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Councillor’s judgement questioned over ‘murdering, raping and looting’ tweet

Councillor’s judgement questioned over ‘murdering, raping and looting’ tweet

Councillor Ben Duncan‘s determination to nail the down the title of ‘Brighton’s most controversial councillor’ reached new heights this weekend with a satirical tweet that many will judge as coming…

Brighton closer to becoming a 20mph city

Brighton closer to becoming a 20mph city

Brighton and Hove could become a 20mph city with almost all residential roads seeing a reduction in the speed limit under a proposal from the Green administration. Councillors are expected…

Care leavers to be given housing priority

Care leavers to be given housing priority

Vulnerable young adults are to be given the top priority when it comes to housing after action was taken by the current council administration to reverse a policy imposed by…

Green councillor to join counter protest against anti-abortion group

Green councillor to join counter protest against anti-abortion group

A Green Party councillor is to join a counter-protest opposed to an anti-abortion group, which is holding a ‘kerb-side vigil’ near to Preston Park in Brighton. Brighton Pro-Choice has organised…

Council defend rise in cost of seafront parking

Council defend rise in cost of seafront parking

Brighton and Hove City Council has defended the increased cost of parking on Brighton’s seafront and insisted it has listened to the concerns of residents and businesses. A vocal campaign…

Consultation to begin on Brighton’s ugliest building

Consultation to begin on Brighton’s ugliest building

Residents around Preston Park are to be given the chance to see proposals for the city’s so-called ugliest building this weekend. Anston House has been left in a derelict state…

Council serves notice on Papa Johns take-away

Council serves notice on Papa Johns take-away

The owner of the Papa Johns outlet on Preston Road in Brighton has been ordered to remove the shop front that was installed without planning permission. The take-away at 13…

Withdean Sports Complex set for £3m improvements

Withdean Sports Complex set for £3m improvements

The Withdean Sports Complex is set to be extensively improved after Brighton and Hove City Council agreed to spend £3m on the sport centre. The council, which owns the complex,…

Strategic director to step down in council restructuring

Brighton and Hove City Council’s Strategic Director for Communities, David Murray is to step down later this year as part of a cost-cutting restructuring by the local authority. Mr Murray…

Residents extremely angry over travellers, says Hove MP

Residents extremely angry over travellers, says Hove MP

Brighton and Hove residents are ‘extremely angry at the Green Party and their lackadaisical policies’, according to Hove MP Mike Weatherley. The MPs comments follow a public meeting he organised…