News UK pledges £348 millions of humanitarian aid to Syria Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, has welcomed news that the UK has pledged £348 million of humanitarian aid to Syria and is working to ensure that more is done through better co-ordination with other agencies. His comments follow official figures showing that there are now over By Besi • 1 min read
Letters LETTER TO EDITOR : Help! Clean up image of Brighton & Hove’s Nude Beaches I have been researching the idea of painting in watercolours a series of whimsical studies of the fabulous nude beaches in Brighton & Hove, and will begin another shortly on the saunas and the quaint buildings most of them occupy, as I have long loved the beaches, the sea and the surf and all that [ By Besi • 2 min read
Michael Edwards Community News New Chairman for the Martlets The Trustees of the Martlets Hospice in Hove have appointed a former Senior Executive of American Express to be the new Chair of the Hospice. Michael Edwards will take up the position on October 1, succeeding Roger French who retired from the role earlier this year. Acting Chair, John Powell, said: By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Club Revenge and Girls On Top ‘Ditch The Label’ Anti-bullying organisation, Ditch The Label, teamed up with Club and Bar Revenge and Brighton’s award winning lesbian club night ‘Girls On Top’ to raise funds and awareness this August and September, raising over £100 in the process. Ditch The Label’s mission statement says: “It doesn’t matter if yo By Besi • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Stonewall: Gay in Britain Stonewalll, the LGB equality organisation, has released Gay in Britain, a publication looking in detail at the discrimination of LGB people in Britain. The polling, conducted by YouGov on behalf of Stonewall, shows that public services and politicians are still failing to address gay people’s fear o By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Equal Marriage Bill debate starts in Scottish Parliament The Equal Marriage Bill debate has started in the Scottish Parliament with groups supporting and opposing the measure appearing before the Equal Opportunities Committee to give evidence. The Committee is responsible for scrutinising the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill, and will hear f By Besi • 2 min read
General News Kemptown MP calls for debate on Labour’s tourism tax Simon Kirby MP for Kemptown & Peacehaven this morning called in the House of Commons for a debate of the Labour Party’s proposed tourism tax and its potential impact to Brighton & Hove. Speaking during Business Questions, the Kemptown MP expressed his concerns over such a tax and called on Labour to By Besi • 5 min read
Health Hove MP signs EDM Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, has signed an Early Day Motion (EDM) that highlights the work by FareShare, Asda and its suppliers in tackling food poverty. EDM 200 (FareShare) draws attention to the innovative partnership between FareShare and Asda in its distribution o By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Oska Film Festival 2013 Oska Bright is the world’s first and only festival of short films made by people with learning disabilities – that is produced, managed and presented by a learning disabled team. 2013 is the sixth edition of this biennial festival and looks set to be the biggest and most extraordinary yet with more By Besi • 2 min read
News Foreign Secretary gives commitment to challenge Putin Stephen Gilbert, Liberal Democrat MP for St Austell & Newquay, secured a commitment from the Government today to press the Russian President over rising anti-gay attacks in Russia. Following a series of measures by the Russia government to ban “pro-homosexual” content, there has been a rise in the n By Besi • 2 min read
Community News ‘Love Russia, Hate Homophobia’ – Day of Action A Day of Action – Love Russia, Hate Homophobia – will be held in London today, Tuesday September 3, 2013, just two days before the G20 summit opens in St Petersburg, Russia, hosted by President Putin. The London protest will take place outside the Prime Minister’s residence on Downing Street, and is By Besi • 4 min read
Community News Tell your story at the MindOut Human Library MindOut, the LGBT mental health charity, will be running a Human Library at The University of Brighton’s Falmer Campus on Wednesday, October 30 from 1pm. The charity are looking for 40 people to volunteer as a Human Book, where each individual will talk one-to-one to a ‘reader’, answering questions By Besi • 1 min read
