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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 [...]

Brighton priest 'feels sorry' for Jamie Bulger's killer

A Brighton priest has posted a second controversial blog entry in a week.

Father Ray Blake has told parishioners that he feels “immensely sorry” for Jon [...]

Brighton priest launches scathing attack on 'anti-Christian' election candidates

An outspoken Brighton priest says none of the main political parties are offering anything for Christians to vote for.

Father Ray Blake, of the Catholic St [...]

Brighton church’s iPhone app now live

The Church of Christ the King’s iPhone application is now live, making it the first in the country to take advantage of smartphone technology to [...]

Brighton church 'first in UK' to develop iPhone app

A Brighton church believes it will be the first in the country to offer an iPhone application to spread its message.

The Church of Christ the [...]

Hove beach hut advent calender returns

Hove’s beach huts have again been transformed into a life-size advent calendar this year.

The first hut opens on Tuesday evening

Every day from December 1 [...]

Bishop dies aged 94

The long-serving former Bishop of Chichester, the Right Rev Eric Kemp, has died, aged 94.

Dr Kemp, whose diocese included Brighton and Hove, was a controversial [...]