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  • Five year match ban for violent Seagulls supporter

    A Brighton and Hove Albion fan was today banned from going to any of his beloved team’s matches after being found guilty of violent behaviour.

    Joshua [...]

  • Brighton pensioner jailed for 19 years for abusing five young girls

    A pensioner has been jailed for 19 years today for abusing five young girls over a 20 year period.

    Gordon Brian Redmond, who lived in Brighton [...]

  • Rainbow coalition rises again to combat car use

    The alliance of Brighton and Hove’s opposition parties came together once more last night to safeguard a commitment to get people out of their cars.

    The [...]

  • Create your own celebrity potato

    Brighton Garden Centre is giving youngsters the chance to carve a humble spud into their favourite rock, film or sports star.

    Staff at Brighton Garden Centre [...]

  • Elderly Brighton and Hove befriending scheme hailed as national beacon

    A scheme to befriend lonely elderly people in Brighton and Hove has been such a success it should be rolled out nationally, a charity said [...]

  • Rainbow coalition rises again to combat car use

    The alliance of Brighton and Hove’s opposition parties came together once more last night to safeguard a commitment to get people out of their cars.

    The [...]

  • Hove man’s death from mephedrone furthers call to ban deadly legal high

    A Hove man was confirmed as the fifth known victim of the deadly legal high mephedrone today.

    John Sterling Smith, 46, collapsed at a party in [...]

  • 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 [...]

Bike riding robber strikes in Brighton alleyway

A mountain-bike riding robber demanded money from his victim after striking him in a Brighton alleyway.

Police are appealing for witnesses after the attack [...]

Two Brighton pubs shut

Two Brighton pubs were closed yesterday after the company that ran them went into administration.
The Dyke Tavern in Dyke Road, Brighton, and The Hobgoblin, in [...]