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Mixed sex wards eradicated in Brighton

Since November 2010 the Government has been naming, shaming and fining hospitals if patients are placed in mixed-sex wards. Three years ago within Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust region the number of people placed in mixed sex accommodation was 377. Today it has fallen to zero. Ac

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Turkish Cypriots slow to repeal gay ban

The EU Commissioner for Enlargement Štefan Füle has refused a Conservative MEP’s request to suspend human rights funding to the Turkish Cypriot community following slow progress on the repeal of the ban on homosexuality in the northern part of Cyprus. The current law on homosexuality in the northern

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Health

Emergence of untreatable gonorrhoea in England and Wales

The first Gonorrhoea Resistance Action Plan for England and Wales has been published, and recommends a heightened national response to combating the serious threat posed by the emergence of untreatable gonorrhoea. The Action Plan was developed by the Gonococcal Resistance to Antimicrobials Surveilla

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Stonewall’s bigot of the year, Cardinal O’Brien resigns

Cardinal Keith O’Brien who was nominated as Bigot of the Year in last years Stonewall Awards is stepping down as leader of the Scottish Catholic Church following allegations of inappropriate behaviour made by three practicing priests and one former priest stretching back to the 1980s. The cardinal,

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Music

Actually Gay Men’s Chorus: Somewhere for me: CD Review:

‘£1 Million Record Deal’…. the headlines screamed. Sadly it was not to be, however the first gay chorus ever to be signed to a major record label haven’t given up.  Although the deal with Universal Records failed to release their debut album, it was recorded and the Actually Gay Men’s Chorus have no

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Health

Mayor visits MindOut Wellbeing Day

Cllr Bill Randall, Mayor of Brighton & Hove paid a visit to the MindOut For Each Other Wellbeing Day event held at Community Base on Saturday, February 23. The event was staged to mark MindOut broadening their activities outside of Brighton & Hove. Organisations present with stalls included Lunch Po

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Features & Longread

Magnificent Keukenhof!

When I was young, every  Spring I promised myself a trip to the Dutch flower fields, but never quite managed to find the time. Last May the opportunity came to visit the Flower Festival at Keukenhof in the south of Holland. It turned out to be one of the highlights my travels in 2012. The […]

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News

First city church to host civil partnership ceremonies

Brighton Unitarian Church is the first religious venue in Brighton & Hove to be able to conduct Civil Partnership Ceremonies. Several Unitarian Churches around the country have been licensed for the registration of Civil Partnerships but this is a first for Brighton and Hove.   Church Minister Jef J

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News

Hove MP urges Council to clean up Hove Streets

Following repeated calls from constituents about the state of Hove’s streets, Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, has written to Penny Thompson, Chief Executive of Brighton & Hove City Council, about the appalling state of streets in his constituency and called for a new app

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News

Council to help residents affected by council tax reform

Brighton & Hove Council are contacting around 17,000 residents affected by the government’s council tax benefit reform to help people adjust. From April 1, 2013 the government is abolishing Council Tax Benefit and Councils have been asked to introduce local schemes to replace it. At the same time th

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News

Exeter Pride Fundraiser

Exeter Pride are staging a fundraising event this Thursday, February 28 to raise money to help stage this years Exeter Pride. A Ceilidh, is a Gaelic gathering and The Exeter Pride Ceilidh will be held at The Lemongrove, Cornwall House, University of Exeter on Thursday, February 28 from 8pm to 11.30p

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Community News

Help raise funds for The Martlets Hospice

The Martlets Hospice Mobile Phone Recycling Scheme operates in each of the Martlets shops and this year is also being rolled out to local schools and businesses. The Hospice is working  at the moment with sixteen local primary schools to help developing countries that have no telephone landline infr

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