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Helen Duffett

Lib Dem Conference returns to Brighton for 2012

By Helen Duffett | Tue 24th August 2010 - 6:08 pm

The Liberal Democrats will hold their Autumn 2012 Conference in Brighton, Brighton and Hove Council has revealed today:

The council’s tourism arm VisitBrighton has said the party is expected to bring around 8,000 delegates to the event, injecting around £10m into the local economy.

The party last held its autumn conference in the city in 2007.

Council bosses say the news justifies recently spending £1m on refurbishments to the Brighton Conference Centre. They expect the event to attract extensive media coverage for the city, given the Lib Dems’ role in the coalition government.

Council leader Mary Mears said: “I’m delighted.

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The Voice

Tory Councillor found guilty of gay slur

By The Voice | Tue 12th December 2006 - 4:35 pm

Cllr Peter Willows, a long-standing Conservative councillor in Brighton and Hove has today been found guilty of a breach of Section 5 of the Public Order Act, which outlaws language causing alarm, distress or harassment.

He was alleged to have likened homosexuals to paedophiles, at a reception hosted by the mayor of Brighton and Hove.

Pink News had a reporter in the hearing and will doubtless have more soon.

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