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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 [...]

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 [...]

Sussex University students in fresh protest

Sussex University students said that they had occupied the refectory at the Falmer campus in a fresh protest.

They were calling for six students who were [...]

University of Sussex staff set to strike next Thursday

Staff at the University of Sussex are set to walk out next Thursday after a massive vote in favour of striking over proposed job cuts.

The [...]

Row over Sussex University protests deepens

The fallout over the University of Sussex job cuts showed no sign of abating this week as the fallout from Wednesday’s protest continued.

The Argus reports [...]

Falmer firm safe from predator

Southern Water’s maintenance partner Mouchel has managed to stave off a takeover bid from rival infrastructure group VT Group.

Mouchel is joint owner of Holleran Mouchel, [...]

Students storm Sussex University building in protest at job cuts

A sit-in student protest against jobs cuts at the University of Sussex ended in violence today after demonstrators took over an administration building.

Protesters climbed [...]

Sussex University expects big rise in postgraduates

Sussex University is expecting a big rise in the number of postgraduate degree students when the next academic year starts in the autumn.

The university has [...]

Good Samaritan blinded by Brighton train thugs

A train passenger was left partially blinded after stepping in to help a ticket inspector who was being heckled by yobs.

The attack happened when three [...]

Falmer stadium arch raised into position

The first section of the Falmer stadium arch began to be hoisted into position this afternoon.

The first section of the arch is raised into [...]

Woodpecker a-spires to new pecking order

This picture of a woodpecker pecking away at the spire on Stanmer Church has been named Sussex Wildlife Trust’s Flickr image of the week.

The photograph, Knocking [...]