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  • Strike at Sussex University begins

    Hundreds of staff at the University of Sussex are on strike today in protest at plans to cut about a hundred jobs.

    The action has been [...]

  • Residents parking for Hanover and Elm Grove on the cards

    Parking permits could be implemented in Hanover and Elm Grove by next summer – but only if enough residents and businesses give the go ahead.

    Last autumn, 70% [...]

  • Conman who targeted Brighton transvestite jailed

    A man who targeted a Brighton transvestite through a dating website using the name “Slick Nick” before stealing his property has been jailed for five years.
    Nicholas Rowell, [...]

  • Funeral for Elm Grove murder victim Gordon Stalker

    A funeral will be held next Friday for a popular man who was stabbed to death in Elm Grove, Brighton, last month.

    Gordon Stalker, 51, who [...]

  • Google snaps a Brighton seagull

    Since going live in Brighton and Hove last Thursday, some great images have been spotted on Google Street View.

    This chance snap of a seagull with [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • 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 [...]

UKIP picks Hove candidate

UKIP has chosen a Brighton businessman Paul Perrin to stand for Parliament in Hove at the general election.

Mr Perrin, of Woodland Walk, Ovingdean, is financing [...]

Hove seafront being revamped at Brighton’s expense, Labour claim

Brighton’s seafront may be in line for a facelift – but Madeira Drive is being neglected, Labour councillors claim.

Last month, Brighton and Hove City Council [...]

Last chance for Brighton and Hove's rainbow alliance?

A last-ditch attempt to salvage the rainbow alliance’s hold over Brighton and Hove City Council has been proposed by the Labour Party.

Earlier this week, the [...]

Rainbow alliance collapses

A left-leaning political alliance heralded as the end of Tory rule of Brighton and Hove has seemingly collapsed after little more than two months.

Last December, [...]

Disappearance of Kemptown Ben's blog sparks speculation

Controversial councillor Ben Duncan’s popular blog has disappeared, sparking speculation it was just too outspoken for the Green Party in the run up to the [...]

Not answering letters costs former Hove MP £17k

Former Hove MP Ivor Caplin has been told he must cough up more than £17,000 after failing to answer letters sent as part of of [...]

Another woman lines up to contest Brighton Pavilion

It was already flying the flag for feminism with its trio of woman candidates – now the contest to become the next MP for Brighton [...]

Brighton Pavilion candidates: the student’s verdict

The battle to become the next MP in Brighton Pavilion will be one of the most closely watched election contests this year.

The seat is not [...]

Hove MP speaks out after couple lose home

A Labour MP has called for a diplomatic solution to prevent further holiday home owners suffering the same fate as a Hove couple.

Celia Barlow, MP [...]

Plans to turn Hangleton Bottom into waste site re-emerge

Plans to turn Hangleton Bottom into a waste disposal site are back on the agenda – but the fields could now also become home to [...]