Brighton and Hove Albion Women reached the Women's FA Cup final for the first time in the club's history last weekend, playing in front of 43,917 fans at Wembley. The council leader says the impact on girls across the city will last a generation.

Brighton has 340 pubs and eleven per square mile. This is the local's guide to the best pubs in Brighton and Hove in 2026, from BRAVO award winners to hidden neighbourhood gems and the city's oldest boozer.

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.

Every Sunday morning in the heart of Brighton's Lanes, Pathways of Being runs a three-hour breathwork, soundbath and ice bath reset. Here is everything you need to know.

Brighton and Hove City Council is reintroducing a patrol boat to the seafront before the end of June 2026, working alongside the RNLI as part of wider summer safety measures.

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.

Brighton Pride 2026 takes place on 1 and 2 August for its 35th anniversary, with RAYE and Diana Ross headlining. Here is everything you need to know about the parade, the lineup, tickets and getting there.

Emergency services were called to Brighton seafront at around 6.40am on Wednesday 3 June after a man was spotted in the water near Sea Lanes on Madeira Drive.

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.

Brighton and Hove City Council has launched a new overnight deep cleaning team targeting the city centre, starting at Churchill Square and working up to Montpellier Road.

Brighton and Hove City Council has reduced its median ethnicity pay gap to zero and made significant progress on disability pay equality, according to new workforce data published in May 2026.

Brighton and Hove now has a shared electric cargo bike scheme run by OurBike, launched at three city venues with government funding. Here is everything residents and businesses need to know.

One in four children in Brighton and Hove is living in poverty. The city has the highest homelessness rate in Sussex. A new independent review is recruiting residents with lived experience of poverty to sit on a panel and help shape real solutions. Applications close 19 June 2026.

Brighton captain Lewis Dunk led the celebrations at the Amex after the Seagulls qualified for the UEFA Conference League despite losing 3-0 to Manchester United. He also credited James Milner as the key figure in Brighton's remarkable second half of the season.

Two landmark moments in the £860 million modernisation of Brighton's Royal Sussex County Hospital took place on 22 May 2026. A new emergency helipad was officially opened and the foundation stone was laid for a new £250 million cancer centre serving 1.8 million people.

After 11 years of pop-ups and residencies across Brighton, The Set opens its first permanent home at 9 Preston Road on Wednesday 27 May 2026. Just 12 seats, no phones and a 12 to 15 course tasting menu from chefs Dan Kenny and Marcin Miasik.

Brighton and Hove Albion will play in the UEFA Conference League in 2026/27 after finishing 8th in the Premier League. They lost 3-0 to Manchester United on the final day but results elsewhere sealed their European place. Full story, match report, final table and what comes next.

Brighton are 0-2 down at half time against Manchester United with European football slipping away. United scored in the 33rd and 44th minutes despite Brighton having 54 per cent of the ball.

A candlelit vigil takes place this Sunday 24 May at 8pm at Black Rock Beach in Brighton to honour Jane Adetoro, Christina Walters and Rebecca Walters, the three sisters found in the sea near Madeira Drive on 13 May 2026.

The developer behind the Kingswest building on Brighton seafront, which houses Odeon and Pryzm, has applied to cover its scaffolding with a 12-month advertising shroud featuring panels measuring 20 by 10 metres.