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About 116,460 Brighton and Hove homes, 86% of the city, are in council tax bands A to D and qualify for the Budget's £100 from January. Who gets it and how.
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Transport
Brighton Gritting From 1 November: 3 Gritters, 156 Miles
Brighton & Hove's gritters go on 24-hour standby from 1 November to the end of March, with 300 tonnes of salt and 400 grit bins. Which roads get treated first.
Food & Drink
Afternoon Tea in Brighton: Where to Book
The Grand's seafront tea is £40 a head and Hotel du Vin's is £29.95. Eight Brighton afternoon teas with prices, times and hygiene ratings, checked October 2026.
Families
Days Out Near Brighton With Children, Checked October 2026
Middle Farm is £10, Bluebell trains cost children £1 at weekends and Seven Sisters is free. 12 family days out near Brighton, with prices and winter hours.
Politics
Peacehaven Mosque Arson a Year On: MP Presses Home Office
A year after the arson attack on Peacehaven mosque, Chris Ward MP asked ministers what more can stop hate crime. The minister pointed to a £40m mosque fund.
Roadworks
Elm Grove Junction Shuts 2 November Until February 2027
Elm Grove and Queens Park Road close at their junction from Monday 2 November while the council rebuilds it, with completion expected by 28 February 2027.
Health
Stop Smoking in Brighton: Free Help and How to Raise It
Brighton and Hove smokers can get free vape kits, patches and one-to-one help. A new county guide shows friends how to start the conversation in 30 seconds.
Young People
Hove Town Hall Youth Takeover: Young People's 5 Top Issues
Mental health, transport and rules for social media and AI made the top five in a survey of 2,800 young people. About 80 took the issues to councillors.
Fire Service
Hove Fire Engine Pull Recruits Pass Out as Firefighters
The 43rd wholetime course, who pulled a fire engine along Hove seafront, passed out at Maresfield on 23 October. On-call firefighter jobs are open now.
Fire Service
Candle Fire in Brighton Left 3 With Smoke Inhalation
A candle left burning as a resident fell asleep started a September fire in a Brighton building. Candle Fire Safety Week runs to 1 November: the advice.
Withdean
Withdean Swimming Pool: Final Vote 10 December as Costs Rise
Cabinet makes the final decision on the 25m Withdean pool on 10 December and will be asked to approve a bigger budget. It was costed at £6.8m last year.
Queen's Park
Oakley House, Edward Street: 20 Council Flats Approved
Councillors unanimously approved 20 affordable flats to replace Oakley House's six flats and shop on 28 October. One resident is still to be rehoused.
Families
Brighton Playgrounds and Parks for Children
Preston Park has two long hillside slides and the city's first wheelchair swing. 15 Brighton and Hove playgrounds with toilets, cafes and what is shut.
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.