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Buses running through the centre of Brighton were affected by gas leak repairs for a second day today. Hundreds of buses were unable to stop at some of the town’s busiest stops opposite Churchill Square shopping centre in Western Road. Brighton and Hove Buses laid on extra staff...

The future of a Brighton nursery is back in the balance. Green councillors asked colleagues across the political spectrum to review the threat to Bright Start Nursery in Barrack Yard off North Road, Brighton. Their moved failed and next week Brighton and Hove City Council will...

The government’s comprehensive spending review wasn’t all bad news, according to the Conservative leader of Brighton and Hove City Council. And Councillor Mary Mears said that the council was in a relatively good position after the statement by Chancellor George Osborne on behalf...

Who polices the police? When it comes to music, the Performing Rights Society uphold the law. And as a result of the PRS campaign to crackdown on people playing music at work, Sussex Police has told officers to stop listening to the radio. Obviously not their police radios, but...

Two Brighton schools are to merge to form an all-through primary from next September. Balfour junior and infant schools are to join and take children from 4 years to 11. The move is seen as offering numerous advantages, including: •greater continuity in teaching, pupil care and...

A Brighton and Hove councillor has criticised the government for abolishing Cycling England in its cull of quangos. Councillor Ian Davey, the Green Party transport spokesman on Brighton and Hove City Council, said: “This is a sad day for cycling and the future of sustainable...

Sussex Police needs to make cuts of £52 million, it said after the comprehensive spending review announcement yesterday. The force is asking people in Brighton and Hove to help decide where the cuts will come by responding to a consultation. The force said that it wants to make...

Brighton and Hove schoolgirls are being given a vaccine to protect them against cervical cancer. The vaccination programme in secondary schools is taking place for the third year, with letters being sent to parents of girls aged 12 and 13. Last year more than 90 per cent of...

A Brighton-based children’s charity has announced the appointment of a new chief executive. Rockinghorse has named Claire Ross-Baker, 44, as the woman who will take over the top job a few weeks before Christmas. She joins Rockinghorse after nearly four years as head of...