LGBTQ+ News Pakistani drag star releases new music video on eve of first UK Gay Marriages Asifa Lahore releases cover of Bollywood hit Tum Hi Ho, featuring an Asian gay wedding. Drag artist Asifa Lahore is releasing her latest and most politically significant music cover to date, using her position as a global activist to promote gay marriage, family acceptance and to speak out against S By Besi • 3 min read
General News ‘Your Voice Matters’ to improve mental wellbeing in the city Want to have your say about health and social services in Brighton & Hove? Your views can help to develop a new city-wide happiness and mental wellbeing strategy for the city. The event, ‘Your Voice Matters’ is being held at City College on Saturday, March 29 from 11am to 2pm by Healthwatch Brighton By Besi • 2 min read
General News Tenants rights campaigners meet with Brighton and Hove Council Tenants’ rights and responsibilities to be more clear after campaigners meet with Brighton and Hove Council. Home Sweet Home campaigners this week met with Green Councillor Bill Randall to ask him to make some important changes to improve living conditions in private rented housing in Brighton and H By Besi • 2 min read
Health City Tories angry at Labour tactics on hospital funding The Leader of the Conservatives on Brighton & Hove City Council, Cllr. Geoffrey Theobald, has criticised the local Labour Group for misleading residents over the 3Ts Royal Sussex County Hospital redevelopment. Cllr Theobald says that in a Notice of Motion at last night’s (March 27) Full Council meet By Besi • 2 min read
International News Brighton prepares for historic first same sex wedding at midnight Change in the marriage law to be celebrated this weekend with first weddings at the Royal Pavilion and Brighton Town Hall. As the clock strikes midnight, history will be created with the first same sex marriage taking place in Brighton & Hove. A total of five couples will be married in Brighton & Ho By Besi • 4 min read
LGBTQ+ News Gay choir to sing at first same sex wedding at Brighton Town Hall Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus say they are thrilled to be singing at the wedding of James Preston and Philip Robathan on March 29 at Brighton Town Hall. The ceremony will be one of the first gay weddings to take place in the UK. The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act received Royal Assent on Wednesday, Jul By Besi • 1 min read
Food & Drink Hove MP selects his Tiffin Cup entry for 2014 Following a deluge of suggestions from residents for the top curry restaurant, Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, has selected Azaro as his entry for the 2014 Tiffin Cup competition. Azaro, which recently opened on Church Road in Hove, will now have the opportunity to compe By Besi • 1 min read
General News New research shows hundreds of young people are in danger of being sexually exploited Barnardo’s warns parents to spot the signs that their child is vulnerable to exploitation. As Barnardo’s launches a hard-hitting TV advert highlighting child sexual exploitation, new research reveals hundreds of children are being targeted online through social websites such as Facebook and Snapchat By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News WiSEUP launches new campaign A new campaign is being launched to raise awareness of child sexual exploitation in the night time economy in Brighton & Hove, Eastbourne and Hastings. The campaign launch event will take place tomorrow, March 28 from 12.30pm – 2.30pm at Komedia on Gardner Street in Brighton. The WiSEUp campaign is By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News London gay bar under threat Manbar risks closure by Westminster City Council. Manbar, an independent gay bar on Charing Cross Road in London will be forced to close if it loses a costly legal battle with Westminster City Council in early April. The bar, which is on the site of 79CXR, the legendary dance bar, which ran for eigh By Besi • 2 min read
General News New NHS surgery at Holy Trinity Church comes closer Hove MP Weatherley welcomes progress on new surgery at Holy Trinity Church in Hove. Following developments for a new combined Medical Practice at Holy Trinity Church in Central Hove, Mike Weatherley, Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, who has pushed local NHS officials to resolve stumbling bloc By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Artists Open Houses 2014 Festival reveal 2014 cover artist Award-winning illustrator Jonny Hannah has been announced as the cover artist for the 2014 Artists Open Houses festival brochure. A new exhibition of Jonny’s work, entitled The Road to Darktown, will be exhibited at The Old Market in Hove as part of the Artists Open Houses festival 2014. The Road to By Besi • 3 min read
