ImJustBrighton is gay-owned. Here is our guide to every Brighton bar closing this year, why each one went, what people said, and which LGBTQ+ venues are still open.

Connie's Pizza, the London pizzeria known for thin, crispy pizza, opens its first site outside London at 44-47 Gardner Street in Brighton's North Laine on Friday 9 October.

Sussex Police says a 58-year-old Brighton man has been charged with failing to comply with a Terrorist Notification Order and was remanded in custody after appearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court.

Sussex Police wants to identify a person after a Preston Street burglary in Brighton, where stolen bank cards were later used fraudulently at shops in Western Road, Hove.

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.

A report in The Sun says Jennifer Lopez is in talks to headline Brighton Pride next summer. It rests on one unnamed source, and nothing has been confirmed.

Who is Heidi Bachram? A look at the Brighton-based writer and campaigner on antisemitism and extremism, her words on the 7 October memorial in Brighton, and what we have not yet verified.

East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service was called at 6.52pm on 8 October to a residential building fire in York Place, Brighton. Six fire engines attended, and the service said the fire was out by 7.45pm with everyone evacuated and accounted for.

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

A burst water main has disrupted Western Road for a fourth day, leaving businesses between Holland Road and Montpelier Road hit by repeated water cutoffs and furious at the disruption.

A coroner has ruled that sisters Jane Adetoro, Christina Walters and Rebecca Walters took their own lives after their bodies were found in the sea off Brighton in May 2026.

Mark Grindon, of Mannings Heath near Horsham, has been jailed for five years and four months after being found guilty of multiple breaches of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and making indecent images of children at Hove Crown Court.

Two 19-year-old men have been charged with sexual offences, including rape and human trafficking, after two girls were sexually assaulted in a car park in Parkside, Crawley.

Three people have been charged after a firearm was discharged into a pub on Montgomery Street, Hove. Carlos Cassidy and Memis Kalmis have been remanded in custody, with a third person, Sade Ward, released on bail.

Sussex Police has concluded its investigation into the deaths of sisters Jane Adetoro, Christina Walters and Rebecca Walters, found in the sea off Brighton beach in May, confirming no evidence of criminality. The full inquest resumes today, 8 October.

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.

Seven live sessions with Jeremy Corbyn, Jeremy Hunt, Jung Chang and Sam Freedman at The Old Market in Hove on Sunday 11 October 2026. Organiser Marc explains how a school speaker evening grew into the Brighton & Hove Speakers Festival.

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.