Sarah Booker-Lewis

Brighton, England, Hove

Local Democracy Reporter at Brighton and Hove News

#LDReporter covering @BrightonHoveCC for @BHCityNews @BrightonArgus @BBCSussex @MoreSussex @GHRSussex @SussexWorld She/Her email: [email protected]

Articles

Claim city's new park was the first to be opened in '100 years' challenged

1 week ago | theargus.co.uk | Sarah Booker-Lewis

Hove Beach Park , heralding a weekend of free activities. In a statement celebrating the new park along Hove seafront, Cllr Sankey said: “I am extremely proud and excited to be formally opening the first new park in the city in more than 100 years.” The council has admitted the error after Elm Grove resident and Green Party campaigner Luke Walker said that at least four other parks in Brighton and Hove were less than 100 years old.
Brighton and Hove holiday let crackdown to be discussed

1 week ago | bbc.com | Sarah Booker-Lewis

Holiday let crackdown to be discussed by councilSarah Booker-LewisLocal Democracy Reporting ServiceGetty ImagesBrighton & Hove City Council is considering clamping down on short-term holiday letsA crackdown on holiday lets could be on the cards if Brighton & Hove City Council's cabinet backs tougher measures.
Sadness as closure of primary school is agreed - date announced

1 week ago | theargus.co.uk | Sarah Booker-Lewis

A report to Brighton and Hove City Council’s annual council meeting said that admissions had been falling at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary, in Davey Drive, Hollingdean. It said that the school had been under-subscribed for the past seven years as the number of children living in Brighton and Hove had decreased. As a church school, St Joseph’s has a wide catchment area including Hollingdean and Fiveways, Coldean, Moulsecoomb and Bevendean.
Council votes to close Brighton school

1 week ago | brightonandhovenews.org | Sarah Booker-Lewis

Councillors spoke of their sadness as they agreed to a request by governors and the Roman Catholic church to close a primary school in Brighton. A report to Brighton and Hove City Council’s annual council meeting said that admissions had been falling at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary, in Davey Drive, Hollingdean. It said that the school had been under-subscribed for the past seven years as the number of children living in Brighton and Hove had decreased.
Greens thwarted in quest for ‘spare’ committee seat

1 week ago | brightonandhovenews.org | Sarah Booker-Lewis

Green councillors were left disappointed after trying to secure 10 out of 63 seats on Brighton and Hove City Council committees. At the annual council meeting at Hove Town Hall yesterday on Thursday (22 May), councillors were asked to agree the political balance of the council’s regulatory and scrutiny committees for the coming municipal year with 43 going to Labour. Labour’s proposals were published after noon on the day of the meeting.
Opposition councillors lash Labour over cash for party whip

2 weeks ago | brightonandhovenews.org | Sarah Booker-Lewis

Opposition councillors have criticised Labour for halving the mayor’s allowance to pay a “special responsibility allowance” to the holder of a political post – the party’s chief whip. They said that it ignored the recommendations of the independent panel that reviewed the basic allowances for members of Brighton and Hove City Council as well as additional payments for those with special responsibilities.
New parking zone could be on the cards

2 weeks ago | brightonandhovenews.org | Sarah Booker-Lewis

A new resident parking zone could be coming to the southern end of Hollingdean after a public consultation – but the decision is not expected to be made in public. Brighton and Hove City Council said that this was because the cost would be less than £1 million and the decision would not have a significant effect on communities in two or more wards.
Objectors fight plan for phone mast near schools

2 weeks ago | brightonandhovenews.org | Sarah Booker-Lewis

Opposition is growing to plans for a mobile phone mast near schools and a listed building. Telecommunications company Cornerstone, which works with various mobile phone operators, including Vodafone and 3, wants to put up a 66ft (20-metre) mast on green space in Dyke Road, at the end of The Upper Drive, Hove.
Neighbours furious to find workers spraying weeds with glyphosate after 'opting out'

2 weeks ago | theargus.co.uk | Sarah Booker-Lewis

Residents in Warleigh Road, Brighton, have spent hours working their way along the street, clearing weeds from between paving stones and next to garden walls after signing up to Brighton and Hove City Council’s glyphosate opt-out scheme in March. On Tuesday, May 20, workers in hi-vis clothing were seen applying drops of the herbicide on the small patches of weeds that have not been tackled so far.
Bella Sankey re-elected by Brighton and Hove Labour

2 weeks ago | theargus.co.uk | Sarah Booker-Lewis

At Hove Town Hall on Thursday, Councillor Bella Sankey was formally nominated by fellow Labour councillor Tobias Sheard. Cllr Sheard said Cllr Sankey had achieved the "impossible", by balancing the budget for two years running without going bankrupt while extending the range of materials recycled by the council.