Education first – fines later for litter bugs Brighton & Hove City Council’s new anti-litter team will be out in force from Monday – educating the public on how to avoid being fined for dumping rubbish on the street or fly-tipping. By Besi • 2 min read
#WeStandTogether – hundreds attend One Voice Vigil Following the incidents at the Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre in New Zealand, the city’s ‘One Voice Partnership’ organised a vigil this evening (March 21) outside Hove Town Hall. By Besi • 2 min read
Bear-Patrol raise almost £3,500 for LGBTQ Mental Health Charity Bear-Patrol, the social networking community group raise £3,424.25 for MindOut, the LGBTQ Mental Health Service during The Grand Brighton Half Marathon 2019. Monies were raised via sponsorship of Bear-Patrol supporters all running as part of Team Bear-Patrol on behalf of MindOut, the LGBT Mental Hea By Besi • 2 min read
Find out more about being a city councillor in Brighton & Hove On May 2, 2019, residents will choose the councillors they want to represent them on Brighton & Hove City Council for the next four years. By Besi • 1 min read
1,000s of kids across South East admitted to hospital for drink and drug abuse Kent and Hampshire exposed as having highest child hospital admission rates as experts warn of “frightening” rise in young addicts checking into rehab. By Besi • 2 min read
Scientists turn to music to fight cancer University of Brighton students and scientists are leaving their labs to perform in an evening of music and song in aid of Cancer Research UK entitled Future for Hope. By Besi • 1 min read
Barnardo’s Assistant Director appointed to new Government LGBT+ advisory panel Marcel Varney, Assistant Director for Children’s Services at Barnardo’s, to sit on a new LGBT+ Advisory panel announced by the Government.Minister for Women and Equalities Penny Mordaunt has appointed the first ever National Adviser for LGBT Health, and Advisory Panel. By Besi • 2 min read
Photo by Liz Finlayson/Vervate Launch of the Martlets Junior Snailway Campaign in Jubilee Square (For more information contact Ruth Cobb 07957 254 582) ‘Junior Snailway’ raises £44,000 for Martlets Hospice £44,000 has been donated to Martlets hospice through the Junior Snailway project and the fundraising efforts of children in the Brighton and Hove area. By Besi • 2 min read
Great British Spring Clean – events in Brighton & Hove Residents across the city roll up their sleeves, don their gloves and gear up for this year’s Great British Spring Clean. Volunteers from the council’s Tidy Up Team, members of Friends Groups and other organisations are teaming up with the council’s park rangers to take part in a month long programm By Besi • 5 min read
Brighton Bears Annual Easter Quiz Put a team together and trot down to the Camelford Arms on Thursday, April 18. Grab a table, answer the most questions right and £300 cash prize money, is there for the taking.The quiz starts at 9.00pm but arrive at least before 8.00pm to grab a table. Better still have dinner at The Camelford Arms By Besi • 1 min read
Historic LGBT+ memorabilia to be auctioned in New York Swann Auction Galleries to host The Pride Sale, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, LGBT+ campaigning and WorldPride Events. By Besi • 5 min read
High note for ‘Sister Act’ singers A joint University of Brighton/Sussex choir has reached the finals of the 2019 University Gospel Choir of the Year. The ‘Sound of Zion’ choir will be competing against seven other university gospel choirs at Oasis House, Croydon, on April 6. By Besi • 1 min read
