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Brighton primary school in line to be academy

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A Brighton school is likely to be the first primary in the area to become an academy after inspectors gave it a disappointing report.

The Education Secretary [...]

Brighton and Hove councillors walk out of meeting in racism row

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Two councillors walked out of a Community Safety Forum meeting this afternoon (Monday 12 March).

Brighton and Hove City Council Conservative members Tony Janio and Dawn Barnett, [...]

Conmen dupe Brighton woman, 92

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Another pensioner has reported being conned by a bogus caller, this time in Brighton.

A 92-year-old woman answered her door in Davey Drive, Hollingdean, to two men [...]

Bogus caller steals cash from Hove pensioner

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A bogus caller stole money from an elderly woman in Hove on Tuesday (14 February).

The man called at the home of a woman in her eighties [...]

Fire crew tackle flooding at Hove house

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Firefighters turned out to tackle a flood at a house in the Hangleton area yesterday (Sunday 12 February).

The flooding had affected the electricity supply at the [...]

Hove teenager arrested for having stolen mini motorbike

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A teenager from Hove has been arrested after being found with a stolen “mini moto” off-road bike at the weekend.

The 14-year-old, from Hove, was held on [...]

Snow disrupts road and rail journeys to and from Brighton and Hove

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Two to three inches of snow fell on the hillier suburbs and eastern parts of Brighton and Hove overnight.

Heavier falls north of the Downs affected journeys [...]

Man remanded for sentencing for burglaries in Brighton and Hove

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A man has been charged with burgling a house in Hove and remanded in custody.

Barrie Williamson, 48, of no fixed address, admitted breaking into the house [...]

Traffic police crack down in Brighton and Hove

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Traffic police have been busy in Brighton and Hove over the past few weeks.

Officers on motorbikes were stopping people on Brighton seafront yesterday (Tuesday 31 January).

And [...]

Hove councillor moved to tears over patient’s treatment

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Proposed changes to mental health services in Brighton and Hove prompted an outburst from a former carer who now sits as a councillor.

Dawn Barnett said that [...]

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