Andy Cheesman News Today

Venue staff are to be offered specialist training to help combat the rise in drink spiking in the city.

FOR those in Brighton finishing a night shift, stumbling out of a seafront club in the early hours or preparing for work before the sun came up, Buddies was always there. For more than two decades, the 24-hour cafe and bar provided hearty breakfasts and more for hungry punters looking to fill their rumbling stomachs before dawn. The immensely popular seafront site is currently unrecognisable, with a major renovation under way to transform Buddies, along with neighbouring Buddies Plaice an...

Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club donated to the Cabs 4 Jabs scheme in the city. Firms including City Cabs are part of the transport service, taking vulnerable and elderly people to sites to get the Covid-19 vaccination. The Albion as One fund donated £1,000 to the scheme. Seagulls chief executive Paul Barber said: “This is a brilliant scheme and just another example of the community coming together for one another. “We are delighted to be able to give a donation which will ...

UBER is offering free trips to the Brighton Centre for people invited to be vaccinated.