Food & Drink Filthy fish and chip restaurant owner battered Fish and chip restaurant owner fined more than £8,000 for allowing premises to become a breeding ground for flies and rat infestations. Samir Gad Salama, owner of The West Pier Traditional Fish & Chips, 122 Kings Road, Brighton, let spilt rat bait, chips and a puddle of fat lie on the floor while he By Besi • 2 min read
Community News Residents roll up their sleeves to Spring clean the city! Residents across the city roll up their sleeves ready for this year’s Great British Spring Clean weekend. With support from Brighton & Hove City Council, dozens of community minded residents will be getting together to tackle litter hotspots, from parks and squares, to woodland and rights of way. By Besi • 2 min read
General News Council prepared for frost, ice and snow With temperatures plummeting and forecasts of more cold and freezing weather, Brighton & Hove City Council’s winter service team is preparing for frost, ice and snow. By Gary Hart • 3 min read
General News Work starts to restore Rose and Coronation Gardens Work has started to restore and improve the Rose and Coronation Gardens in Preston Park, in a bid to have them looking blooming lovely by the summer! The improvements are being made as part of the Preston Park Conservation Management Plan, developed by consultants, in partnership with Brighton & Hov By Besi • 2 min read
General News Council gritters ready for onset of winter weather Gritter Garbo, Melton John, Alexander the Grit, Warren the Great and the Brighton Belle are ready and waiting to hit the city’s roads this winter. The aptly named council gritting machines are already on high alert to tackle any freezing conditions that may sweep across Brighton & Hove during the co By Besi • 3 min read
General News Not just a flash in the pan! City takes top awards Residents and tourists who use the city’s toilets will find they are the cleanest ever. An annual audit by the national, independent Loo of the Year Awards (LOYA) organisation has graded the toilets the highest ever, with four sites receiving an improved grading on last year. By Besi • 2 min read
General News From fence laying to hedgerow cutting……offenders put to work in Brighton parks From fence laying to hedgerow cutting, rangers from Brighton & Hove City Council’s countryside team have been working with a team from Kent, Surrey and Sussex Community Rehabilitation Company (KSS CRC) to improve the city’s parks and open spaces. By Besi • 1 min read
General News Drivers advised to ‘Switch off their engine’ New signs advising drivers to switch off their engines while stationary, are being installed in the city this week. Around 35 ‘Cut engine – Cut pollution’ signs are being fixed around Brighton & Hove’s Air Quality Management Areas – mainly in the city centre but also outside the Royal Sussex County By Besi • 1 min read
General News Brighton & Hove flytipping fines double in 2017 Brighton & Hove City Council is one of the most active in the country for tackling flytipping. In figures collected by the Press Association, Brighton & Hove issued 276 fines to flytippers in the 12 months to May 2017, the fifth highest in the country. The council’s updated figures show that 618 fin By Gary Hart • 2 min read
General News More people recycling in Brighton & Hove Recycling rates in Brighton & Hove are improving thanks to initiatives such as new wheeled bins for recycling, garden waste collections and recycling street sweepings. Rates in the city have increased to just over 29% from 26.7% last year. By Gary Hart • 1 min read
General News Council saves subsidised bus routes Brighton & Hove City Council has agreed to protect the city’s entire supported bus network (19 routes) for the next four years with £150,000 additional investment. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
General News Preston Park rose garden to be restored Herbaceous borders in the Rose Garden at Preston Park will bloom beautifully next summer after winning a public vote for their restoration. Residents were asked to choose between two potential projects after Brighton & Hove City Council secured around £150,000 funding from car parking fees and local By Gary Hart • 2 min read
General News Suspended jail sentence and fine for flytipper A flytipper from Brighton has received a suspended jail sentence, a fine and been ordered to do community work after dumping piles of rubbish in the city. Charles ‘Charlie’ Brazil of Ridge View, Coldean pleaded guilty at Brighton Magistrates court on August 2 to flytipping near the Lewes Road rail v By Besi • 2 min read
General News National Highways & Transport Survey – make your voices heard Local people are being asked for their views on Brighton & Hove’s highways and transport services as part of a national survey – covering everything from the condition of roads and footpaths to the quality of cycling facilities. By Besi • 2 min read
General News Loving our parks! Residents interested in volunteering have been enjoying the chance to get weeding, pruning and scrub clearing at a series of events in the city’s parks, gardens and open spaces. Meet the gardener volunteering sessions have been a popular addition to the Brighton & Hove City Council’s Love Parks Week By Besi • 2 min read
General News All seven city parks retain their Green Flags! Green Flags will once again fly in seven Brighton & Hove parks this summer. Easthill Park, Hove Park, Kipling Gardens, Preston Park, St Ann’s Well Gardens, Stoneham Park and The Level have all been awarded prestigious Green Flags for excellence. By Besi • 2 min read
General News Love your park! Gardeners, rangers and parks volunteers gear up for this year’s Love Parks Week from July 14 to 23. An exciting range of events is being planned to encourage residents of all ages to make the most of their local parks and open spaces and get involved with volunteering. By Besi • 2 min read
General News Council to consider Parks Foundation Plans are being drawn up for a Parks Foundation to be set up in Brighton & Hove to attract funding for the city’s parks and open spaces. The Foundation would lead fundraising initiatives aimed at attracting investment in the council’s parks and open spaces and could be set up by the end of the year. By Besi • 2 min read
General News Council to improve safety at The Level New measures improving safety at The Level will be introduced over the next few weeks. The improvements are among a package of recommendations arising from a recent security review. Visitors to the playground will see the two play units modified and made ‘open sided’ so users can always be seen. By Besi • 2 min read
Before General News Brighton & Hove to get new bins Hundreds of new communal refuse bins will be rolled out in Brighton & Hove over the next few weeks, replacing those which have been badly damaged or broken. The 330 bins were ordered after an audit last year which revealed that just under half of the 600-strong stock were ready for replacement. By Besi • 2 min read
General News The music’s over for noisy neighbour A Moulsecoomb resident has been ordered to pay £1774.50 and had his music equipment seized for breaching a noise abatement notice. Clive Goodall, of Hawthorn Bank, pleaded guilty to the breach at Brighton Magistrates Court on March 28, 2017. By Besi • 2 min read
General News Did you know disposing of furniture in the street is a crime? A new campaign is underway to remind householders it is a criminal offence to dispose of household items in the street. Brighton & Hove City Council has joined a national publicity drive by Keep Britain Tidy called Crime Not To Care (# CrimeNotToCare). By Besi • 2 min read
General News Volunteer litter pickers clean up the city Residents from across the city got stuck into a series of Great British Spring Clean events over the weekend. Despite unpredictable weather, residents turned out in force to help rid their neighbourhoods of unsightly litter. Working with support from Brighton & Hove City Council staff, and armed wit By Besi • 2 min read
General News Is your street set to become a crime scene? Streets all over the city will become ‘environmental crime scenes’ as part of a council crack down on fly tipping. Fly tipped rubbish will be marked with special ‘environmental crime scene’ tape to highlight the problem and remind residents that fly tipping is a criminal offence. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
