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Komedia Announces New Comedy Award in Association with Comic Boom comedy club and Victoria Nangle introduces an Audience Choice Award for the first time Komedia is pleased to announce that the Komedia New Comedy Award, in association with award-winning Comic Boom comedy club and arts journalist Victoria Nangle, will include...
Eight of the city’s most impactful charities are once again joining forces in a powerful citywide campaign helping people facing homelessness in Brighton & Hove. Running since 2016, Make Change Count provides much-needed funds to local charities who support and prevent homelessness and offer people the safety, support, and stability...
Brighton, September 3, 2026 — Brighton’s grassroots music scene has received a significant boost with The Pipeline secured through a community ownership initiative designed to protect independent music venues for the long term. The venue has become the latest grassroots music venue to be protected through Music Venue Properties (MVP),...
Businesses in Newhaven town centre have benefited from nearly £100,000 of investment for shopfront makeovers since the launch of Newhaven Enterprise Zone’s (NEZ) Town Centre Revitalisation Fund. Grants have been awarded to 17 town centre businesses to help them transform the outside of their shops with new signage, lighting and...
1 September 2026 Brighton & Hove's housing shortage is once again at the centre of a planning debate, as proposals for new homes in Hove raise the familiar question facing the city: how many new homes can Brighton build without making its housing crisis even more difficult for local people? The...
Updated Passenger will play an open air show at Hove Park This Weekend-  Sunday 6th September, with The Staves, John Smith, Ber and Worthing's Chris Simmons supporting. For Mike Rosenberg it is a short walk from where he started. He built his audience busking on Brighton's streets before "Let Her Go"...
31 August 2026-Brighton Newsdesk-Nick Stauntob Brighton & Hove Albion were left to rue a disastrous opening half-hour on Sunday as Chelsea survived a remarkable second-half fightback to win 4–3 at Stamford Bridge. Fabian Hürzeler’s side ultimately showed plenty of character, but a frantic opening in which Chelsea raced into a three-goal...
Fifty-three years ago, convicted criminal Jan-Erik Olsson walked into a bank on Norrmalmstorg, a square in central Stockholm, pulled a submachine gun from under his jacket and fired at the ceiling. Concrete and glass rained down. “The party has just begun!” he shouted in a fake American accent, before...
BRIGHTON & HOVE — The August Bank Holiday is here, and with four days stretching from Friday 28 August to Monday 31 August, there is plenty happening across Brighton for locals looking to make the most of the final big summer weekend. Whether your idea of a perfect bank holiday...
Owners of creative, cultural, and digital businesses and organisations are being offered an exciting opportunity to occupy city centre workspace, as part of a new council initiative. Thousands of square feet of workspace at Phoenix House, in West Street, and Lyndean House, in Queens Road, is being offered to established local businesses,...