Edition No. 23

Friday, 30 October 2026

8 stories

Local government

Peacehaven and East Saltdean are back on course to join Brighton & Hove

The government is again minded to move four Lewes District wards into the city, with a new council from April 2029. Councils get at least three weeks to respond.

RottingdeanThe government said on Thursday that it is minded to go ahead with local government reorganisation for Brighton & Hove and East Sussex. Under the plan, the city would take in four wards from Lewes District: East Saltdean and Telscombe Cliffs, Peacehaven North, Peacehaven East and Peacehaven West.

It revives the plan ministers announced on 16 July, which was put on hold when the government reviewed the whole reorganisation programme in September. Jim McMahon, the local government minister, has now…

Community

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Health

Swap up to six items of clothing at a bone-health morning in Hangleton

The Royal Osteoporosis Society's Brighton group hosts a clothes swap and cake sale at St Peter's Community Centre on Saturday, 11am to 1pm.

HoveThe Brighton support group of the Royal Osteoporosis Society is holding a clothes swap at St Peter’s Community Centre on Hangleton Road, Hove, on Saturday from 11am to 1pm.

Bring up to six items of good-quality clothes and you can take home up to six new pieces. There’s a cake sale too, with homemade treats to eat there or take…

Culture

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Music

Fatboy Slim plays two Concorde 2 shows in December for Martlets Hospice

A late show on Friday 4 December and an early one on Saturday 5 December. All the ticket money goes to the hospice.

Fatboy Slim is playing two shows at Concorde 2 in December to raise money for Martlets Hospice. The first starts at 11pm on Friday 4 December and the second at 7pm the next day. Tickets are on sale through AXS from 10am today.

Concorde 2 says 100% of the ticket money goes to Martlets, which looks after people with life-limiting…

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