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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 [...]

Thousands join campaign to save Saltdean Lido

More than 2,500 people have joined a campaign to save the historic Saltdean Lido from closure.

The 1930s outdoor swimming pool’s owner, Dennis Audley, wants to [...]

MP says scrimping on grit has cost us all

A local MP took the Government to task yesterday for scrimping on salt and grit.

Norman Baker, the Liberal Democrat MP whose Lewes constituency includes Falmer [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Saltdean sea arrest prompts praise for PCs

A Brighton man’s arrest after being pulled from the sea has prompted a pat on the back for the bravery of two police dog handlers.

The [...]

Brighton beautician loses court battle

A Brighton woman suffered horrific leg injuries in a toboggan accident while on holiday.

But she will go without a penny in compensation after a ruling [...]

2am Saltdean swimmer throws stones at police

A swimmer who ventured into the stormy waves at Saltdean in the early hours of this morning thanked police who were trying to help him [...]