Labour push to privatise successful day centre baffles Greens and Tories

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        September 8, 2026

Labour push to privatise successful day centre baffles Greens and Tories

Good Morning Brighton — 2026-09-08

A day centre threatened with closure has been a success story for the council with those using it and their families said to feel “overwhelmingly positive”...
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Labour push to privatise successful day centre baffles Greens and Tories
• A day centre threatened with closure has been a success story for the council with those using it and their families said to feel “overwhelmingly positive” about Wellington House.
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Decision made on popular plans for new seafront sauna complex
• Plans for a new community beachfront sauna complex on Hove beach have been approved by Brighton and Hove City Council following public support
The Argus · Local news · yesterday
Public pressure sees plans for controversial red route return to cabinet
• Public pressure has led to plans for a new red route in Hove to go before the council’s cabinet this month.
Brighton & Hove Albion news RSS feed · Local sport · yesterday
Away ticket news: UEFA Conference League pre-registration
• Register your interest in attending our UEFA Conference League away matches from Tuesday 8 September.
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Dunk's delight at progress of Vuskovic and Yalcouye
• Two young players have caught the skipper's eye since the start of the season.
Brighton and Hove News · Local media · yesterday
Tenants fear being rinsed by council in laundry wrangle
• Plans to close 14 communal laundries serving 20 blocks of flats have been put on hold after an outcry from council tenants worried that they were being hung out to dry.
• Tenants rely on the communal laundries because they cannot have washing machines in their flats in the blocks in question.
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8 Sep · Sea Life CentreSea Life Brighton Deluxe Anytime8 Sep · Lagoon WatersportsSUP Yoga @LagoonWatersports8 SepComedian goes from being on 'the brink of death' to appearing on TEDX9 Sep · Brighton DomeKevin Bridges at Brighton Dome10 Sep · 27-28 Kensington Gardens, North Laine, BN1 4AL Brighton, United KingdomNatalie Imbruglia: Album Launch Show10 Sep · The Hope & RuinHidden Herd Presents: Sex Mask + Polite Bureaux + Humane + Minor Dents10 Sep · Ralli Hall Ballroom, Denmark Villas, BN3 3THCeroc Hove - Weekly Social Partner Dancing Classes on a Thursday Evening!11 Sep · The Old MarketNABIL ABDULRASHID11 Sep · The BrunswickA Night of the Jam and the Clash - Woking Calling - Live in Brighton11 Sep · Purrfect SpaceCat Yoga11 Sep · Downsway, Woodingdean, BN2 6BD Brighton, United KingdomFriday Drop-In with Tots till 1211 Sep · The Loft at Little DippersStartastic Dancing Tots11 Sep · PatternsBonobo: Album Launch Show (DJ Set)11 SepIndiepalooza - Brighton Chalk - 11th September 202611 SepThe Killers Tribute Band - Brighton Chalk - 11th September 202612 Sep · Brighton Concorde 2Todd Terje Brighton Tickets12 Sep · Brighton, England, UKElectric Fantastic - An 80s SynthPop Party - Brighton12 Sep · Enigma Stock Exchange BarBRUNCHWORX - The R&B Hip Hop Dancehall Bottomless Experience12 Sep · Lewes Road United Reformed ChurchCraft fair12 Sep · Queen's Park, BrightonGentle Outdoor Yoga in Queens Park, Brighton.12 Sep · PLATF9RM Hove - Coworking, Offices & EventsDad La Soul Brighton Playdate: World of Wheels12 Sep · The Brunswick, Holland Road, Brighton and Hove, Hove, UKGo Kid Music Club - Go Bananas!13 Sep · Brighton DomeMarillion at Brighton Dome16 Sep · Brighton Open Air TheatreSummer Comedy Festival 2026 | Brighton Open Air Theatre17 Sep · The Old MarketTom Gilbey19 Sep · A L P H A B E T BrightonImmersion | Brighton19 Sep · Komedia BrightonSpellbound - The Alternative 80s Night - Sat 19 Sep19 Sep · BrightonPop-Up | Milonga Miraflores | Live Music19 Sep at 15:15 · Brighton DomeUrzila Carlson - Fatty On a Yacht20 Sep · Resident MusicSylvan Esso in Brighton20 Sep · 27-28 Kensington Gardens, North Laine, BN1 4AL Brighton, United KingdomSylvan Esso: Album Launch Show20 Sep · Daltons BrightonMelt Your Brains B'day- Carlton Melton,GURT,KULK, IAN, Monovoid, Cabiria, Wrong Cotes + Minor Dents21 Sep at 18:45 · Brighton Palace PierAn Event with Fatboy Slm SOLD OUT
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Devil's Dyke, the steep chalk valley just north of Brighton, is the longest, widest and deepest dry valley in Britain at nearly a mile long.
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