National News Message from Stonewall Following the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill completing it’s House of Lords Stage, Ben Summerskill, CEO of Stonewall the LGB Equality Charity sent the following message to their supporters. The message reads: “We wanted you to know that moments ago the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill completed it By Besi • 2 min read
Community News The Martlets Hospice secure grant from NHS England The Martlets Hospice has secured an award of £367,860 from NHS England to implement The Renaissance Project designed to improve its facilities. NHS England awarded 176 grants to hospices across England to improve the physical environments in which they provide care. The Martlets will use its grant By Besi • 1 min read
Greymatter News A very special Grrrl’s Night The Women’s Performance Tent at Pride organisers are staging a benefit at the Prince Albert Pub on Sunday, July 14 at 8pm to help cover the cost of having the Women’s Performance Tent on Preston Park this year. The evening features three awesome grrrl bands: Danni Nicholls – stylish americana: Kenel By Besi • 1 min read
National News Equal marriage set for historic final vote in Lords on Monday The new Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill will now progress to its Third – and final – Reading in the House of Lords after Peers backed the proposals during last nights Report Stage. Despite attempts by opponents to attach ‘wrecking’ amendments to the Bill – including a ‘son of Section 28’ clause whi By Besi • 2 min read
Health Kemptown MP re-elected to HIV/AIDS Parliamentary group Simon Kirby, MP for Kemptown & Peacehaven has been re-elected as Vice Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on HIV and AIDS. The unanimous decision was reached at the group’s Annual General Meeting, held in Parliament this morning. Simon has been Vice-Chairman and Treasurer of the group sinc By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Have you a spare iPad Have you or are you upgrading your iPad! Do you have a spare tablet? Allsorts Youth Project need an iPad to streamline data imput at their induction sessions. Jess Woods project director said: “We dont want to sit in front of a young person coming to Allsorts for the first time – either to the […] By Besi • 1 min read
News Bath to benefit from tourism initiative Businesses in the City of Bath are to benefit from visitors receiving a special welcome pack from Bath Tourism Plus if accomodation is booked through the VisitBath website. The pack will offer a host of benefits including discounts in the Visitor Information Centre (VIC) shop, which sells locally so By Besi • 1 min read
News Local MP presses Health Secretary on hospital funding Simon Kirby, MP for Kemptown and Peacehaven met with the Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt MP at the Department for Health, to discuss issues surrounding funding for the Royal Sussex County Hospital. The hospital, which is in Mr Kirby’s constituency, is earmarked for £420 million of redevelopment fundi By Besi • 1 min read
News Free event for dog owners Brighton & Hove City Council’s animal welfare team is running one of its popular Dog Care Days on Thursday 11 July 2013 at East Brighton Park from 12 noon to 4pm. The council is joining forces with the RSPCA to run the event which aims to help promote responsible dog ownership. Dog owners will be [… By Besi • 2 min read
News Hove Tandoori ‘highly commended’ in Tiffin Cup 2013 Hove Tandoori has been Highly Commended in this year’s Tiffin Cup, following its entry into the Parliamentary food competition which was supported by Mike Weatherley, MP for Hove & Portslade. Hove Tandoori, located on Church Road in Hove, was recently nominated by Mike to compete in the competition By Besi • 1 min read
Music All Saints Hove: Lunchtime recital programme All Saints Church in Hove will be presenting a series of Jazz recitals during their Wednesday Lunchtime Recitals in July and September. The programmes include: Magdalena Reising and Pamela Pecko Smith: Harp & Flute: July 17 Magdalena Reising has one of the most original voices performing on the con By Besi • 1 min read
News Council small grants for Pride 2013 announced The following organisations have received small grants to help them participate at this years Pride on August 3 where the theme of the Parade is Gay Icons and the theme of the park is Icons on the Park. All local organisations who applied for grants received something towards helping with their part By Besi • 1 min read
