Work on the King's Road arches between the Bandstand and The Seahorse is due to start within weeks, backed by more than £22 million from the DfT, with the paddling pool, playground and public toilets closing during the work.

Indian Summer on East Street is serving a £35 per person October Feast with a welcome drink, a six-part starter and an 11-part thali for two or more, to mark 25 years in Brighton.

Green candidate Mark Strong won the Queen's Park by-election with 1,139 votes, 337 ahead of Labour's Steve Gladwin, lifting the Green group to 12 seats on Brighton and Hove City Council.

Brighton reggae duo The Tribulizations, Frankie Dread and Tara Gold, are crowdfunding their new album Togetherness with a £22,000 target, with money raised beyond it going to Brighton Antifascists and Sussex Homeless Support.

Ball Park at Brighton Marina is Sussex's first football tech arena, with 11 professional-standard football activities, a free-to-enter sports bar, a sensory room and a private karaoke room. Prices, parties, memberships, opening hours and 10% off for ImJustBrighton readers, all in one guide.

Vienna-based producer Renato Regato, electro-crooner Louie Austen and guitarist Ray Scooter have released a three-track single recorded in Brighton, channelling Mod culture, Vespa scooters and the spirit of Quadrophenia across three distinct mixes.

SWL Male Grooming has arrived in Brighton. Award-winning professional male waxing, trimming, massage and skin care with male therapists in private rooms at Brighton Therapy Rooms, near Brighton Station. LGBTQ+ owned and friendly.

An ImJustBrighton exclusive investigation into the sudden closure of Little Jack Fuller's fish and chip shop in Kemptown — two managers fired by forwarded WhatsApp message, a family estate dispute, and £10,529.88 in statutory pay that remains unpaid.

More than 50 first-year Paramedic Science students at the University of Brighton have completed a pioneering three-day Samaritans placement, building skills in listening, managing suicidal conversations and protecting their own wellbeing before they begin work on the frontline.

Around 50 adult learners in Brighton are being fast-tracked into professional counselling careers through a new partnership between the University of Brighton and Varndean College, with students now taught at the Moulsecoomb campus from September 2026.

Brighton and Hove City Council has been awarded the Sutton Trust Fair School Admissions Gold Award for the second consecutive year, recognising reforms including open admissions and free school meals priority that saw 83.5% of families get their first choice secondary school in 2026.

Book your appointment slot at Councillor Bella Sankey's leader's surgery in West Hill and North Laine ward at Jubilee Library on Tuesday 6 October, 1pm to 3pm.

No.64 has opened at 64 Dyke Road in Brighton's Seven Dials, a curated jewellery, gift and homeware store founded by Amy and Hannah, stocking six local makers chosen for craft, character and story over labels.

Councillor Bella Sankey has written to the East Sussex Pension Committee demanding immediate divestment from companies on the UN list operating in illegal West Bank settlements, following the UK government's sanctions announcement on 8 September 2026.

A £6.4 million government grant will help Brighton and Hove City Council break the cycle of crisis-led spending on adult social care and homelessness, funding prevention, early intervention and digital improvements across both services over two years to 2027/28.

Councillor Bella Sankey has written to the Home Office with eight specific demands after a Brighton hotel housing asylum-seeking women and families was announced for closure, with residents facing dispersal within weeks.

Brighton and Hove City Council has launched a consultation on the future of the Floral Clock at Palmeira Square. Residents can vote on three options until 14 October 2026.

Brighton and Hove City Council has submitted a £41 million bid to the Department for Transport to repair and strengthen 38 more Victorian seafront arches beneath King's Road, focusing on the arches east of Shelter Hall. Cabinet met on 3 September to approve the council's £4 million contribution. A decision from the DfT is expected in autumn 2026.

Brighton and Hove City Council voted on 17 September 2026 to close Wellington House Day Centre, the last council-run day service for adults with learning disabilities in the city. Dozens of protesters gathered outside Hove Town Hall before the vote. The 21 current service users will be moved to external providers once individual transition plans are in place.

Brighton and Hove City Council wants your views on the next stretch of the A259 Active Travel Scheme between Fourth Avenue and West Street. The plans replace the wand-separated cycle lane with one two-way lane, add around 70 parking spaces and reinstate a westbound traffic lane in places. The survey closes at midnight on 25 October 2026.