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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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

Grow your own boosted with Brighton land bank scheme

Plans to put unused land to use to grow food are one step closer with the launch of a community land bank scheme.

In January, Brighton [...]

Appeal launched to turn Ditchling Beacon land into nature reserve

Sussex Wildlife Trust is launching an appeal to raise £50,000 to buy eight acres of land at Ditchling Beacon and restore it to chalk grassland.

The land [...]

Loyalty card scheme for London Road?

London Road is set to get its own business directory to encourage residents to shop locally – and this could lead to a loyalty card [...]

Preston Park garden to show how to live the Good Life

Do you fancy having a go at growing your own fruit and veg? A new vegetable garden in Preston Park aims to show budding Tom [...]

Brighton on flood alert as rain, storms and spring tides coincide

Brighton and Hove emergency planning officers are ready to evacuate seafront homes on Sunday if the forecast of storms and a spring tide spell disaster.

The [...]

Southern Water to charge more in the summer

People living in Brighton and Hove face paying more to Southern Water in the summer months.

The company plans to use seasonal tariffs to try to [...]

Brighton’s temporary forest finds a permanent home

Trees from a miniature forest which appeared overnight in the city centre last summer before disappearing again will now find a home in East Brighton Park.

Brighton [...]

Electric car ticketed for parking in free charging point

It’s not easy being green, especially when you’re slapped with a fine for parking your electric van – in an electric charging point.

This van [...]