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Brighton and Hove to bring in more wheelchair-friendly cabs

The number of Brighton and Hove taxis able to carry people with wheelchairs will increase if councillors agree a series of licensing reforms next week.

The reforms [...]

Five callouts in 24 hours for Brighton lifeboat

The Brighton lifeboat was called out five times in 24 hours, with two of the shouts taking place during the lifeboat station’s open day.

The final callout [...]

Brighton and Hove’s vulnerable adults ‘well protected’, says watchdog

Some of Brighton and Hove’s most vulnerable adults receive an above average service from the council, according to an official inspection report.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) [...]

Special Branch officer jailed for laundering his boyfriend’s drugs money

PC Darren Graysmark has been jailed for 16 months

A Sussex Police detective has been jailed for 16 months for laundering more than £80,000.

PC Darren Graysmark, [...]

Hove woman attacked by dog

Police and emergency services were called to a flat in Clarendon House, Hove on Saturday, August 21 at 3.20pm to reports of a woman on the roof [...]

Tetra Pak carton recycling launched in Brighton and Hove

Empty cartons (Tetrapaks) can now be recycled in Brighton & Hove.

Carton recycling bins have been installed in 17 of the city’s recycling points.

The scheme is being [...]

Brighton Pride arsonist causes £30k damage to toilets

An arson attack at Brighton and Hove Pride caused £30,000 damage to a block of portable toilets.

The toilets, on the north side of the park near [...]

Brighton and Hove parents fined for having truant children

Parents in Brighton and Hove have been fined nearly £3,000 in the past year for failing to ensure their children attended school.

The total was announced by [...]

Dangerous Hove junction to be made safer

One of Brighton and Hove´s most dangerous junctions is to have new traffic signalling equipment.

Brighton and Hove City Council is to install the signals at the [...]

Portslade sex offender jailed

A Portslade man has been jailed for seven years for having, making and distributing indecent images of children and for sexual assault.

George Roy Balcombe Jestico, 64, [...]

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