Brighton and Hove news

• 'Public transport extensions could form part of a solution in reducing congestion'

  23-04-2025 06:13 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Eight candidates are standing in a by-election in Westbourne and Poets’ Corner for a seat on Brighton and Hove City Council on Thursday 1 May.
  
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• Primary school pupils choose playful names for new food waste trucks

  17-12-2025 16:24 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Twenty names were selected for the trucks, including The Hungry Helper, Peels on Wheels and Bin Appetit.
  
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• Updates as road blocked due to collision involving motorbike and pedestrian

  17-12-2025 15:40 via theargus.co.uk
  
  The A259 Eastbourne is blocked due to a collision
  
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• Updates as road blocked due to collision

  17-12-2025 15:40 via theargus.co.uk
  
  The A259 Eastbourne is blocked due to a collision
  
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• What's happening with massive shipping containers washed up on beaches?

  17-12-2025 15:39 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Metal containers will soon be removed from a beach following a major container spill
  
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• Long-lost shelved BBC documentary to be turned into play

  17-12-2025 13:55 via theargus.co.uk
  
  The BBC’s first banned documentary on male homosexuality inspires new play, “The BBC’s First Homosexual”, touring UK theatres in 2026. LGBTQ+, BBC history.
  
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• Police want to speak to this man after woman stabbed outside Poundland

  17-12-2025 13:35 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Police are searching for a man in connection with a young woman being stabbed outside Poundland, on Terminus Road in Eastbourne, East Sussex
  
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• Katie Price's ex-husband 'strongly denies' raping 13-year-old girl

  17-12-2025 13:27 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Kieran Hayler has appeared in court to deny raping a 13-year-old girl at their former home
  
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• 'Deep concern' after white-tailed eagle born in Sussex goes missing with two others

  17-12-2025 11:45 via theargus.co.uk
  
  The 'suspicious' disappearance of three white-tailed eagles, part of a reintroduction project on the Isle of Wight, is under investigation.
  
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• New postgraduate degree launched at University of Chichester

  17-12-2025 11:41 via theargus.co.uk
  
  The University of Chichester has launched its MSc Occupational Therapy course.
  
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• Abusers have driven women to kill themselves in Brighton and Hove, councillors told

  17-12-2025 10:05 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Domestic abusers are driving women to kill themselves, councillors and health chiefs were told, with six deaths currently under review in Brighton and Hove alone.
  
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• Worthing artist helps organ donor campaign take flight this Christmas

  17-12-2025 06:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Origami artist Joe Russell has inspired and become one of the faces of a new national NHS Christmas social media campaign.
  
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• 'Why is Christmas in our city being censored to appease the woke?'

  17-12-2025 06:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Andy Winter urges Brighton to embrace "Christmas" over "Happy Holidays", criticises national homelessness charities, and calls for support of local groups
  
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• Vigilante resident 'paints over signs' to stop people parking by train station

  17-12-2025 06:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  A vigilante resident “took matters into their own hands” by painting over parking signs in an attempt to stop people from parking on their road
  
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• 'Uproar' as patients at new state-of-the-art hospital unit are not served hot meals

  17-12-2025 06:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  A hospital has been criticised for serving only sandwiches and tinned soup to patients in a recently opened unit
  
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• Tributes paid to last survivor of elite RAF squadron during the Second World War

  17-12-2025 06:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Horsham District Council has paid tribute to a 102-year-old WWII veteran who was believed to be the last survivor of the RAF’s elite Pathfinder squadrons
  
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• Thousands to receive financial support in Lewes next financial year

  17-12-2025 06:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  On December 11, Lewes District Council's cabinet councillors recommended that council tax support for district households on the lowest incomes continue.
  
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• Thousands of cats face Christmas in pens as rescue centres fill up

  17-12-2025 06:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Thousands of cats left behind by life in Sussex and Surrey will spend Christmas in pens and foster homes
  
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• Taylor Swift tribute show Taylormania set to thrill fans this January

  17-12-2025 06:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  A Taylor Swift tribute concert will be coming to Eastbourne's Congress Theatre in January.
  
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• Taskmaster stars and top comics join festive comedy night this winter

  17-12-2025 06:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Comedians are set to come to Brighton for a festive show this month.
  
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• Takeaway drops plan for New Year's Eve overnight opening after police revelation

  17-12-2025 06:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  A takeaway in Brighton has dropped its plans to stay open overnight on New Year’s Eve
  
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• Sussex spa that 'can’t be faulted' named among UK's best to visit

  17-12-2025 06:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Travel publisher Condé Nast Traveller (CNT) has revealed its picks for 8 of the best spa breaks for couples in the UK.
  
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• NHS Sussex issues flu advice

  17-12-2025 06:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  NHS Sussex is reminding people across the county that while flu is circulating more widely this winter and can make people feel very unwell, most people who catch flu will recover safely at home with rest and simple care.
  
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• Lewes MP pushes ministers on hospitality crunch

  17-12-2025 06:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Lewes MP James MacCleary has urged ministers to address soaring costs hitting hospitality businesses.
  
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• Lewes council praised for social housing improvements

  17-12-2025 06:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Lewes District Council has been praised for making improvements in social housing, earning a C2 rating from the Regulator of Social Housing.
  
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• Jailed doctor who groped female patients 'to satisfy sexual desires' loses appeal

  17-12-2025 06:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Stephen Cox, who practiced as a family doctor in Ouse Valley, West Sussex, was convicted of multiple indecent assaults on female patients in Berkshire
  
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• Is this overflowing and rat-plagued bin one of the worst in the city?

  17-12-2025 06:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  A broken communal bin keeps overflowing and has not been regularly emptied, with seagulls and rats adding to the mess
  
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• Inspector turns down Fairlight new build

  17-12-2025 06:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Plans for a new build in Fairlight have been turned down at appeal.
  
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• Housing application in town ‘restarted’ after error

  17-12-2025 06:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Planning proposals to build housing on land once set to become a medical centre have been “restarted”, following an application error.
  
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• Famous opera singer's plans to convert Anne of Cleves building into music studio

  17-12-2025 06:00 via theargus.co.uk
  
  Sir John Tomlinson, an opera singer, will convert a storage building at Anne of Cleves House in Lewes, East Sussex, into a music studio and art space
  
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