Emergency stockpile question provides food for thought
A Green councillor has asked what advice Brighton and Hove City Council has received from the government on creating a...
Political power needed to switch on boardwalk lights
A Kemp Town resident has called for action to get the lights on the Black Rock boardwalk working by this...
Campaigner urges council to support gay venues
The loss of two of Brighton’s biggest gay venues has prompted a community campaigner to call on the council to...
Vision for Black Rock due to become clearer
The future of a long-vacant site in Brighton should become clearer within days, according to a senior councillor. But the...
Pub at centre of planning row to be put up for sale
A pub at the centre of a planning battle between its owner and the council is to be put on...
Queen of the High Street calls for red route rethink
The Queen of the High Street, Mary Portas, has called on the council to pause before pushing ahead with plans...
Mayor tops out flats on site where half of Brighton was born
The mayor of Brighton and Hove took part in a topping out ceremony at a block of flats being built...
Planning rule changes slated as ‘affront to democracy’
Opposition councillors slammed changes to the council’s planning rules as “an affront to democracy” and like something out of Moscow...
Suspected loan shark bailed
A Brighton man who was arrested on suspicion of being a loan shark during a raid in the early hours...
Councillors take first step towards pedestrianising vibrant shopping street
A Labour councillor has taken the first step towards pedestrianising a shopping street in the heart of Brighton, calling for...
Councillor who teaches planning blasts 47-bed shared house proposal at former school
A councillor who teaches planning has blasted a retrospective application to turn a former school into a 47-bed shared house....
Plea for greater council transparency turned down
Opposition members called for greater transparency from Brighton and Hove City Council to make it easier for voters and taxpayers...
New live info boards haunted by ghost buses, passengers claim
Bus passengers say they have been left waiting for "ghost buses" which appear on live info boards but never actually...
Pair guilty over Hove pub drive-by shooting
A gunman has been found guilty of shooting into a Hove pub after becoming convinced someone was intending to "do"...
Teenage boy jailed for life for murder over £20 drug debt
A 17-year-old has been jailed for life for the murder of 16-year-old Joshua Ingram by stabbing him twice at Seaford...
Brighton pub could lose licence after brawl
A Brighton pub could lose its drinks licence – and effectively be forced to close – after a brawl on...
Sixth form given £4.44m to fund skills and business centre
A sixth form college has been given a £4.44 million boost to help fund a new skills and business centre...
Gay venue operator asks council to support nightlife
The owner of one of Brighton’s leading venues made a heartfelt plea to councillors to protect and support the city’s...
Bank cards stolen in burglary were used in nearby shops
Banks cards stolen in a burglary were used in nearby shops in Brighton and Hove’s busiest shopping street. Sussex Police...
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Two men face court today charged with raping one girl and trying to rape another
Two men were in custody and due to face court today (Saturday 3 October) charged with…
Teenage boy jailed for life for murder over £20 drug debt
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Jury convicts 89-year-old man of sexually abusing four children over 30 years
An 89-year-old pensioner has been convicted of child sex abuse, with a jury finding that he…