Health Help MindOut raise £25,000 In April a team of 34 runners from MindOut will be running the Brighton Marathon to support the work and services MindOut currently offer to the LGBT community in Brighton & Hove and beyond. MindOut is a mental health project run by and for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and transgender people based in By Besi • 1 min read
General News Tories back historic ‘Speed Trials’ Tories on Brighton & Hove City Council call on Labour to back their campaign to save the historic Brighton National Speed Trials which are under threat from the Green Administration. At next Thursday’s (January 23) Economic Development & Culture Committee meeting, Conservative Group Spokesperson, Va By Sarah Green • 1 min read
General News Hove MP Weatherley says: ‘Conservatives Will Reverse Green Speed Trial Ban’ The Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade Mike Weatherley is backing local Conservatives in reversing a Green ban on the historic Speed Trials on Madeira Drive should the council agree it later this month. A meeting to discuss the future of the Speed Trials is to be held on Thursday, January 23. In By Mitchell Orriss • 1 min read
General News Brighton Half Marathon Youth Races sell out Organisers of the Brighton Half Marathon have confirmed that their Youth Races have sold out. Youth runners will compete over a one mile distance on Brighton Half Marathon race day, Sunday February 16, 2014. All 500 places have been snapped up by entrants of all levels and all abilities aged from 7 By Besi • 3 min read
Features & Longread Why it’s important when footballers come out Chris Basiurski, Chair of the Gay Football Supporters Network (GFSN) comments on the importance of professional footballers ‘coming out’. For years I’ve been consistently asked the same question – “When is a Premier League player going to come out”. The answer of course is difficult to predict and t By Contributor • 4 min read
LGBTQ+ News German international footballer comes out The former German international footballer star, Thomas Hitzlsperger has become the most high-profile professional footballer to come out. Hitzlsperger the former Aston Villa, West Ham and Everton premier league player also played for Lazio in Italy and represented Germany 52 times. He played in a W By Besi • 2 min read
Health Brighton Half Marathon unveils Charity Ambassadors for 2014 Danny Dwyer, a 38 year old legal agent from Brighton is to be an Ambassador representing the Sussex Beacon at the Brighton Half Marathon on February 16, 2014. Danny is a long standing supporter of The Sussex Beacon and has been a volunteer fundraiser with the charity for three years. He will be runn By Besi • 1 min read
Community News Marathon runners wanted by local charity The Fed Centre for Independent Living, Brighton and Hove’s charity supporting disabled people, needs five runners to take part in the 2014 Brighton Marathon. The Brighton Marathon takes place on April 6, 2014. The deadline has passed for standard entries but there is still time to enter as a charit By Besi • 1 min read
Mike Weatherley looks happy after winning Hove for the Conservatives Photograph taken by Simon Dack 6 / 7 May 2010 General News Hove MP Weatherley calls for 1,000 signatures before Christmas Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, is delighted with the response to his petition for a new 50m pool in Hove but is calling for yet more signatures. Weatherley’s petition, supported by the famous Shiverers Swimming Club, the Amateur Swimming Association and Olympic Diver Ch By Olivia Hall-Smith • 1 min read
Film Documentary following gay cyclist Graeme Obree needs further funding Journey Pictures Ltd, need additional funding if a documentary following the gay cyclist Graeme Obree they have been making is to be released. Over 200 hours of material has been filmed for the documentary, which has been two years in the making and follows the twice world record holder and twice w By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Community News ASICS confirmed as official sportswear and training partner for Brighton Half Marathon The True Sports Performance brand ASICS has been unveiled as the Official Sportswear and Training Partner of the Brighton Half Marathon. The Brighton Half Marathon is now in its 24th year and takes place in Brighton on Sunday, February 16, 2014. Public places for the 2014 event sold out in record ti By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Tom Daley confirms he is in a relationship with a guy Olympic bronze medalist Tom Daley confirmed the world’s worst kept secret to his two million followers on You Tube this morning, revealing he is “in a relationship with a man and could not be happier”. While not using the word ‘gay’ he said: “In spring this year my life changed massively when I met By Besi • 1 min read
