Arts JOAN RIVERS : Brighton Centre : October 10, 2014 Comedy legend and ‘gay icon’ Joan Rivers will be bringing her show Before they close the lid to Brighton in 2014. 80 year old Joan, ‘the bitch’ with the sharpest tongue in show business returns to the UK in 2014 for a two week national tour delivering a series of rare performances that promise to be By Besi • 1 min read
News Kemptown MP Kirby to sit on Immigration Bill Committee Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, has been selected to sit on the Immigration Bill Committee which held its first meeting in the House of Commons yesterday, Monday October 29. The Government’s Immigration Bill passed its Second Reading on the October 22. It has now progressed to By Besi • 2 min read
General News Co-Op alcohol licence approved to 8pm Brighton & Hove’s Licensing Panel have approved a new alcohol licence for the Co-Op store at 268-272 Portland Road, Hove from 8am to 8pm. Southern Co-Operative Group applied to sell alcohol from 8am to 11pm every day, but the Panel decided to restrict the hours until 8pm after taking into considerat By Besi • 2 min read
News Free parking for some this Christmas Conservative and Labour councillors have voted to allow free parking in some city centre car parks during the run up to Christmas in an effort to boost business. Andy Cheesman is from the newly formed lobby group Unchain the Brighton Motorist, which includes the Federation of Small business, the Tou By Besi • 2 min read
General News Making recycling twice as easy Brighton & Hove council is doubling the number of collection points in the city for old and broken kettles, hair dryers, toasters, DIY tools and irons. Following the success of the ‘Bring banks’ for small electrical items introduced to the city last year, the council is setting up 10 new collection 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 MP claims Councillors misled on Sport England 50m pool position Mike Weatherley, MP for Hove & Portslade is claiming that Councillors on Brighton & Hove City Council’s King Alfred Project Board were misled by Council Officers on Sport England’s position on dividable 50m pools for the proposed new swimming pool planned for the King Alfred site in Hove. The Projec By Besi • 2 min read
Features & Longread ‘Pink Christmas’ in Stockholm Stockholm has an excellent reputation among international LGBT travellers and for the last few years has been ranked as one of the world’s gay-friendliest destinations In conjunction with Pink Christmas Week in Stockholm, Stockholm Visitors Board and VisitSweden will be offering a trip to Stockholm By Besi • 1 min read
Features & Longread Goodbye Dolly! After 4 years of gracing the stage of Southampton’s London Hotel, Andrew Starks, aka Pat Cruise and Dolly Partem, has decided to hang up his wig for pastures new. Andrew, who is better known in Brighton as one half of Charles Street regulars Trashville Tennessee and as the writer of the rip roaring By Besi • 4 min read
General News STORM LATEST UPDATE To reduce the amount of debris that could be blown around the city the council are resuming refuse and recycling collections in less exposed areas of the city where the wind has started to reduce. Residents with a Monday collection should not put out their refuse or recycling unless it is safe to do By Besi • 1 min read
General News Royal Pavilion ice rink and restaurant Tickets have gone on sale for the South East’s coolest winter attraction – the Royal Pavilion Ice Rink. The rink will open for its fourth year on November 9 to January 19 on the Royal Pavilion’s Eastern lawns in Brighton. The Royal Pavilion Ice Rink is the UK’s first sustainable rink, using a green By Besi • 1 min read
General News Have you been vaccinated against Polio? Public Health England (PHE) and National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC) are reminding UK residents travelling to Israel, or the West Bank and Gaza in Palestine, to make sure they are up-to-date with their routine immunisations and have had a polio containing vaccine in the past 10 years. By Besi • 2 min read
General News Council puts super strength alcohol on the agenda Licensing and trading standards officers at Brighton & Hove City Council are working with Sussex Police to develop a voluntary scheme for businesses where they can join together to limit the availability of super-strength alcohol in the city. The Sensible on Strength scheme would encourage licensed By Besi • 2 min read
