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.

Brighton and Hove City Council has launched a consultation on the future of the Floral Clock at Palmeira Square. Residents can vote on three options until 14 October 2026.

Brighton and Hove City Council has submitted a £41 million bid to the Department for Transport to repair and strengthen 38 more Victorian seafront arches beneath King's Road, focusing on the arches east of Shelter Hall. Cabinet met on 3 September to approve the council's £4 million contribution. A decision from the DfT is expected in autumn 2026.

Brighton and Hove City Council voted on 17 September 2026 to close Wellington House Day Centre, the last council-run day service for adults with learning disabilities in the city. Dozens of protesters gathered outside Hove Town Hall before the vote. The 21 current service users will be moved to external providers once individual transition plans are in place.

Brighton and Hove City Council wants your views on the next stretch of the A259 Active Travel Scheme between Fourth Avenue and West Street. The plans replace the wand-separated cycle lane with one two-way lane, add around 70 parking spaces and reinstate a westbound traffic lane in places. The survey closes at midnight on 25 October 2026.

Contractors are clearing almost 600 drains and gullies across 237 flood risk roads in Brighton and Hove this autumn. More than 46,000 residents live in areas at risk of surface water flooding, and the consultation on the city's new Local Flood Risk Management Strategy closes at midnight on Saturday 26 September 2026.

Brighton and Hove City Council has granted a lease for the return of the Brighton Wheel to Madeira Drive. The 45-metre observation wheel closed in May 2016 and could be back and running by summer 2027.

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Woodingdean's Community Greengrocers on Warren Way closes at the end of October after 29 years. School chef Danny Nobrega has launched a Founder Club, £50 for £55 store credit, to take over the site and keep it a greengrocer with a Venezuelan twist.

The Birdcage on Marine Parade has launched four new Community Cocktails, with £5 from every drink split equally between Queerwell, Lunch Positive, The Sussex Beacon and Trans Pride Brighton, alongside 69 upcoming events running through to December.

Streamline Taxis hosted its annual hospitality evening at Brighton Racecourse, raising around £400 for Martlets Hospice with raffle prizes from BE Outdoor Fit, Fatto a Mano, Komedia and more.

Brighton & Hove City Council has launched Living Legacy, a new bench and tree dedication service with six bench styles, fifteen tree species and full pricing.

Sussex Police want to speak to a man in connection with an alleged assault during a protest in Brighton city centre on 13 June.

A man has been remanded in custody after being charged with arson following a house fire in Warleigh Road, Brighton last month.

Brighton and Hove City Council is spending £8.8 million in 2026/27 on roads, pavements and transport, with full tables of every road, ward and treatment type across the city.

Eight of Brighton and Hove's leading homelessness charities have relaunched Make Change Count, the citywide fundraiser aiming to raise £20,000 to help people move away from rough sleeping.

Charles Saddler, known to all as Pirate, has died after a battle with lung cancer. His funeral is on Friday 4 September, with a procession up St James's Street and mourners asked to wear bright colours. Here's the full story and how to say goodbye.

Dyke Barbers opens at 214 Dyke Road on Friday 4 September, an inclusive new barbershop where everyone is welcome. Free coffee and 20% off on opening day. Here's the story behind it.

Brighton has been named the UK's best city for nightlife and 8th in the world in Time Out's 2026 ranking, the only UK city in the global top 20. It is the second year running Brighton has topped the UK. Here's why, and where to go.

Two men have been charged after Sussex Police stopped a car believed to be involved in drug dealing in the Regency area of Brighton and seized Class A drugs and cash. Both are due at Lewes Crown Court on 11 September.