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.

Six independent brands took over a free pop-up shop on Duke's Lane this July. Inside the Powering Local Businesses run with EDF and Enterprise Nation, the founders behind it, and what it means for Brighton.

Brighton and Hove City Council is backing local charity Pelican Parcels with new pilot funding to help more families access essential items for babies and young children, following a warehouse visit from Council Leader Bella Sankey and Councillor Mitchie Alexander.

Sully's opened at 88 Valley Road in January 2026 and has already become Mile Oak's cake addiction fix and hangover cure. We spoke to Graham and Ami, the couple behind it, about Monsters Inc nicknames, stormtrooper mishaps, cookie pies and why nobody should have a life without good cake.

Brighton and Hove City Council has been awarded Council of Sanctuary status, recognising its commitment to welcoming refugees and people seeking sanctuary. Councillor Mitchie Alexander received the award at a Refugee Day ceremony at Jubilee Library on 20 June.

Brighton and Hove City Council has published its seafront investment prospectus, setting out plans to transform 13 kilometres of coastline including a potential landmark art gallery at Black Rock, a revamped Brighton Centre and 1,000 new homes at the Marina.

Born in a Brighton slum in 1826, Thomas Sayers became the first heavyweight boxing champion of the world. On his 200th birthday in May 2026, a councillor cleaned his plaque. This is his story.

Carers Week 2026 runs from 8 to 14 June. Brighton and Hove has at least 21,000 unpaid carers. Here are the local events, support services and how to get help if you are a carer in the city.

Almost 100 girls from eight Brighton primary schools took part in a rugby festival at Hove Rec in May 2026, part of the council's Sport Lifts Her Higher campaign to make Brighton the UK capital for women and girls in sport.