piece will be the huge seafront Sussex & The World Weekend on Saturday 30 and Sunday, May 31 which this year includes the Live Food Show, Brighton Beer & Cider Festival, Rockinghorse Children’s Food Festival, Brighton Win By Besi • 2 min read
General News Health promotion policies failing within the workplace New report identifies levels of activity rarely achieved in busy workplace environment. Even a busy job may not provide enough exercise to meet current activity recommendations for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study reported today at the EuroPRevent congress in Lisb By Besi • 3 min read
General News Research reveals many admit to being drunk or high at work A survey carried out for a national health and safety law consultancy claims that significant numbers of workers are under the influence of drugs and alcohol while at work. Nearly a third of workers questioned admitted using drugs at work, while 85% said they’d been drunk when on duty. By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Stonewall strengthens Board of Trustees Stonewall, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) equality charity, has appointed three new Trustees. Katie Cornhill, Phyll Opoku-Gyimah and Tim Toulmin will join Stonewall’s established Board, led by Chair Jan Gooding, with immediate effect. Katie is a Manager at the Hampshire Fire and Rescue By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Irish rock band supports equal marriage in Ireland Alternative rock band HAWK have released a new track, Glass, inspired by the upcoming Marriage Equality Referendum, taking place in Ireland on May 22. The track has an ethereal quality that’s further intensified by drums and a stripped back guitar sound lending weight to the haunting vocals, while t By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Anti-Bullying charity stage fashion show to promote positive body image ANTI-bullying charity Ditch the Label has teamed up with students from the University of Brighton to hold a fashion show to promote individual style, positive body image and self-confidence on Monday May 18 at Neighbourhood bar. The evening aims to raise money for Ditch the Label whilst also helping By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Could you be the next John Peel or Fearne Cotton? RadioReverb, Brighton’s community radio station, has launched a new training facility at their studios in Cheapside, offering fun, practical engaging radio presenting courses run by industry professionals which focus on practical skills and hands-on experience with a learning by doing approach. By Besi • 2 min read
General News Sussex ME Society celebrate an extra special awareness week The Brighton-based Sussex ME Society is marking a special anniversary this week, which coincides with the annual national ME Awareness Week. This week is the 10th anniversary of the establishment of a specialist ME NHS service in Sussex. Coinciding with national ME Awareness Week which runs from May By Besi • 2 min read
Community News University appoints Professor of Human Geography The University of Brighton has appointed Katherine Browne as Professor of Human Geography, specialising in space, gender and sexuality. Professor Browne’s appointment is in recognition of extensive work in the geographies of sexualities and LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and/or Queer) lives, By Besi • 2 min read
Cllr Geoffrey Theobald General News Conservatives name new leadership team following local elections Cllr. Geoffrey Theobald was last night re-elected unopposed for a fifth year as Conservative Group Leader for the forthcoming municipal year at the Group’s AGM. Andrew Wealls, the highly-regarded Councillor for Central Hove and the Group’s Spokesperson on Education and Schools for the last four year By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Are you the brainiest gay in the village? Get your handbags at the ready for the annual Golden Handbags Big Quiz Challenge at Charles Street tonight, Tuesday, May 12. Twenty one teams will be battling it out to see who are the brainiest gays in the village and kick off the voting for the Golden Handbag Awards 2015. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: ‘Out of the Woods’ with Resound Male Voices Resound Male Voices, a Brighton & Hove based male singing group, will be performing with the Rebelles at Out of the Woods: Music at Midsummer, a magical evening of vocal music loosely set in a Scandinavian midsummer forest on June 20. The choirs, both led by opera singer and vocal coach, Stefan Holm By Besi • 2 min read
