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A Brighton man has been jailed for 13 years today for an unprovoked attack on Hove seafront. Jamie Chesher, 32, of Regency Square, Brighton, is expected to serve at least six and a half years for the assault which left Simon Craddock paralysed. Chesher was sentenced at Hove Crown...

A former BBC sports producer with a home in Brighton admitted collecting child porn when he appeared today at Southwark Crown Court. Martyn Smith, 44, is being held in custody until Friday 18 December when he will be sentenced. Police raided a property in Chichester Terrace, Kemp...

A 60-year-old Portslade man has died after he was crushed by a bulldozer while working on a Sussex beach. Michael Streeter, of St Nicholas Road, Portslade, was working for the Environment Agency, shifting shingle on the beach at Selsey, West Sussex. A colleague raised the alarm...

A Brighton police officer has been presented with the Iraq Reconstruction Medal. Inspector Alan Costello was presented with the medal at a long service and good conduct ceremony. He also collected a certificate of service and a general certificate of appreciation in recognition...

A medical expert will give his inaugural lecture at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School next week. Professor Pietro Ghezzi will explain how the cures for devastating injuries and diseases including strokes and multiple sclerosis may be hiding inside proteins in the body’s...