Brighton & Hove City Council says the ice rink will not open this Christmas, but plans to bring it back in 2027 at the Old Steine. Here is why, and what is on instead.

The government has approved Brighton and Hove City Council's three-year Local SEND Reform Plan. What it covers, the targets, new school places, the money and what it means for families.

Dozens of pro-Israel demonstrators gathered outside the Brighton Centre on 3 October, with a counter-protest nearby, during the Green Party conference. Here is what was reported, how the Zionism is racism vote went, and who said what.

Brighton & Hove City Council's Cabinet meets on 15 October to decide a preferred bidder for a temporary lease of up to five years at the long-empty Black Rock site.

Brighton & Hove City Council is pausing its selective licensing scheme in Regency and Central Hove, due to start on 20 October, after a legal challenge.

Brighton & Hove City Council is inviting residents to complete a survey for its Inequality and Life Chances Review. The council says it is open until midnight on Friday 13 November.

Brighton & Hove City Council is urging LGBTQ+ veterans to apply to the Ministry of Defence Financial Recognition Scheme before it closes at 23:59 on Saturday 12 December 2026. Payments are £50,000 or £1,000 to £20,000.

Brighton & Hove City Council will issue Initial Demolition Notices this month to secure tenants of its eight large panel system buildings in Whitehawk, Hollingdean and Kemp Town. The council says it does not mean demolition is imminent.

Alexia Walker, women's head coach at Sussex and one of the ECB's 53 women changing the game, is backing the council's campaign to get more women and girls playing sport. Her story, the local figures behind it and how to get into cricket in Brighton and Hove.

A 72-year-old Brighton resident with osteoporosis is the first face of the council and Active Sussex's two-month We Are Undefeatable campaign. His story, plus where to find local classes, support groups and referral help.

Cabinet approved a Red Route on Western Road on 17 September, but 14 councillors have called the decision in and a scrutiny committee examines it on Tuesday 6 October. Here is what the council's own report says, how the Red Route would work and what 1,032 consultation responses found.

Work on the A259 Hove to Portslade Active Travel Scheme is due to begin in the coming weeks, starting between Fourth Avenue and Hove Street. Here is what is being built, how the road changes, what to expect during construction, what the 910 consultation responses said and what comes next.Work on the A259 Hove to Portslade Active Travel Scheme is due to begin in the coming weeks, starting between Fourth Avenue and Hove Street. Here is what is being built, how the road changes, what to expect during construction, what the 910 consultation responses said and what comes next.

The £1 Whitehawk Link bus fare has been extended to 31 March 2027, with almost 16,000 journeys made since July. Here is how the fare works, what the council's research found and where the Pride in Place programme and its £20 million stand in Whitehawk.

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.

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.

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.