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The first section of the Falmer stadium arch began to be hoisted into position this afternoon. Building work at the long-awaited 22,500 seater stadium for Brighton and Hove Albion finally started in December 2008 after years of planning wrangles. It is due to open next year, and...

A mountain-bike riding robber demanded money from his victim after striking him in a Brighton alleyway. Police are appealing for witnesses after the attack in the alley between Powis Grove and Clifton Terrace, Brighton, some time between 10.15 and 11pm on Monday, February 8. The...

A murder inquiry has been launched after a man was stabbed to death at Brighton flats this morning. The man, thought to be in his 40s, was found by police unconscious in the communal hallway of a residential property in Elm Grove shortly after 10am today. Despite the efforts of...

A teenage tenant who played loud music late into the night has become the first in Brighton and Hove to be evicted using new powers to combat antisocial behaviour. The girl, who lived in Sheridan Terrace, Hove, was also accused of loud shouting, swearing, verbal abuse and...

A stray Chinese lantern falling into the sea between Brighton’s piers sparked 999 calls from a member of the public who thought it was a hot air balloon catching fire and crashing. RNLI Brighton Lifeboat, the mobile coastguard and Brighton Police were called to the drama...

A brawl at Brighton’s Coalition club in the early hours of this morning left a staff member seriously hurt. The man was attacked after a fight broke out between two groups of people at King’s Road Arches club at around 12.50am. Police now want to talk to two other men...

A Brighton woman who conned money out dozens of people by pretending to be a mother in distress has been sentenced for fraud. Kim Raymond, 29, of Hollingdean Terrace knocked on doors around the city, especially East Brighton, and said she had run out of electricity and had a baby...