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  • 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 [...]

  • Fire at Legends Hotel on Brighton seafront

    Staff have been evacuated following a blaze at Legends Hotel on Marine Parade this afternoon.

    The fire broke out some time after 4.30pm, and at least [...]

  • Sussex University students in fresh protest

    Sussex University students said that they had occupied the refectory at the Falmer campus in a fresh protest.

    They were calling for six students who were [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • Preston Park vegetable garden launched

    The Preston Park demonstration vegetable garden, designed by Harvest Brighton and Hove to inspire people to grow their own, has been launched.

    The garden will take [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • Hove couple fined £18k for illegal extension

    A couple who erected an extension at the front of their property without planning permission were fined nearly £18,000 yesterday at Brighton Magistrates Court and [...]

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 [...]

First Capital Connect's performance slammed by MPs

First Capital Connect tried to conceal the scale of likely disruption not just from the public but also MPs, Parliament has heard.

The troubled operator of [...]

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