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Brighton Gazette, a weekly newspaper was published in 1821 until 1985, when it was absorbed into a free weekly, the Brighton and Hove Leader. [66] [67] Brighton and Hove Leader; Brighton and Hove Herald [68] Brighton and Hove News, a news website, launched in 2009, since 2017, a member of the Independent Community News Network. [69]
Brighton & Hove was established in 1884 as Brighton, Hove and Preston United Omnibus Company. In 1916, Thomas Tilling took over the company and replaced all its remaining horse buses with motor buses. [2] In November 1935 it was formed as the Brighton Hove and District Omnibus Company. [1]
The name changed to the Brighton and Hove Dispensary in 1859 when a branch opened in Hove; this was the forerunner of Hove General Hospital. A second branch opened in the Round Hill area in 1885. These two branches continued to operate, latterly under the name Brighton, Hove and Preston Dispensary, until 1948 when the NHS was formed. [64]
The Greater Brighton City Region is an area in the south of England centred on Brighton, incorporating seven local government districts in East Sussex and West Sussex.The Greater Brighton Economic Board was created in April 2014 to oversee a 6-year programme of development and investment within the area, [1] which as of as of 2021 has about one million people.
They operated like a bus service, following set routes and picking up at dedicated stops, with a "dial-a-ride" taxi-like option. The routes ran from Brighton Marina to Hove Town Hall via Brighton railway station. [16] The auto rickshaws came in two sizes, were painted in distinct styles, and were powered by compressed natural gas.
Brighton and Hove City Council is the local authority for Brighton and Hove, a local government district with city status in the ceremonial county of East Sussex, England. The council is a unitary authority , being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council.
The 2021 Brighton bin strike was labour strike by bin workers in Brighton, East Sussex, England. The workers, represented by the GMB are striking in protest against low pay and changes of duties from the Brighton and Hove City Council. [1] [2] The strike was over by 20 October 2021. [3]
The BN postcode area, also known as the Brighton postcode area, [2] is a group of 30 postcode districts in South East England, within 18 post towns.These cover southwestern East Sussex (including Brighton, Hove, Eastbourne, Lewes, Hailsham, Newhaven, Peacehaven, Pevensey, Polegate and Seaford) and southeastern West Sussex (including Worthing, Littlehampton, Arundel, Hassocks, Henfield, Lancing ...