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Brighton Kemptown MP Simon Kirby has won a seat on a House of Commons select committee. The Conservative MP beat 11 other candidates to win a place on the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee. Mr Kirby, a former entrepreneur who set up and ran a pubs and clubs...

More than 200 registered sex offenders are living in Brighton and Hove, according to an official report. The number – 201 – is up from the 165 sex offenders reported to be living in the area last year. The report says that last year’s figure was wrong but does not give the...

A Brighton blogger has highlighted concerns about new allotment rules which were brought in earlier this year, The Brighton Bits blog criticised the ban on composting green kitchen waste. Anyone breaking the rule on kitchen waste faces the immediate termination of their tenancy...

Owners of empty buildings in Brighton and Hove are being asked to let Sussex Police use them for dog training. The force’s dog unit is particularly keen to bigger buildings and says that the presence of police dogs and their handlers can be an effective deterrent to would-be...

A man and a woman have been arrested after a taxi driver was attacked in his cab in Brighton. The man, 32, and the woman, 35, who were arrested on suspicion of assault, are both from Brighton. They are accused of running up to the taxi, in Lewes Road, Brighton, opening the cab...

Bogus “water board” officials stole £3,000 cash from a 70-year-old man in Portslade on Monday afternoon. The two conmen called at the man’s home in Mill Lane just before 4pm. After he let them in, one distracted him while the other stole his money, savings book and cheque book....