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By Richard Hook As the country awaits the results of what the New Statesman called, “the most important vote in a generation”, the future of six Brighton and Hove councillors is already decided. Pat Drake, Averil Older, Rachel Fryer, Vicky Wakefield-Jarrett, Paul Steedman and...

The fine weather has helped the turnout for the local elections across Brighton and Hove. After a miserable start to the day, the rain stopped, the clouds lifted and the steady trickle at polling stations improved. At stake are 54 seats on Brighton and Hove City Council. No party...

A music festival planned for Stanmer Park in July has been put back two months over safety fears. The Shakedown festival was due to take place on Saturday 9 July but has been postponed after talks between the organisers and Brighton and Hove City Council. The council said in a...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted rape by police investigating a sex attack on a woman in her Brighton home by an intruder. The 25-year old man, from North-West London, was arrested in the street in Brighton shortly after 1am today (Thursday 5 May). He is...

Eighteen rugby playing police officers have come up with their own version of the Brighton marathon to raise money for charity. The Sussex Police officers, mostly from the emergency response teams in Brighton and Hove, plan to pull a police riot van for 26.2 miles along the...