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Brighton Journal’s News section covers the latest developments across Brighton & Hove, from council decisions and transport updates to housing, community issues and major local stories shaping the city.

Solar panels have been installed on more than 1,400 council homes across the city in a 3-year project completed this summer. It brings the total number of council homes in the city now with solar panels to more than 1,400. Residents are feeling the benefits, with potential savings of up to...
The popular Brighton Wheel looks set to return to the city next year. The much‑loved attraction, which was dismantled in 2016, could be back in action by next summer. At a Cabinet meeting on 17 September, councillors from Brighton & Hove City Council will decide whether to award the family-run...
More than half (51%) of self-employed home carers in Brighton and Hove have suffered a serious workplace injury, according to new research which highlights the physical demands of caring alongside ongoing uncertainty around insurance and legal liability. A survey of self-employed carers working in family homes across Brighton and Hove...
Southern Rail and Network Rail have issued the following press release: The railway between Lewes and Haywards Heath will remain closed for at least another 10 days while teams recover the derailed train and begin repairs to the railway. Customers travelling next week, and in the weeks ahead, are advised to...
Two demonstrations are expected in Brighton on Saturday 22 August. White Vanguard, a far-right group, says it will gather at Palace Pier at 1pm and march to Brighton town hall. Stand Up To Racism has called a counter-demonstration from 11.30am, describing the planned march as fascist and saying the city...
A Southern Rail service carrying around 150 passengers derailed near Lewes on Thursday evening, leaving 18 people needing hospital treatment and two seriously injured. The train came off the track and ended up on its side. Three air ambulances attended alongside dozens of emergency vehicles, and a major incident was...
Provisional A-level results suggest that Brighton & Hove’s A-level students have outperformed the national average again this year. The city’s A-level results have been on or above the national average for the last 13 years, with 98.3% of A-level students in Brighton & Hove achieving grades A* to E in...
Brighton & Hove Albion have finished top of the Built Different Index, a study of all 92 clubs in the Premier League and EFL, with a weighted score of 1,894 points — 79 clear of Swansea City. Liverpool and Manchester United finished outside the top ten. By Nick Staunton. Before...
UPDATED-AUGUST 2026 Magic mushrooms are better known for producing hallucinations and altering people's sense of reality than for treating brain diseases. Most people associate them with tripping, rather than Alzheimer's disease. But a report on an individual patient has prompted scientists to ask whether psilocybin, the psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms,...
R-Bar will close permanently on Sunday 20 September after 21 years on Marine Parade, the venue announced on Tuesday. The seafront bar is owned by Revenge Brighton and operates as the sister venue to Club Revenge, functioning as both a daytime spot and the standard pre-club stop before a night...