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Ofsted rates the Hove SEND nursery Exceptional, its top grade, in all six areas of its new report card. What the inspector saw, and what the 24-place centre does.
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Elections
Queen's Park By-Election Result: Green Wins by 337 Votes
Green Party's Mark Strong has won the Queen's Park by-election with 1,139 votes to Labour's 802. Turnout was 33.36%. Full result and what changes for the ward.
Whitehawk
Whitehawk Grants: Up to £10,000 for Local Projects by 31 Oct
Whitehawk groups and residents can bid for up to £1,000 or £10,000 from Pride in Place. Send an expression of interest first; applications close 31 October.
Transport
A259 Seafront: Two Cycle Lanes Become One, Say by 25 Oct
The seafront's two cycle lanes would become one two-way track from Fourth Avenue to West Street. The council's consultation closes at 11.59pm on 25 October.
Christmas
Royal Pavilion Christmas 2026: Frost and Fire From 21 Nov
The Royal Pavilion winter season, A Fairy Tale of Frost and Fire, runs 21 November 2026 to 10 January 2027 with admission. Carol concert 16 Dec, banquets 17 to 19.
Planning
Coldean Neighbourhood Plan Passes: 374 Yes to 43 No
Coldean has voted 374 to 43 for its neighbourhood plan, which now counts in planning decisions. New HMO tests, eight protected green spaces and the next steps.
Kemptown
St James's Street Clean-Up Monday: Free Bulky Item Drop-Off
Council teams blitz St James's Street 7am to noon on Monday 28 September. Residents on the street and roads off it can dump one bulky item free, with ID.
Falmer
Falmer Pond Restoration: Comment by 9 Oct, Bat Walk Full
The application to dredge and restore Falmer Pond is open for comment until 9 October. Monday's bat walk is full; the October and December walks have places.
Health
Brighton Tobacco Sales: Born 2009 or Later Barred From 1 Jan
From 1 January 2027 no shop may sell tobacco to anyone born on or after 1 January 2009. The city's 13% smoking rate is the South East's highest, says the council.
Music
Brighton Weekend 25-27 Sept: Saint Etienne, Marina Hyde
Saint Etienne at the Dome tonight, Marina Hyde and free Slow Fashion Week on Saturday, the Brighton Phil on Sunday, and Coastway West buses all weekend.
Business
Brighton New Businesses: 30 Registered, West St Pub Winds Up
At least 30 companies registered a Brighton or Hove office in early September. The company behind The Victory Inn on West Street has resolved to wind up.
Hove
Hove's Floral Clock: Three Options, Vote Closes 14 Oct
Palmeira Square's 1953 Floral Clock is beyond repair. The council is asking which of three replacements residents want, and the survey shuts on 14 October.
Schools
Brighton School Places Close 31 Oct: 83.5% Got 1st Choice
83.5% of Brighton families got their first-choice secondary school this year, up from 79.7%. Applications for September 2027 close on 31 October 2026.
The Brighton Times covers Brighton and Hove, from Portslade to Rottingdean, for the people who live here. That means the practical city: what a parking permit costs in Hanover, what has just gone onto the planning register for the street behind yours, and how the crime figures for your end of Kemptown are actually moving.
We work from the council’s published records, the police’s open data, food hygiene inspections and other official sources, and we link every fact back to the document it came from, so nothing here rests on our say so.
And we mean the whole city, not the half mile nearest the sea. Hove and Portslade, Patcham, Withdean and Hollingbury, Moulsecoomb, Bevendean and Coldean on the slopes, Whitehawk, Rottingdean and Saltdean along the coast road, plus the practical pages people search for in every one of them.