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Brighton and Hove school children under the age of 18 will be able to swim for free at Saltdean Lido
Proposed school catchment area changes rejected
8 hours ago · The council also proposed cutting 345 places in year seven classrooms – from 2,560 to 2,215 – by September 2030. The suggestions involve cutting 90 places a year from the annual intake at both Blatchington Mill and Longhill, 60 places at both Dorothy Stringer and Varndean and 45 places at Patcham High.
Union and parents raise concerns about schools’ academy plan
12 hours ago · Parents and a union have raised concerns about a joint governing body’s plan for two Hove schools to become academies. The schools – West Hove Infant School and Hove Junior School which form the Hove Learning Federation – are currently holding a four-week consultation on joining the Aurora Academies Trust.
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Coffee shop boss plans to solve hangovers not serve them, he tells ...
13 hours ago · A coffee shop owner said that he wanted to solve hangovers rather than serve them when he addressed a council licensing panel hearing. Fika director Elliott Chandler-Gordon, 41, made the comments as he set out the case for a drinks licence at the business’s new premises, in Victoria Grove, Second Avenue, Hove.
Council thanks teams behind ‘massive citywide effort’ to reopen …
Apr 11, 2024 · The council has thanked all the teams who are working to keep the city moving while North Street is closed because of a storm damaged roof. Urgent repairs are being made to the roof of Boots on the corner of North Street and Queens Road, which was damaged during Storm Kathleen.
Council receives £140k extra to help rough sleepers this winter
Nov 8, 2024 · The government has announced extra funding of almost £140,000 to help Brighton and Hove City Council support rough sleepers over the winter. The council is one of seven across Sussex which the government said were “identified as facing the greatest pressures” and will receive more than £450,000.
Council prepares to start food waste collections next year
2 days ago · “But by the end of March 2026, all councils are required to have weekly food waste recycling services, in line with the Environment Act 2021.” So they are doing it because they have to essentially – imagine Labour will trumpet this like an achievement when the truth seems to be that the council has resisted introducing food waste …
Turnout falls in all three Brighton and Hove constituencies
Jul 5, 2024 · The turnout is down in all three Brighton and Hove constituencies, with the biggest drop in Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven. The highest turnout was in Hove and Portslade, with 70.42 per cent of electors casting their vote or 52,156 out of 74,063.