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We want everyone to stay safe on our seafront this New Year. Residents and visitors are being urged protect their family and friends by following the sea safety and Covid rules.

Doctor Katie Cuming, a Public Health Consultant for Brighton & Hove City Council asks everyone to ease the pressures on our health services and stay home on New Year's Eve

The government have announced that Brighton & Hove is to move to Tier 4 from Boxing Day. The stay at home rules come in from 00.01 on Boxing Day morning.

Accommodation, food and support is available for anyone sleeping rough in the city who needs the council’s help this Christmas.

Business grants are available for the November lockdown, the tier 2 December restrictions that followed, and Christmas support payments for pubs and bars.

Small grants up to £5,000 are available for community & voluntary organisations in the city to deliver extra support quickly for vulnerable residents this winter. The first application deadline is 13 January 2021.

Councillor Phélim Mac Cafferty's statement following the government announcement which sees the city remain in Tier 2; but other parts of Sussex become Tier 4.

You can now watch the presentations to the climate assembly from expert speakers on our website.

Tests must be booked online or by phoning 119. Anyone with Covid symptoms should immediately self-isolate and book a test.

We're launching our new bulky waste service next Wednesday 23 December 2020. You'll be able to get rid of large household items including tables and chairs, beds, mattresses, wardrobes and even upright pianos.