The Level's much loved playground is being completely rebuilt with a new £300,000 inclusive adventure playground. Work starts the week of 7 September and will take around 10 weeks, with the rest of the park staying open throughout.

A second recycled multi-use games area is being installed at Knoll Park in Hove, reusing surfacing and fencing from the Moulsecoomb Hub for around £47,000. Together with Hangleton Park, the recycling projects save the council close to £200,000.

Brighton and Hove City Council has begun restoring 300 metres of Hove's historic cast iron seafront railings, revealing the original Victorian Martlet emblems, following the recent volunteer restoration of the cucumber benches.

Brighton-born circular economy expert Professor David Greenfield has been appointed chair of the Brighton and Hove Business Growth Board, a role that now carries the city's business voice into the new Sussex-wide Strategic Authority.

The Colonnade public toilets on Brighton seafront have reopened for the summer after structural work, though the Changing Places facility stays closed until winter and a wider refurbishment is being planned.

Brighton & Hove City Council is helping recruit a community trustee for Gorham's Gift, the legacy charity that has protected the rural character of Telscombe Village since 1933.

Brickfields, a new council-owned supported living scheme on the former Knoll House site in Hove, is complete and ready to welcome its first residents from mid-October. It offers 28 accessible apartments with 24-hour care for people with physical disabilities and acquired brain injuries.

Brighton & Hove City Council has secured £155,000 from government to back the Sussex Six campaign, encouraging local shops and restaurants to stock more Sussex food and drink. Here's how the pledge works and what it means for the city.

The Sussex & Brighton Strategic Authority has secured £564,000 from government to study how buses across the region could be improved, including the option of franchising. Here's what the money pays for and what happens next.

Brighton & Hove's summer Park & Ride is still running on five dates this August, including the bank holiday weekend. Park at Falmer, ride the 25 into the city for £6.50 a car. Here are the dates and how it works.

Councillors have agreed to consolidate Hove Park School onto its Nevill Campus from September 2028, closing the Valley Campus. The move responds to falling pupil numbers and promises improved SEND facilities.

Stanmer Park has retained its Green Flag Award and Green Heritage Site Accreditation, as volunteers and Cityparks staff gathered to raise the flag over the city's largest park.

Brighton & Hove has opened its City Plan Scoping Consultation, running 14 July to 7 September. Residents, businesses and community groups are invited to help shape housing, green space and development across the city for the next 15 years.

The council has invested more than £44m in council homes and started work on 528 affordable homes, but temporary accommodation pressures keep rising. Here's what the two-year review of the Housing Strategy shows.

Brighton and Hove City Council has set out a three-year plan to expand specialist support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities, with new support bases, more help in mainstream schools and a refocused approach to alternative provision.

Brighton and Hove City Council has ruled out a costly rebuild of New England House and will instead open more than 30,000 square feet of workspace at Phoenix House and Lyndean House for creative businesses, while beginning the long-term regeneration of the site.

Brighton and Hove City Council is investing a further £1.3 million to improve bin collection reliability and reduce missed bins, while continuing to explore a possible future move from weekly to fortnightly rubbish collections. No decision has yet been made.

Work is under way on 222 new council homes for rent and a community hub in Moulsecoomb, with a GP surgery, library, youth centre, café, skate park and 3G pitches. Shaped by residents, it is one of the city's biggest council housing projects in years.

Brighton and Hove City Council is expanding its selective licensing scheme to the Regency and Central Hove wards from October 2026, meaning up to 7,274 more private rented homes will need a licence. Landlords who fail to comply face fines and enforcement.

A new Brighton social run club is swapping the desk for a gentle 5k that ends at the pub, on a mission to build community and find the city's best pint of Guinness.