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Brighton and Hove City Council has been successful in their first round bid for a Heritage Lottery ‘Parks for People’ Grant of £1,841,300 to restore and enhance one of the city’s busiest and well-loved open spaces. The figure includes a development grant o...

A Cardinal Newman student who fell off his bicycle in Whitehawk last week has died, The Argus reports. David Hanna, 18, had just finished his A-levels and was on his way to celebrate with friends when he came of his bike in Haybourne Road. He spent six days in intensive care, but...

A Brighton actor died while taking part in a production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet this week. Robert Atkins was backstage during the Brighton Little Theatre’s performance on Monday night when he had a heart attack.  His wife, who made the costumes, was also...

Brighton and Hove City Council’s widely ridiculed Status Quo recruitment campaign cost £14,000. The council used a bizarre website, www.saynotostatusquo.co.uk, to recruit four new strategic directors on controversial salaries of £125k each. It called for applicants able to...