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  • Strike at Sussex University begins

    Hundreds of staff at the University of Sussex are on strike today in protest at plans to cut about a hundred jobs.

    The action has been [...]

  • Residents parking for Hanover and Elm Grove on the cards

    Parking permits could be implemented in Hanover and Elm Grove by next summer – but only if enough residents and businesses give the go ahead.

    Last autumn, 70% [...]

  • Conman who targeted Brighton transvestite jailed

    A man who targeted a Brighton transvestite through a dating website using the name “Slick Nick” before stealing his property has been jailed for five years.
    Nicholas Rowell, [...]

  • Funeral for Elm Grove murder victim Gordon Stalker

    A funeral will be held next Friday for a popular man who was stabbed to death in Elm Grove, Brighton, last month.

    Gordon Stalker, 51, who [...]

  • Google snaps a Brighton seagull

    Since going live in Brighton and Hove last Thursday, some great images have been spotted on Google Street View.

    This chance snap of a seagull with [...]

  • In pictures: Brighton and Hove Spring Harvest Festival

    New Road was packed to the brim with colourful and mouth-watering produce for the Big Sussex Market, part of Brighton and Hove’s Spring Harvest Festival, [...]

  • Brighton benefit cheat landed with £2,400 bill

    A Brighton man has admitted four charges of fraudulently claiming housing benefit and council tax benefit.

    Patrick Stoney, 62, of Edward Street, Brighton, was fined £200 [...]

  • Sainsbury’s opens without planning permission

    The controversial new Sainsbury’s in Western Road has opened without planning permission for its shopfront and cashpoint.

    Councillor Paul Elgood has hit out at Brighton and [...]

  • Google Street View launched in Brighton and Hove

    Google Street View has lanched in Brighton and Hove.

    The internet giant’s cars, with cameras mounted on their roofs, were busy photographing all the city’s roads [...]

  • Estate agents’ board decision due next month

    Brighton and Hove estate agents will learn next month whether their for sale boards have been sucessfully banned by the city council.

    A hearing at Hove [...]

Brighton and Hove detective honoured

A senior detective, a community worker from Bevendean and a diplomat from Hove are among the people from Brighton and Hove in the New Year [...]

Brighton and Hove Christmas tree recycling points open on Monday

More than two dozen Christmas tree recycling sites in Brighton and Hove are due to open on Monday 28 December.
The Christmas tree recycling sites are [...]

East Brighton to have extra police patrols

Police are promising extra patrols across East Brighton in the run-up to Christmas to try to deter opportunist burglars from stealing presents.
Sgt Paul Gossland, of [...]

A thousand Brighton and Hove children hit the right notes at the Brighton Centre

A thousand children from Brighton and Hove sang to a packed house at the Brighton Centre this evening.

They were watched by close to a capacity [...]

Brighton nurse disciplined for sleeping on duty

A Brighton nurse was caught napping when a care home boss turned up unexpectedly during a night shift.

Phebby Phiri was asleep while on duty at [...]