Petition calls for Brighton Council to accept more Syrian refugees
Freelance writer and editor Cath Senker has started a petition to encourage Brighton and Hove Council to accept more Syrian refugees to the city.
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Get Online Week: October 12-18
During ‘Get Online Week’ residents without basic digital skills will be given the chance to gain access to the Internet and help with job seeking online. There are 10.5 million people in the UK without the knowledge of how to access information online who are being isolated by the digital age.
New litter tax proposal!
On the spot fines for littering, fly-tipping, graffiti and illegal dumping of business waste in communal bins could be introduced in Brighton & Hove. Members of the council’s Environment, Transport and Sustainability (ETS) committee are being asked to agree proposals for a new waste enforcement sche
Full council meetings will move to fully accessible venue
Following concerns raised by campaigners over the suitability of Brighton Town Hall as a venue for full council meetings, the next meeting of the full council will be moved to the Brighton Centre.
Brighton receives national bee award
Conservation work to encourage wildlife in a city centre park has won national recognition. Parks staff and volunteer gardeners at The Level in Brighton are celebrating winning a ‘Bees Needs’ award, for work to attract bees and other pollinating insects.
Dangerous dog destroyed
Dangerous Rottweiler dog destroyed following a spate of attacks on dogs and their owners. At a hearing on July 2, Eastbourne Magistrates ordered that Mandela, owned by Brian Ellett, of Bodiam Avenue, Brighton, should be destroyed after hearing evidence from Brighton & Hove City Council animal welfar
City Chief Executive steps down
Brighton & Hove City Council has announced that chief executive Penny Thompson will be stepping down on 30 June 2015. This follows agreement at the Policy and Resources committee today after discussions between the chief executive and the council. Interim arrangements, pending the recruitment of a n