Edition No. 20

Tuesday, 27 October 2026

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Cycling

Adults can learn to ride, or get road-ready, at Preston Park on Sunday

Brighton Bike Hub runs a two-hour cycle training session at the velodrome from 2pm, with bikes and helmets for anyone who needs them.

Brighton Bike Hub is running a two-hour cycle training session for adults at Preston Park Velodrome on Sunday 1 November, from 2pm to 4pm. It’s open to every level, from people who have never ridden a bike to people who want to feel more comfortable on the road.

The hub delivers adult cycle training on behalf of Brighton & Hove City Council, which funds some of the sessions. After running courses through the summer, it will restart the regular monthly…

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Seafront

The seafront railings are getting a new shade instead of Brighton Blue

The council has switched to a long-lasting paint called RAL light green, which it says will protect the cast iron and save money.

Brighton & Hove City Council has changed the paint on the seafront railings. Brighton Blue, the aquamarine the city has used for more than 100 years, is being replaced by a similar shade called RAL light green, first reported by the BBC.

The council says it is using a specialist long-lasting paint to protect the cast ironwork, and that it is the closest available match to the original oil-based paint.

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Science

University of Brighton professor James Ebdon wins a prize for safer water

Applied Microbiology International gave him its 2026 John Snow Public Health Innovation Prize, for research into how dirty water spreads disease.

Professor James Ebdon of the University of Brighton has won the 2026 John Snow Public Health Innovation Prize. It is awarded by the learned society Applied Microbiology International, and recognises applied microbiology that delivers measurable improvements in public health and environmental health.

Ebdon is an environmental microbiologist who co-directs research in the university’s Centre for Environment and Society. His work…

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Music

Texas will play the Brighton Centre on 26 October 2027

The date is part of a tour for 30 years of White On Blonde, with Del Amitri in support. Pre-sale opens at 10am on Wednesday, general sale on Friday.

Texas will play the Brighton Centre on Tuesday 26 October 2027, on a tour marking 30 years of their album White On Blonde. Brighton is the eighth of 18 dates, the night before the band play the O2 in London.

Del Amitri, also from Scotland, are the special guests on the UK and Ireland dates.

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