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.

Lucky Voice Brighton at 8 Black Lion Street has closed after the chain entered administration. Three venues closed, three were sold to Moyagi Group, and bookings, deposits and vouchers are being honoured in London.

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.

Around 50 adult learners in Brighton are being fast-tracked into professional counselling careers through a new partnership between the University of Brighton and Varndean College, with students now taught at the Moulsecoomb campus from September 2026.

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.

No.64 has opened at 64 Dyke Road in Brighton's Seven Dials, a curated jewellery, gift and homeware store founded by Amy and Hannah, stocking six local makers chosen for craft, character and story over labels.

Councillor Bella Sankey has written to the East Sussex Pension Committee demanding immediate divestment from companies on the UN list operating in illegal West Bank settlements, following the UK government's sanctions announcement on 8 September 2026.

A £6.4 million government grant will help Brighton and Hove City Council break the cycle of crisis-led spending on adult social care and homelessness, funding prevention, early intervention and digital improvements across both services over two years to 2027/28.

Councillor Bella Sankey has written to the Home Office with eight specific demands after a Brighton hotel housing asylum-seeking women and families was announced for closure, with residents facing dispersal within weeks.

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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.

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.

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.

Thousands of tonnes of shingle are being pumped ashore at Hove to widen the beach by around 25 metres, as part of the long-term scheme protecting Brighton & Hove's coast from flooding and erosion.

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.