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BBC News
15-05-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Brighton & Hove City Council leader to be on BBC Radio Sussex
Brighton & Hove City Council leader Bella Sankey will be grilled about issues affecting the city as part of BBC Radio Sussex's hotseat Sankey is set to be questioned about topics including bin collections and fire safety in city flats and will have the opportunity to respond to concerns from listeners in a wide-ranging interview on Sankey will be on BBC Radio Sussex with presenter Danny Pike from 09:00-10:00 Love, executive producer of BBC Radio Sussex, said: "The hotseat is a fantastic opportunity to connect our listeners directly with local decision-makers and allow them to ask questions that matter to them and their community." Elected as a Labour councillor for Wish Ward in December 2022, Ms Sankey became council leader after her party won a majority in the 2023 local elections, ousting the then Green-led minority then the council has overseen a culture review at Brighton and Hove's CityClean service as well as dealing with the administration and subsequent sale of the Brighton interview is the latest in a series of interviews questioning the bosses of some of Sussex's biggest organisations including Police and Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne and chief executive of the South Downs National Park Authority Siôn will also have the opportunity to ask their own can listen to BBC Radio Sussex live here.
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Demolition works begin at former Body Shop HQ
Demolition works have begun at the former headquarters of The Body Shop. The ethical beauty brand moved out of its base in Littlehampton last year after decades in the West Sussex town. Works began on Tuesday to demolish the striking building with its green roof in Watersmead Drive, next to the junction known locally as the "Body Shop roundabout". The Body Shop announced in October last year that it was relocating its head offices to Brighton, where founder Dame Anita Roddick opened the brand's first store in 1976. Residents in the town previously told BBC Radio Sussex that they were "shocked" by the decision to relocate. The move comes after the business's UK stores were saved from administration by a consortium led by British cosmetics tycoon Mike Jatania. Follow BBC Sussex on Facebook, on X, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@ or WhatsApp us on 08081 002250. More on this story
BBC News
01-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Worthing runner completes April daily marathon challenge
A 21-year-old teaching assistant has completed 30 marathons in 30 days to raise money for Argent completed his challenge on Wednesday in Worthing, West Sussex, having laced up his running shoes each day in ran a full marathon of 26.2 miles (42.2 km) daily, often after a full day working as a teaching assistant at Oak Grove College, which provides special education for students with learning of his final marathon, Mr Argent told BBC Radio Sussex: "Some days have been really nice, it's all gone really smoothly. Other days have been really rough and painful and slow." He said most marathons had taken him about four hours 20 minutes and he was sometimes joined by others, including his dad on his bike."Running gives me time to be free in my head with no worries or pressures," he was running in support of human rights charity The Amos he said it had been "tricky" fitting the running, mostly along the seafront in Worthing and Brighton, alongside his 16, Mr Argent completed a solo 50km run in aid of a Yemen charity and on his 18th birthday he completed the Weymouth Half Ironman. He said he had been ranked in the top 10 globally out of more than 100 million Strava users for distance run in April.
BBC News
30-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'He has got everything, but a lot to learn'
Former Brighton striker Warren Aspinall spoke to BBC Radio Sussex's Albion Unlimited podcast about midfielder Carlos Baleba: "He's got amazing attributes. For a young player, he's got everything. What frustrates me is that when he plays, it's like he's playing with his mates in the park. He knows he can switch it on and off whenever he wants."He sometimes gets caught out and Lewis [Dunk] has to be on to him. He's got a lot of things to learn because you have to be disciplined in that position. His pace has got him out of trouble on a couple of his goal against West Ham: "The bend on it was incredible - he's got that goal in his locker. He's clever, he bent it round the defender and used him as a wall so that the keeper couldn't see the ball. It was a wonderful strike."Listen to the full podcast here on BBC Sounds
Yahoo
27-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Tree inoculations used to save historic elms from disease
Trees will be inoculated to protected against elm disease. Around 1,400 trees across Brighton and Hove, Sussex, will be injected with an organic, non-toxic control agent next month. According to the local city council, this has been designed to protect them against the disease for the next 12 months. The authority has been battling to protect its historic elms for over three years and will expand its programme next month to target a wider area. Last year, the council was forced to fell 30 trees after a 'higher-than-usual outbreak' threatened over a third of its 17,000-strong population. Alan Robins, a councillor and cabinet member responsible for trees, said: 'We face an ongoing battle against elm disease in Brighton and Hove. Inoculating hundreds of trees will help to protect them for another year. 'We carefully select important areas of the city where we know inoculations will have the greatest effect – especially when it comes to protecting some of the older and historically significant elms we have.' The council has stressed that felling is only carried out as a last resort, but residents have been critical of the disruption and environmental impact already caused by the initiative. In February, 150 ash and elm trees were felled, which posed an 'urgent safety issue'. John Marten, a Hollingbury resident, told BBC Radio Sussex at the time: 'We're worried that there is no felling licence in place for this work. 'There are protected species in these woods and we're worried that the work is destroying the breeding ground for these creatures.' But Mr Robins rejected the claims and said: 'We do not breach any wildlife legislation regarding protected species. 'We've been liaising with the Forestry Commission to continue with our public safety works. 'We have plans to plant trees all over the city.' The council said the plan for the current inoculation was non-toxic and has no effect on people or animals. The trees will be injected with a biological vaccine called DutchTrig over the first two weeks of May. The vaccine contains a type of fungus that induces a defensive response, which is spread by the elm bark beetle. The vaccine cannot prevent the spread through root transmission. Elm disease has devastated tree populations since it arrived in the UK in the 1960s. It is a fungal disease that is spread by elm bark beetles or underground via the root. Infected trees start to display symptoms in early June with the disease season lasting until September. Early infection presents as wilting foliage turning brown or yellow, as it progresses the foliage will thin. The scheme will be continued in the areas of Old Steine, Pavilion Gardens, Victoria Gardens, Valley Gardens and The Level, among others. As part of the expansion, trees in Queen's Park, Hove Park, Hove Rec, St Ann's Well Gardens, Saunders Park, Blakers Park and Wish Park will also be inoculated. Residents have been warned to remain vigilant when buying logs for fuel, avoiding any supplier that cannot guarantee the wood is not elm. The council said that elm taken out of the city should also not be sold or returned as fire wood as it could house the beetle and become a breeding site. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
