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Rag 'N' Bone Man (Rory) by Deans Chalkley for Sony Records
Brit Award Winner Rag'n'Bone Man has become the newest patron for Sussex Music Charity AudioActive which supports young people in contemporary music production and performance. The Sussex hip hop & blues musician has already been announced as the winner of the Brit Critics’ Choice Award for 2017, following in...
Unseasonably warm weather is set to hit Brighton and Hove next week. The MET office says a blast of 'Caribbean' air will hit the UK early next week, sending temperatures in Brighton skyrocketing to 13 degrees next Monday. Some places in the UK, including the East of England, could see highs...
Brighton Dome
Over 9,000 people have signed an online petition calling on Brighton Dome to cancel a talk by feminist author Germaine Greer over remarks she has previously made about transgender women. Greer, who published The Female Eunuch in 1970, will be delivering her lecture ‘Women For Life on Earth:...
After nine months of rail misery, passengers on Southern Railway last night (Thursday 16 February) faced a fresh obstacle. At a time when new figures reveal more than a quarter of Southern services were delayed last year, yet more bad news struck. Not strikes, not signal failures, not a technical...
Garden
Dementia sufferers in Brighton can now apply for free cookery and gardening sessions taking place this spring. The project is run by Food Partnership staff with support from trained volunteers , and funded by NHS Brighton & Hove Clinical Commissioning Group. You don't need a referral to take part - those...
Hisbe
Brighton ethical supermarket HiSbe are asking the public for help opening a second store at a former Tesco site in Kemptown. HiSbe, which stands for How it Should be, says it is £20,000 away from the £85,000 it needs to fund the new supermarket and and is appealing to residents...
Fabric
Brighton Music Conference (BMC17) has announced the first panels and speakers for the fourth edition of the electronic music industry event, including an interview with Fabric co-founder Keith Reilly and a Q&A with DJ High Contrast. The interview follows November's re-opening of the legendary London nightclub Fabric, after a campaign...
Three new attractions are just about to be unveiled on Brighton Palace Pier, where an exciting new name sign designed by Lucy Williams, the creator of the Open Market sign, will soon be erected. Among the developments is the return of the much-missed Dolphin derby, which was dismantled in January...
The dusty gym membership card and the cancelled fitness class are long-running jokes. We've all been too busy, too lazy, or too hungover to hit the gym at some point, no matter how hard we try to stay in shape. But the amount of money we spend on gym...
Workers on Southern Railway will stage another strike on 22 February after talks between Southern and the RMT union fell apart. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union will walk out for 24 hours in a move which means a fresh wave of commuting chaos for Southern Railway's 300,000...