Sussex weekly round-up: 24 August - 30 August 2024
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The story about the Brighton Centre being selected as a venue for the 2025 Premier League Darts proved a popular read this week.
A variety of local issues featured on the BBC News website, BBC Radio Sussex and BBC South East Today.
We have picked five stories from the past week in case you missed them.
Pride event goes ahead after 11th-hour donation
Organisers said a last-minute donation saved the event
A Pride event in East Sussex went ahead after being saved by a last-minute donation.
Hastings Pride 2024 saw a parade take place through the town on 25 August before a festival at The Oval.
The event was saved by an 11th-hour donation in July, after it had been called off due to financial troubles, said the organisers.
Natasha Scott, founding member of Hastings Pride Festival, said at the time she felt "emotionally dizzy" when the sponsorship was confirmed.
Opposition to Gail's Bakery in seaside town
There were mixed feelings about a new Gail's Bakery in Warwick Street, Worthing
A bakery chain has faced some opposition ahead of its opening in a West Sussex town.
Gail’s Bakery has plans to open in Warwick Street, Worthing, but some independent business owners said they were worried they would lose trade.
One café manager said business is "starting to dwindle" and they have already felt an impact from other chains that have moved into the town.
Gail's Bakery says it "understands the concern" but "a healthy high street is one with a diversity of quality offers, each delivering their best".
The jury is out as to whether a new Gail's is good for the town
First performance at historic venue in 60 years
Brighton Hippodrome first opened as a venue in 1902
A historic entertainment venue in East Sussex is to host its first performance in 60 years.
Chuck Berry was the last artist to perform at Brighton Hippodrome on 22 November 1964 before it closed.
On 30 August, an open day, with a performance from singing barber Peter Joannau, will be the last chance to view inside the ornate building before a two-year restoration.
David Streeter, from lobby group Save our Hippodrome, described it as "such a brilliant day".
Ward manager heading to fifth Paralympic Games
Kim Brinkworth works at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead
A hospital ward manager heading to the Paralympic Games to support athletes and staff has praised her "incredible" team of nurses who make it possible for her to go.
Kim Brinkworth, who oversees the acute plastics and reconstructive surgical ward at the Queen Victoria Hospital (QVH) in East Grinstead, will be going to her fifth Paralympic Games.
The games in Paris start on 28 August and run until 8 September, with more than 4,000 athletes from around the world competing in 549 medal events across 22 sports.
Ms Brinkworth said: "Without the team of 60 nurses on the Canadian Wing here at QVH, and the support they show me, there is no way I could go away with the ParalympicsGB team.
Cuts to 'lifeline' bus service spark concerns
Olivia Izzard has lived in the village for 57 years
People in a West Sussex village say cuts to a bus service connecting them with nearby towns risk isolating them from their GP surgery and other essential services.
From 1 September some number 17 Stagecoach services from Brighton will terminate in Partridge Green and not travel further north.
Stagecoach said its busiest buses from Partridge Green towards Horsham would continue as normal, including morning and later afternoon services.
Partridge Green resident Olivia Izzard said: "There comes a point where we have to consider our more vulnerable residents and a lot of us are over 80. The bus is our lifeline.”
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