Edition No. 19

Monday, 26 October 2026

12 stories

Pubs

Groups have until 3 November to say they want to bid for the Montreal Arms

The Albion Hill pub is up for sale. Its community value listing gives local groups six weeks to put themselves forward as bidders.

The Montreal Arms at 62 Albion Hill is for sale, and community groups that might want to buy it have until Tuesday 3 November to tell the council.

The pub closed in 2020. It is on the council’s list of assets of community value, which means the owner has to tell the council before selling, and local groups get a chance to put themselves forward as bidders. The council’s register shows it received the owner’s notice on 23 September.

Community

All community

People

Brighton's Charlotte Austwick picks up a national award for her dyslexia work

The writer and University of Sussex anthropologist won the judges' Trailblazer Award at this year's Dyslexia Awards in Telford.

Charlotte Austwick, a writer, speaker and dyslexia advocate from Brighton, has won the special judges’ recognition Trailblazer Award at the Dyslexia Awards in Telford. The award, first reported by the Argus, recognises her work raising awareness and changing perceptions of dyslexia in the UK and abroad.

She went into the ceremony as a finalist in the Community Shining Star (20+)…

Culture

All culture

Halloween

Snoopers Paradise invites shoppers to find 13 supposedly haunted objects

The free hunt runs until Saturday. Pick up an illustrated map, find the objects and name the one you think has the most to hide.

North LaineSnoopers Paradise, the antiques and vintage emporium on Kensington Gardens in the North Laine, is inviting visitors to track down 13 supposedly haunted objects in the shop for Halloween. The free hunt started on Saturday and runs until Saturday 31 October, the Argus reported.

Visitors get a specially illustrated map, look for the objects and read the story that comes…

In brief

Sea & Downs

All sea & downs

Heritage

Drones and geophysics will look for Stanmer Park's buried history

Consultancy Stantec is surveying the estate for traces of Roman occupation, wartime activity and unrecorded archaeology, with results due on an online map.

A heritage study is under way at Stanmer Park to find out more about the people who have lived and worked on the estate over thousands of years. It follows a long collaboration between the Labour-run council and Historic England, and is paid for through the Countryside Stewardship programme.

The work is being done by the consultancy Stantec, in partnership…

Food & Drink

City

Sport

Business