Brighton Journal spoke to Carole Mortimer, a Green Party Volunteer who launched the petition in a bid to make all Brighton events plastic free by 2020.
A petition has been launched calling upon Brighton and Hove City Council and organisers to commit to becoming plastic-free at citywide events.
Brighton & Hove Green...
An increase of police appearances at The Level in Brighton has transformed the area for many people using the skatepark.
With recent issues surrounding drugs, anti-social behaviour, and threats of violence, one skater claimed the police stationed in the area has made it a much safer place.
One regular skatepark user...
A local ambulance service has failed to improve from its status of requiring "special measures" despite changes in care taking place since their last inspections.
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust was visited by inspectors between July and September. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have released a statement...
Brighton and Hove's Housing and New Homes committee will decide the fate of the construction of 57 new council homes.
If the proposal is approved in the meeting next week, the work will go ahead to build 45 homes on the site in Victoria Road, Portslade, and 12 more to replace...
A campaign appeal has been launched today by Age UK to tackle the staggering new governmental research suggesting 2.65 million older people have no one for help and support.
The appeal, entitled 'No one should have no one to turn to', has previewed their film to illustrate some of the issues people...
A CCTV operator for Brighton and Hove City Council has been found guilty of possession of indecent images of children after a Sussex Police investigation.
Anthony East, 68, of Balcombe Road, Peacehaven, was sentenced to 16 months in prison last Thursday (1 November) in Hove Crown Court.
East, who was given...
CCTV footage released by Sussex Police of the father thought to have abducted his own daughter, before taking her to her home.
Yesterday afternoon, a city wide alert was put after a member of the public reported to have seen a child being abducted by Churchill Square shopping centre. However,...
Last Friday, a man was charged with the assault of a Brighton woman, after he pleaded guilty to his crimes at Hove Crown Court.
Marcus Antoniou pleaded guilty to threats to kill and common assault on the victim, a 19-year-old woman on September 4th 2018. It is reported that at...
The UK's largest bonfire festival has been plunged into a fresh blackface row after a photograph in a shop window showed a child "blacked-up" for a costume contest before a parade through the East Sussex town.Â
The boy had been dressed up by his mother who is a member of...
Brighton and Hove has been rated in the top ten as one of the UK's healthiest high streets judged by the nature of the shops on offer.
The research was conducted by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) in which Brighton and Hove were placed at seventh in the...
