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  • Brighton graffiti vandals jailed for massive tagging spree

    Two graffiti taggers were jailed today for risking their lives to spray graffiti on the railways for four years, causing £30k of damage.

    Matthew Fowler

    Matthew [...]

  • Fire at Legends Hotel on Brighton seafront

    Staff have been evacuated following a blaze at Legends Hotel on Marine Parade this afternoon.

    The fire broke out some time after 4.30pm, and at least [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • Preston Park vegetable garden launched

    The Preston Park demonstration vegetable garden, designed by Harvest Brighton and Hove to inspire people to grow their own, has been launched.

    The garden will take [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • Portslade man killed by unlicensed van driver

    An unlicensed van driver has admitted causing the death of a 44-year-old moped rider from Portslade.

    Delshad Ajeeb Aziz, 26, pleaded guilty at Hove Crown Court [...]

  • Hove couple fined £18k for illegal extension

    A couple who erected an extension at the front of their property without planning permission were fined nearly £18,000 yesterday at Brighton Magistrates Court and [...]

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 [...]

Bush pruning sparks bird safety fears

A spate of harsh pruning in St Ann’s Well Gardens and Adelaide Crescent has sparked fears birdlife might be at risk.

Bushes and shrubs have been [...]

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