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The North Portslade Community Allotment is aiming to build a polytunnel in mid-June thanks to funding from a number of sources. Can Do Health and the Brighton and Hove Food Partnership have given support while the allotment team have also received a Sport Relief Community Cash...

Grand National winning jockey Bob Champion is coming to Brighton Racecourse but he won’t be saddling up. Champion, 61, who rode Aldaniti to victory at Aintree in 1981 after having testicular cancer, will be aiming to help businesses reach new markets. He is the guest speaker at a...

The number of mobile phone shops in Brighton and Hove has reached saturation point, according to a leading market research company. The Local Data Company (LDC) said that there were fewer than 14,000 shoppers for each mobile phone shop in the city. Only Central London has a more...

Fraudsters are threatening homeowners in the city by claiming they are bailiffs sent to reclaim thousands of pounds in unpaid council tax. Brighton and Hove City Council is warning residents to be on their guard after receiving several reports over the last week. One resident was...

Two convicted thieves who stole almost £75,000 from the Hove childcare firm they had worked at for years have now been ordered to repay the money. This follows two court confiscation hearings, the second of which took place at Brighton Crown Court today. Robin Andrews, 33, of...

A young man was sexually assaulted by another man in public toilets in Goldstone Villas in Hove on Thursday afternoon. The 23-year-old victim was approached by the man at about 5.15pm. The offender touched him sexually and when he was rebuffed pushed him into a wall causing a...

An anti-academy meeting has been called in Portslade after it was revealed the council is already referring to Portslade Community College as an academy before a consultation has finished. The controversial plans to change the struggling school have been condemned by councillors...

Celebrity tailor Gresham Blake is marking the tenth anniversary of his graduation by returning to his alma mater, the University of Brighton, to open its inaugural Brighton Fashion Showcase. Gresham will present the university’s Business Plan Award which he also sponsored....

A drug expert says banning mephedrone won’t work – just two days after Brighton police made its first arrest over its sale. Jenny Button was speaking at the inquest of Hove man John Sterling Smith, the first man to die of mephedrone poisoning. She said:...

Brighton vandals have left the Royal Mail scratching their head after painting postboxes white. Several boxes through the city have been damaged in this way, and there is no indication why it’s happening. Blogger Dan Wilson spotted two of the boxes, one outside the post...