Arts PREVIEW: Rainbow Chorus: ‘Blame it on the Baubles!’ Tonight Rainbow Chorus, Brighton and Hove’s only LGBT choir, will be presenting their Christmas offering, Blame it on the Baubles! on Saturday, December 13. The Rainbow Chorus is the only Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) choir in the South of England outside of London. The choir aims to provide By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: ‘Hove for the Holidays’, Tonight Celebrate the magic of Hove during the festive season with Resound Male Voices. Resound Male Voices will be presenting their next concert, ‘Hove for the Holidays’, at 7:30 pm on Saturday, December 13, 2014 at St Andrew’s Church in Waterloo Street, Hove. By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Eddie Izzard: Force Majeure Eddie Izzard returns to the De La Warr Pavilion on Tuesday, December 23 for a special homecoming performance of Force Majeure. Eddie has toured this show all over the world and is returning home for a special seasonal performance with all profits from the evening going towards the planned Auditorium By Besi • 1 min read
Health Kemptown MP keeps up pressure for a solution to Eaton Place surgery closure Simon Kirby MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven travelled yesterday afternoon (December 11) to the Headquarters of NHS Surrey and Sussex in Horley to discuss the future of the Eaton Place surgery and GP provision in Kemp Town. He met with the Sussex area director and other members of NHS England, By Besi • 1 min read
General News Brighton & Hove Labour councillor defects to UKIP Leigh Farrow, Labour Councillor for Moulsecoomb and Bevendean will announce at full council today that he has joined UKIP. Cllr Farrow a member of the Labour Party for 30 years was banned from standing as a councillor for the Labour and Coopeerative at next years local elections at a branch meeting By Besi • 3 min read
Nancy Platts: Labour parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven General News Labour candidate calls on Kemptown MP to vote to save firefighters pensions Nancy Platts, Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven has written to Simon Kirby MP asking him if he will vote to save firefighters’ pensions in the Parliamentary debate on Monday. Nancy issued her challenge after the Conservative MP met with the Fire Minister, Penny Mo By Besi • 3 min read
LGBTQ+ News New appointments made to London Pride board for 2015 event The team organising London Pride in 2015 have added to their expertise and capacity by appointing three new directors to lead on fundraising, strategic delivery and legal affairs and are advertising further senior manager vacancies on their website. By Besi • 2 min read
International News 10 couples make history at Brighton Town Hall today This morning, December 10, at Brighton Town Hall at 10am, 10 couples made history when they were all married at the same time on the first day the law allows the conversion of Civil Partnerships to Marriage. The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act came into effect on Saturday, March 29, 2014. At that ti By Besi • 4 min read
General News ‘Replace Eaton Place’ campaigners demand action ‘Replace Eaton Place’ campaigners, led by Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown, Nancy Platts, went to the Health and Wellbeing Board on Thursday, December 9 to call for GP services in East Brighton to continue when the current doctors retire on February 28, 2015 . By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News LGBT housing survey The Brighton Housing Trust are carrying out an online consultation survey on the housing experiences of LGBT people in Brighton and Hove. The survey is only 10 questions long and can be completed in a few minutes. By Besi • 1 min read
General News “Our Human Rights must be protected”, says Labour ahead of Human Rights Day To mark the occasion, Purna Sen, Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Pavilion has joined with Labour’s South East Member of the European Parliament, Anneliese Dodds MEP and the Labour Campaign for Human Rights to warn that basic rights are under attack by the Conservatives. By Besi • 3 min read
Arts REVIEW: Aneesa Chaudhry To many Aneesa Chaudhry is best know as musical director of the Rainbow Chorus, Brighton’s only LGBT choir. On Sunday night (December 7) at the Brunswick in Hove she showed the audience exactly how accomplished a musician, singer and performer she is. The Brunswick was packed to the rafters with fri By Besi • 3 min read
