The owner of one of Brighton’s most iconic landmarks condemned a second lockdown as ‘catastrophic’ yesterday, as the company reports a 29.4 percent loss in annual revenue.
By Matthew Meehan
Luke Johnson, owner of The Brighton Pier Group, attacked the government’s decision as ‘profoundly disappointing,’ with Boris Johnson seeking to...
Brighton and Hove Greens have called on the Government to ensure businesses forced to close over lockdown receive adequate support, including the provision of further funding to councils to provide grants and loans.
Pointing to the local economy's dependence on the culture, tourism and hospitality industries, Greens said that a failure to...
On behalf of some of Brighton & Hove’s smaller “pocket parks”, Councillor Phélim Mac Cafferty, Leader of Brighton and Hove City Council and Green Party Councillor for Brunswick and Adelaide, will accept a wide range of Hebe Shrubs donated by Plumpton College from the Douglas Chalk National Hebe collection this Sunday.
These...
Most scientists agree that stringent control measures, involving efficient contact tracing, testing and isolation, together with social distancing and mask wearing, are required to limit the spread of SARS-CoV-2. South Korea, Taiwan, China and New Zealand have all successfully used these approaches to suppress the virus.
A few have even...
Green Councillors have announced their support for the Local Government Association's call to ‘keep planning local,’ joining a host of wildlife organisations and the Labour group in resisting proposed changes to planning law.
New plans for house-building and planning being proposed by the Conservative government could see Brighton required to...
Back in March, it was not uncommon to come across sceptics who believed that the risks associated with the coronavirus were being exaggerated. This became more dangerous in the following months with 'pandemic' disinformation media circulating online. As conspiracy theorists become more prominent in all of our lives, we...
Two key new appointments have been made by the Council to sit at the heart of democratic decision making and represent Black and minority ethnic people in Brighton and Hove.
Stephanie Powell, who works in business development, and Dr Anusree Biswas Sasidharan, who works for the Local Government Association, have...
British rivers are under attack. In fact, they have been under attack for a number of years, and from multiple directions. As a result, all English rivers failed to meet quality tests for pollution under the EU’s water framework directive in results published this month. Entire ecosystems are disappearing,...
Dozens of celebrities began a social media account freeze yesterday to protest against the spread of "hate, propaganda and misinformation."
Big names including Jennifer Lawrence, Kim Kardashian West, Leonardo DiCaprio and Katy Perry announced they would not be posting any content on their social media pages for 24 hours.
In a...
Black Lives Matter protests fighting for anti-racism have been occurring worldwide since March, and Brighton & Hove is no exception.
Protests have been taking place to put pressure on elected officials to make the changes suggested by petitions, letters, social media posts, etc.
The Official Brighton Black Lives Matter Group (Brighton...
