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  • Five year match ban for violent Seagulls supporter

    A Brighton and Hove Albion fan was today banned from going to any of his beloved team’s matches after being found guilty of violent behaviour.

    Joshua [...]

  • Brighton pensioner jailed for 19 years for abusing five young girls

    A pensioner has been jailed for 19 years today for abusing five young girls over a 20 year period.

    Gordon Brian Redmond, who lived in Brighton [...]

  • Rainbow coalition rises again to combat car use

    The alliance of Brighton and Hove’s opposition parties came together once more last night to safeguard a commitment to get people out of their cars.

    The [...]

  • Create your own celebrity potato

    Brighton Garden Centre is giving youngsters the chance to carve a humble spud into their favourite rock, film or sports star.

    Staff at Brighton Garden Centre [...]

  • Elderly Brighton and Hove befriending scheme hailed as national beacon

    A scheme to befriend lonely elderly people in Brighton and Hove has been such a success it should be rolled out nationally, a charity said [...]

  • Rainbow coalition rises again to combat car use

    The alliance of Brighton and Hove’s opposition parties came together once more last night to safeguard a commitment to get people out of their cars.

    The [...]

  • Hove man’s death from mephedrone furthers call to ban deadly legal high

    A Hove man was confirmed as the fifth known victim of the deadly legal high mephedrone today.

    John Sterling Smith, 46, collapsed at a party in [...]

  • 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 [...]

Rainbow coalition rises again to combat car use

The alliance of Brighton and Hove’s opposition parties came together once more last night to safeguard a commitment to get people out of their cars.

The [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Number 7 bus given a touch of Bond glamour for City Reads festival

Portslade and Brighton Marina don’t usually conjure up images of espionage, action and glamour – but all this is set to change when the number [...]

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 [...]

More talking bus stops for Brighton and Hove

Fancy a chat while you’re waiting for the 1A to Whitehawk? The number of talking bus stops in Brighton and Hove has now doubled from 20 [...]

Brighton and Hove cycle lane proposal to be scrapped

Brighton and Hove City Council is believed to have dropped plans for a cycle lane along Old Shoreham Road.

The council carried out a public consultation [...]

Good Samaritan blinded by Brighton train thugs

A train passenger was left partially blinded after stepping in to help a ticket inspector who was being heckled by yobs.

The attack happened when three [...]

Big Lemon seeks bus monopoly views

The Big Lemon bus company has launched a survey to help it respond to a Government probe into bus monopolies.

Last month, the Office of Fair [...]

Brighton cycle train pilot to start in March

A “bike train” in which cyclists would ride along Brighton’s Lewes Road in a convoy for safety reasons will be piloted in March.

The train is [...]