A pensioner who took advantage of the government’s “Warm Front” scheme to insulate her loft and replace her lightbulbs with energy-efficient models has found herself drawing the ire of British Gas. Margaret Pracy, who lives …

World famous Glynebourne Opera House is set to cut its prices, citing poor ticket sales due to the global recession. The celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the opera festival start on 18th June. Readers …

The much-loved Jubilee Street venue may be forced to close following the withdrawal of an Arts Council grant last year, worth £150,000 per annum. The venue currently has debts exceeding £300,000, and accountants for the …

Pop star/burger flipper/Conservative Councillor candidate/”I’m a Z-List Celebrity, Get Me Some Publicity Here” star David Van Day told a weepy and harrowing tale of how hid from his children following his facelift, such were the …

Remember the snow? The day it came the council told us their salt supplies were ‘dangerously’ low. Anyone fearing another sudden deluge and a repeat of the icy roads will be calmed when hearing that …

 
If you’re a book lover you probably occasionally browse the table of second hand books outside Colin Page Antiquarian Bookshop in Duke Street, but have you had a good look inside this fascinating treasure trove? …

This is an article which I wrote some months ago in another local magazine on the history of the communal bin scheme. I thought it might prove of interest for some residents in the area …

Snow today, gone tomorrow
Large parts of the country are still shrouded beneath a white blanket of snow, but here in Brighton the lovely fall of snow barely lasted a day. Who knows, maybe we have …

As I took a stroll in the Lanes on a Saturday afternoon I heard the cry of “P*ss off, why don’t you p*ss off, yeah?”. I turned to see a rather irate looking Josh Arghiros …

Police are still trying to identify a woman whose body was found on the beach at Western Esplanade, Hove, on 12th January. The woman was white, aged between 35 and 50 with short wavy auburn …