Arts Brighton’s Artist Open Houses Christmas Festival The 2013 Artist Open Houses Christmas Festival will be taking place in Brighton, Hove, the South Downs village of Ditchling and beyond, during the first three weekends of December, starting Saturday November 30. Over 50 houses will be opening their doors, showcasing a diverse selection of artworks, By Besi • 1 min read
News Don’t let it stand empty – let it! Interest free loans are being offered to landlords of empty properties to bring them back into use as part of Brighton & Hove City Council’s drive to tackle the city’s housing crisis. The new ‘Golden Ticket’ scheme comes during National Empty Homes Week 2013 (November 24- November 30) to promote up By Besi • 2 min read
Arts The Laramie Project comes to Brighton : Remember Matthew Shepard? On October 7, 1998, a young gay man was discovered bound to a fence in the hills outside Laramie, Wyoming, savagely beaten and left to die in an act of brutality and hate that shocked the nation. Matthew Shepard’s death provoked extreme reactions – from the GOD HATES FAGS preaching of Rev Fred Phelp By Besi • 2 min read
General News Brighton Action Group invite residents to a general meeting The St James Street Action group are having a general meeting at St Mary’s Church on November 27. The meeting is open to everyone living in the St James Street area at 6pm for a 6.30pm start. Refreshments will be available. There will be an opportunity to meeting, in an informal and friendly environ By Besi • 1 min read
Health Raising awareness of HIV testing for early diagnosis in Brighton & Hove National HIV Testing Week, November 22-29 National HIV Testing Week started today November 22 and continues until November 29 in the run up to World AIDS Day on December 1. This year special effort is being made to encourage gay men and African people in particular, to take an HIV test. This is beca By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Is monogamy dead? Prompted by the breakdown of several close friends’ long term partnerships, disgruntled serial monogamist Rosie Wilby presents a loose sequel to her Fringe Report Award winning 2009/10 show The Science Of Sex (which she recently performed in New York) after making a pact with her best friend that th By Besi • 1 min read
News Brighton Conservatives call for delay to 20mph decision Local Conservatives are calling for the decision on whether to implement Phase 2 of the Green Administration’s 20mph proposals to be deferred to enable proper consideration of the consultation results. The decision is due to be taken at the Council’s Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee By Besi • 1 min read
General News 16 Days of Action events in Brighton to end violence against women More than 16,000 women experienced domestic violence and abuse, sexual assault or stalking in Brighton and Hove last year. This shocking figure comes as a programme of events is unveiled to mark 16 Days of Action to End Violence against Women and Girls running from November 25 – December 1o. The ind By Besi • 5 min read
Health AVERT go BIG with world’s largest AIDS awareness ribbon for ‘You, Me & HIV’ This World AIDS Day (December 1), international HIV and AIDS charity AVERT is joining forces with other UK-based HIV organisations to unveil a record-breaking AIDS awareness ribbon – the world’s largest at 45 metres long! Online, AVERT’s You, Me & HIV e-Action will take readers on a trip around the By Besi • 2 min read
Mike Weatherley looks happy after winning Hove for the Conservatives Photograph taken by Simon Dack 6 / 7 May 2010 News Hove MP Weatherley delivers hunt ban support letter to Prime Minister Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, has hand-delivered a letter to the Prime Minister at Downing Street, reaffirming his support for the Hunting Act 2004, which banned hunting with dogs. Mike is a strong supporter of animal welfare and has pledged to vote against any attempt By Besi • 1 min read
General News Brighton Vigil for the Philippines today at 1.30pm Local people from Brighton are gathering at Brighthelm today to show solidarity with the people of the Philippines who have suffered the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan, and to call for urgent action on climate change. The Philippines chief negotiator, Yeb Sano, opened the UN climate talks in Warsaw l By Besi • 1 min read
Health London’s busiest HIV clinics join forces for European HIV Testing Week Two of London’s busiest HIV and sexual health clinics will be joining forces on Wednesday November 27 for European HIV Testing Week to offer on the spot HIV testing to even more people. Clinicians from the Mortimer Market Centre and 56 Dean Street, run by Central and North West London NHS Foundation By Besi • 2 min read
