Brighton and Hove News

A new petition is urging Brighton and Hove City Council to drop Hove and change the city’s name to just Brighton. The petition was started b...

Councillors have rejected plans to put a mobile phone mast on the roof of a landmark seafront building. Brighton and Hove City Council’s Pla...

Eight new homes were approved on a garage site after the developer and community came up with a better plan. Brighton and Hove City Council’...

BETH HART + WILLE AND THE BANDITS – BRIGHTON DOME 30.11.24 Beth Hart arrives at Brighton Dome as part of her very extensive world tour promo...

Temporary housing is costing much more than expected this year as more people turn for help to Brighton and Hove City Council. And a drop in...

A three day long weather warning has been issued, with wind and rain forecast to bring a weekend washout. Although the Met Office hasn’t yet...

The smash hit musical 101 Dalmatians is coming to Theatre Royal Brighton in a reimagining of the 2022 Regent’s Park production, with stage a...

A remarkable and resilient young woman told me her story when I was a city councillor. She had moved more than 100 miles to Brighton with he...

Along with the Sex Pistols, Clash and The Damned, The Boys were part of the first wave of the mid-1970’s UK punk explosion. Armed with an ar...

TOTO have announced that they will be staging four appearances in the UK this coming February, alongside performing in an additional ten cou...

We’ve all seen the shameful stats – 1 in 4 women in the UK aged 16 or more experience domestic violence, among them young, lone women who he...

Iconic pop sensation and Grammy nominee Adam Ant has rescheduled his highly anticipated ‘Antmusic Tour’, now set to take place across the UK...

Hundreds of people are calling on governors to extend a consultation on a proposal for two schools to become academies. The schools – West H...

A coffee shop has been granted a drinks licence after the owner convinced a panel of councillors that the business would not add to crime an...

ECHOBELLY + BLUE VIOLET – CONCORDE 2, BRIGHTON 1.12.24 I can’t quite believe that 30 years have passed since Echobelly released their debut...

Campaigners calling for more equal educational opportunities in Brighton and Hove have welcomed proposals for a public consultation on schoo...

IDLES + WILLIE J. HEALEY – BRIGHTON CENTRE 1.12.24 The date is 25th September 2018, and I’m settling in for a late night viewing of ‘Later…...

Boxer’s nephew Luke Eubank assaulted three officers and spewed a vile torrent of racist and homophobic insults at them, a court was told tod...

After the roaring success of its debut in August 2024, the first wave of acts are announced for Brighton Psych Fest 2025 – ft. Deadletter, G...

The legendary Motown icon Smokey Robinson will perform his first UK show in over 15 years next summer at the ‘Love Supreme Jazz Festival’ in...

Seven people have gone on trial charged with violent disorder after a brawl between people linked to two rival barber shops on opposite side...

A seafront café is at risk of losing its drinks licence after a councillor complained that it was being run like an Ibiza-style night club....

Albion have been drawn away at Norwich City in the third round of the FA Cup the tie to be played over the weekend of the 10th – 12th Januar...

The annual Christmas crackdown on drink and drug drivers has started, Sussex Police said today (Monday 2 December). And there will be a focu...

KATE NASH + CONNIE CONSTANCE – CHALK, BRIGHTON 29.11.24 We returned to the now familiar surroundings of Chalk, Brighton. An expansive venue,...