Brighton and Hove City Council's Cabinet approved a £1.6m rise in the Royal Pavilion Garden restoration budget on 15 October, taking it to £8.038m. Work is due to start on 9 November 2026.

Brighton and Hove City Council's Cabinet approved a new advertising policy on 15 October that bans gambling and fossil fuel production adverts on council sites. It will also join the Coalition to End Gambling Ads.

Brighton and Hove City Council will start removing around 200 elm trees in Withdean Park on Monday 19 October after outbreaks of elm disease, with the work expected to take around three weeks.

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.

East Sussex County Council has started a judicial review over the plan to move Peacehaven, Telscombe Cliffs and East Saltdean into Brighton and Hove, Brighton and Hove News reports. The government paused the plan on 7 September.

A free app and website called Where To Wee lists 117 public toilets in Brighton and shows opening hours, accessibility and baby changing details. Here is what it says it does and what we could not confirm.

Brighton & Hove is switching over 500 EV chargepoints from Blink to Char.gy and Believ from 15 October, with cheaper charging rates and hundreds more chargepoints on the way

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.

Brighton and Hove City Council is holding two drop-in sessions on the future of the Floral Clock at Palmeira Square, on Tuesday 6 October at the Cornerstone Community Centre and Thursday 8 October in the square. The survey on three replacement options closes on 14 October 2026.

The Jeanne Saunders Centre, a specialist SEND nursery in Hove, has been graded Exceptional in all six areas by Ofsted, following four Outstanding inspections between 2006 and 2020. Here is what the report found, what the grade means and how the nursery moved from Penny Gobby House to Connaught Road.

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.

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 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.

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.