News ‘Music of the night’: Actually Gay Men’s Chorus Actually Gay Men’s Chorus latest production Music of the Night celebrates the best of the West End. The chorus will be singing music from shows such as Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, and Evita to name a few, featuring soloists from the chorus and guest soprano Samantha Howard all under the leadership By Besi • 1 min read
News Hove MP calls for Baroness Thatcher tribute Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, has backed a Parliamentary Motion which calls for a tribute to be made to the late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher by renaming one of Britain’s international airports. Early Day Motion (EDM) 1262 – Baroness Thatcher Tribute – was proposed By Besi • 1 min read
Letters Get ballsy! The inaugural Brighton Big Balls fun endurance race takes place on the beaches of Brighton & Hove at 9am on Sunday, May 12, 2013 to raise awareness of testicular, penile and prostate cancers. All sponsorship raised by the race will go towards research into these potentially devastating diseases. Br By Besi • 2 min read
News Brighton Station Gateway Project to get go ahead City councillors will be recommended to give the go ahead to a package of measures to improve the area around Brighton Station at a meeting next week (April 30). Members of the council’s Transport Committee will be recommended to approve detailed design work to get underway on the £1.5 million proje By Besi • 2 min read
News Anonymous Art Auction for The Martlets Hospice The Martlets Hospice, a charity providing end of life care services to adults with terminal diseases, will be hosting an Anonymous Art Auction to raise funds at The Brighton Museum on Wednesday, June 12 at 7pm. The auction offers people the chance to bid for original works of art by well known artis By Besi • 1 min read
News Dogs to jog with! A pair of energetic young huskies are looking for a new home with owners who love to exercise! Alaska and Dakota are currently being cared for by Brighton & Hove City Council Animal Welfare team after their owner became too ill to look after them. The pair, who are devoted to each other so must […] By Besi • 1 min read
Health Are you a gay man aged over 65? There will soon be large numbers of older HIV-positive gay men requiring care in the UK. Currently, very little is known about their health and care needs. A new research study by the University of Southampton wants to discover what HIV-positive gay men aged over 65 believe they will need from healt By Besi • 1 min read
News Conservatives call for review of city protests The Conservative Group Leader on Brighton & Hove City Council, Cllr Geoffrey Theobald is calling for a wide-ranging review into the policing of protests and marches in the city following Sunday’s March for England which had a serious negative impact on local traders and cost taxpayers hundreds of th By Besi • 2 min read
Simon Burgess Labour & Co-op Parliamentary Candidate Brighton Kemptown News Former Council Leader calls for March for England to be banned next year Simon Burgess, former Labour City Council Leader is, in a personal capacity, calling on the City Council to end the ability of a small number of March for England (MfE) protestors to disrupt the city and run up enormous policing bills. The city was brought to a standstill on Sunday, April 21 by a sm By Besi • 4 min read
Health Stop HIV within a generation Gay and bisexual men in England have the power to halt the spread of HIV in their community within a generation, according to a major new campaign launched today by HIV Prevention England (HPE). It Starts With Me will run until Spring 2015, making it the largest-scale HIV prevention campaign to targ By Besi • 3 min read
News Registration opens for Brighton Half Marathon 2014 The Brighton Half Marathon 2014 was officially launched at the Seattle Hotel in Brighton Marina last night, Monday, April 23 and registration for the 2014 is now officially open. The 2014 race will take place on Sunday, February 16, 2014, starting at 9 am on Madeira Drive on Brighton’s seafront wit By Besi • 2 min read
Music Local charities benefit from the voices of ‘Actually’ Following successful performances and fundraising throughout 2012 by both Actually Gay Men’s Chorus and Actually Gay Women’s Chorus, £1141.64 has been presented to local charities. This month Actually CIC presented Sussex Air Ambulance with £323.16, Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard with £498.16 and By Besi • 1 min read
