What's Happening in Brighton blog

Young people have picked their best Brighton businesses in the annual Teen Verdict Awards.

A ramblers’ club enlisted the help of college students in an attempt to find some younger members.

Brighton has been praised for its top tourism skills following a high profile visit of European Ministers.

Music is being nurtured in Brighton with the help of a programme of workshops for young people.

A primary school is being used to advise others how to teach languages, after the success of a pioneering scheme.

Julie Walters is the latest famous face to drop into Brighton’s Cityclean and City parks learning resource centre.

Budding young artists enjoyed afternoon tea with the Mayor after taking part in a poster competition.

A teenager who hates running will be one of the youngest people to take part in this year’s Brighton Marathon.

A member of staff at the University of Brighton has been listed with Jamie Oliver as one of the most influential people in catering. Julie Barker, the university’s head of residential and catering services, is among the top 20 most influential people in the world of public sector catering according to food service industry magazine Cost Sector Catering. It added: “there is no ranking in the Public Sector Most Influential Top 20. You are either in it or not”.