999 crews to hold major exercise in Southwick Tunnel

Fire crews are due to practise dealing with a major crash in the Southwick Tunnel on Friday night. Crews from East and West Sussex will use a routine closure of the tunnel for maintenance as an opportunity for a training exercise. Sussex Police and South East Coast Ambulance...
Posted On 02 Mar 2011 at 11:45 pm

Brighton and Hove Tories hit back over 'budget myths'

The battle over the budget for Brighton and Hove heated up today as council leader Mary Mears “condemned the misinformation being put out by the opposition”. She criticised the Greens and Labour for claiming that the budget was reckless and would result in savage cuts and...
Posted On 02 Mar 2011 at 9:08 pm

Police remove squatter from Kemp Town Taj

Squatters hoping to stop Sainsbury’s open another store in the former Kemp Town Taj store have now left after the building was stormed  by police today. The protesters, who call themselves Sabotaj, were trying to stop Sainsbury’s open the fourth supermarket in just a...
Posted On 02 Mar 2011 at 12:45 pm

Robber holds up Brighton bank

A man robbed a bank in the centre of Brighton shortly before 3pm yesterday afternoon (Tuesday 1 March). He walked into the Co-operative Bank in Western Road and handed a note to the cashier demanding that all the money was put into a white carrier bag which he was carrying. An...
Posted On 02 Mar 2011 at 12:34 am

Robber steals cash box at Hove post office

A robber stole a money box from a post office security guard in Hove yesterday morning (Tuesday 1 March). He snatched the box from the guard as he walked into the post office in Portland Road at about 10.25am. The thief was chased along Portland Road then Westbourne Gardens by...
Posted On 02 Mar 2011 at 12:30 am