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The charity behind the Burning the Clocks event, Same Sky, have revealed that over £19,000 was raised for the annual winter solstice parade - exceeding any amount ever in the event's history. The brilliant volunteers leading the bucket collections on the night of Burning the Clocks raised £5,412.67 and...
Brighton and Hove has the lowest take up rates for cervical screening in the south east. Screening rates fall to a 20 year low across the UK. Every day 9 women in the UK are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 3 women will lose their lives to the disease. Cervical...
The legendary pop icon Britney Spears is set to headline at the Brighton Pride Festival 2018. This will be the singer's first UK gig for many years, since she has been in Las Vegas for the last four. It will mark the beginning of her 'piece of me' tour...
Brighton and Hove’s main hospital is admitting about half a dozen flu patients a day. A message was sent to staff at the Royal Sussex County Hospital this week. It read: “Our staff will be seeing many more patients who are carrying the flu without developing symptoms.” The admissions figures were...
A digital fundraising campaign to find money for the specialist treatment could save a little girl’s leg from being amputated. The campaign has managed to raise 70% of it's target so far. Six-year-old Kyra Warrell faces a £58,000 fee for treatment in Israel next month – supporters have so far...
If you're feelings stressed and overwhelmed by the pressures of modern life and the new year, this could be something for you. This session acts as an introduction to Transcendental Meditation, in which the processes and benefits of this particular style of meditation will be explained. There will then...
Galvanise Brighton & Hove is a community-led campaign with local people working together to end street homelessness. The campaign sits alongside the vision of the City’s Rough Sleepers Strategy which aims to make sure that no-one has the need to sleep rough in Brighton & Hove by 2020. Galvanise BH is...
An ex-sports coach has been sent for trial accused of sexually assaulting young boys in Brighton and West Sussex between 24 and 38 years ago. Michael James Green, 74, of no fixed address, appeared in custody at Lewes Crown Court on Friday (12 January), charged with 17 indecent assaults between...
Police are investigating an incident in Whiterock Place, Brighton, in which a vulnerable elderly woman allowed a man claiming to be a gas meter reader into her flat, only to later find that he had stolen thousands of pounds cash which she kept in her bedroom. It happened at around...
In March 2017 the law was altered so that motorists found using their mobile while driving would receive six points on their licence and a £200 fine. Anyone caught using their phone twice behind the wheel receives 12 points, will be disqualified from driving and will be fined for up...