Sussex Police are investigating a report that a teenage girl was sexually touched over clothing on Brighton beach near the bottom of West Street.

Frustrated she couldn't find out which pubs had deals on a Tuesday night, Brighton's Olivia Gray built OffersOn, a real-time platform showing live local offers near you. It's free for consumers and puts businesses fully in control of their own deals.

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.

DJ Dom Whiting brings his legendary Drum & Bass On The Bike street party back to Brighton on Sunday 30th August, setting off at 14:00 from The Level. Free, open to all, and rolling right through the city.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a 17-year-old boy was stabbed between Kingsway and Western Road in Brighton on 15 August.

Patrick Kargbo, 23, has been jailed for seven and a half years after running the ‘Ash’ drugs line in Brighton and sending over 950 bulk messages.

Brighton Dome has revealed its autumn 2026 season, over 100 shows from September to December across theatre, dance, classical, comedy, music, family and Christmas. Browse the full colour-coded calendar and plan your autumn.

Western Road closes to traffic in phases for around 45 days from Monday 28 September 2026 for a full rebuild. Here are the dates, the exact stretch, every affected bus route and the Red Route that follows.

Brighton Cocktail Festival is back from 18 to 27 September 2026 as England's biggest cocktail event, with over 50 bars, 150+ cocktails at £6, a new festival app and early-bird tickets at £15.

Passenger returns to the city where he started busking for a 2026 hometown exclusive at Hove Park on Sunday 6 September, with special guests The Staves, John Smith, Ber and Chris Simmons. Tickets on sale now.

Trains between Haywards Heath and Lewes will run again from 1 September, more than two weeks after a derailment closed the line and forced a major crane recovery operation. RAIB is investigating.

The Met Office is warning of heavy, potentially thundery showers across Brighton and Hove today, with surface water flooding a risk after weeks of dry weather.

Provisional GCSE results for Brighton and Hove show 69% of students achieving combined English and Maths at grades 4 and above, up from 67% last year, as results nationally stay broadly static.

Councillor Caroline Baxter says this summer's heatwave underlines the case for Solar Across Sussex, as the Greater Brighton Economic Board works to identify sites for future solar farms and hit net zero energy by 2040.

Brighton and Hove City Council is consulting on new camera enforcement at five junctions where drivers regularly ignore existing restrictions, alongside a School Streets camera pilot starting in September.

Brighton and Hove City Council is consulting on an updated Local Flood Risk Management Strategy, with more than 46,000 residents living in areas at risk of surface water flooding. The consultation closes 30 September.

Western Road faces 45 days of major reconstruction from 28 September, with a Red Route to follow if Cabinet approves it in September. Traders have handed in two petitions against the parking crackdown, totalling thousands of signatures, and a community campaign is now threatening a High Court challenge.

A three-year programme has fitted solar panels to more than 1,400 council homes across the city, with residents saving up to £300 a year on bills. A Moulsecoomb community hall has also benefited.

The much-loved Brighton Wheel, taken down in 2016, could turn again on Madeira Drive by summer 2027. Councillors decide on a 25-year lease for the operators next month.

From the debut Beyond Boundaries festival at Stanmer Park to Comic Con at the Dome, ten days of cocktails, seafront club nights, cookery classes and everything in between. Here is your day-by-day guide to September in Brighton and Hove.