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In today’s Brighton Scoop:
Brighton dog free exclusion zones
Plastic wet wipe ban
- Phil Reynolds
What’s the Scoop
Brighton dog free exclusion zones
🦮 Doggy dilemma alert in Brighton & Hove: the council's asking for your views on whether its dog control order should stick around for another three years.
Brought in back in 2023, the Public Space Protection Order keeps dogs out of spots like play areas, some parks, cemeteries, summer beach sections and Queen's Park at certain times.
It's due to expire on 19 October 2026, and the council wants to renew it until 2029, plus extend it to cover the fenced area of Blakers Park (which had a PSPO on it for 40+ years but a council mistake meant the order lapsed) and parts of Preston Park, including the cricket pitch. We think dogs are great but the fenced off area of Blakers Park should be kept for children to play and picnic in without the worry of dog mess. Have your say
Plastic wet wipe ban
🚽 Flush news, everyone: the plastic wet wipe ban is coming next spring, and water bosses are chuffed — but they're begging you not to get complacent about your loo habits.
Southern Water reckons it removes out a billion wet wipes a year from south east sewers, enough to wrap round the Earth four and a half times, weighing as much as 30 blue whales. Even "flushable" wipes are troublemakers, snagging in pipes and teaming up with fat and grease to build fatbergs. Wipes caused 59% of blockages between 2020-25 — over 91,000 incidents. More on wet wipes and blockages
FOG manager Matt Collins says the plastic ban is welcome but doesn't go far enough, given the £200m annual industry clean-up bill and 20 wipes found per 100 metres of UK coastline.
The advice remains delightfully simple: stick to the three Ps — pee, paper and poo — and let the bin handle the rest.
Weather
Monday 6/7
☀️ | 📈 25° | 📉 16° | ☔️ <5% | 🌬️ SW 9mph | 🌊 <1ft
Tuesday 7/8
☀️ | 📈 27° | 📉 17° | ☔️ <5% | 🌬️ SW 8mph | 🌊 <1ft
Beautiful Brighton
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Local Cinema
Cinema’s aren’t going to fill themselves. Break a habit of a lifetime, turn off Netflix, get off the sofa and potter down to your local (cinema).
Duke of York’s Picturehouse - Book
National Theatre Live: All My Sons | Toy Story 5 | The Invite
Dukes at Komedia - Book
Toy Story 5 | The Invite | The Furious | Disclosure Day | Nirvanna: The Band - The Show - The Movie | Obsession | Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo & Q&A
Upcoming Festival
Ovingdean Farm Fest - Saturday 11th July - 11 to 4pm
🐑 Sheep Racing 🚜 Tractor rides 🛍️ Marketplace 🥂Bar 🍦Ice cream 🍔 BBQ 🎸 Live Music 🐾 Dog Show 🔫 Laser Clay Shooting 🎟️ More Info
What’s On & Community Fun
🎈 Family friendly events
Monday 6/7
Tuesday 7/8
An Evening With Helen Thorn | Waterstones | 7pm | Info
Tuesday Writing Drop-In | Kemptown Bookshop | 1-4pm | Free | Info
See You Next Tuesday! Open Mic Night | Arista | 8pm | Book
Print Workshop | The Windmill | 7pm | Info
Jaz’s 25th Birthday Showcase | 7pm | Info
Scoops Live Improv Comedy | The Actors | 6pm | Info
Toad Lickers Film Club: I BLAME SOCIETY (2020) | Rose Hill | 7pm | Book
Live Music
Monday 6/7
Tuesday 7/8
Arcane Roots | Chalk | 7pm | Book
B-Scene Issue 6 Release Show ft LE LAMB | Green Door Store | 7pm | Book
Open Mic Night - Hosted by Christian Cooley | Mesmerist | 7.30pm | Info
Jazz Jam | Brunswick | 8pm | Info
The Self Led Artist Live | Folklore Rooms | 7.30pm | Info
Orb | Hope & RUin | 7.30pm | Info
Madeline Goldstein + support | Prince Albert | 7.30pm | Info
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