General News Bus company listens to residents Following pressure from local residents, the 50 bus service in Hollingdean will run more frequently from April. Changes made in September last year introduced a new 50U service running from Hollingdean to the Lewes Road Sainsbury’s and on to the Falmer campuses. By Besi • 2 min read
Purna Sen News Labour discussion on older women Purna Sen has invited former Home Office Minister, Fiona Mactaggart to visit Brighton on Monday, January 26 for a discussion about older women. Purna, the Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Pavilion will host a discussion on policies for older women with members invited from a number of loc By Besi • 2 min read
Cllr Graham Cox General News City Tories question legality of parking charge hikes Conservative counsellors in Brighton and Hove are querying whether proposed hikes in parking charges of up to 100% are legal in the wake of a recent High Court judgement against Barnet London Borough Council. By Paul Gustafson • 2 min read
Cllr Andrew Wealds General News Reprieve for Youth Service funding for Allsorts LGBT Youth Project Brighton and Hove Council’s Policy and Resources Committee voted last night to call a halt to City Council budget proposals to terminate, in March, its Youth Collective contract with six voluntary sector organisations including Allsorts, the LGBT Youth project. Under the Council’s proposals, all You By Besi • 3 min read
General News Mind launches ‘Crisis Care’ Campaign Mind, the mental health charity, launches its Crisis Care Campaign this week and is calling for local services to deliver on their promise to improve the support for people who are suicidal, self-harming or have psychotic illnesses. By Besi • 3 min read
Nancy Platts MP News Apprenticeship numbers in South-East fall New figures show the number of people starting apprenticeships in the South-East has fallen by 8,750 under the present Government. This comes alongside new fears that the quality of apprenticeships is being undermined, with a government report finding that 21 per cent of apprentices are receiving no By Besi • 3 min read
General News Putting Salt in the Pepperpot! Residents in Queen’s Park and Hanover have been preparing for winter in their own unique way – by adding salt to the Pepperpot! The Queen’s Park Local Action Team and their counterparts in Hanover have been working with Brighton and Hove City Council to provide equipment to spread salt, clear snow a By Besi • 2 min read
General News Volunteers needed for new Hove community action team Residents in Goldsmid, Hove, have been invited to help develop a community action team for the area. Local ward councillor Ruth Buckley, along with local PCSOs and the deputy chair of the Goldsmid Action Team, are calling for local residents interested in community issues to help shape and run the g By Besi • 1 min read
General News Hundreds of local patients turned to A&E because they couldn’t see a GP An official NHS England survey has found that local hospitals are struggling under record pressure as thousands of patients in Brighton and Hove go to A&E after they failed to get an appointment with their family doctor the last time they tried. By Besi • 2 min read
Simon Kirby MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven News Kemptown MP calls for clean election campaign Following the opening shots of the 2015 parliamentary election campaign fired by national politicians, Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, calls for a clean election campaign. By Sarah Green • 2 min read
Simon Kirby MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven General News Planning officers to recommend Meadow Vale planning application be refused Brighton and Hove City Council planning officers are to recommend the controversial Meadow Vale Planning Application be refused. The application is due to be considered by the Planning Committee of Brighton and Hove City Council on January 28. By Sarah Green • 2 min read
News Simon Kirby MP signs Holocaust Educational Trust Book of Commitment Tuesday January 27 is Holocaust Memorial Day and will mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, the site of the largest mass murder in history. By Sarah Green • 1 min read
