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A vandal smashed a shop window in Brighton while a woman filmed him, Sussex Police said today. Officers are keen to speak to the woman who filmed the man in Lewes Road, Brighton, at about 12.30pm during the London to Brighton bike ride last Sunday (19 June). A group of cyclists...

A former Brighton police officer has been jailed for four years for rape. Sean Allman, 47, a Brighton traffic officer for 16 years until 2002, was also jailed for two years for beating up his wife. The sentences are consecutive, making six years in total. His, offences came to...

A 58-year-old man died last night after a crash on the Brighton bypass in Hangleton. The victim, from Worthing, was believed to be on his way home when the accident happened on the westbound side of the road. Sussex Police said that his car is thought to have broken down and he...

All three Brighton and Hove MPs were united in backing the motion that turned out to be the talking point of the House of Commons yesterday (Thursday 23 June). They all supported the resolution to demand that the coalition government ban the use of wild animals in circuses....

Tesco is to open another store in Brighton and Hove. The supermarket chain plans to open a shop in West Way, Hangleton, on the site of the furniture store Hamseys. Hamseys is due to close on Saturday 9 July. It occupies the old Co-op premises. The Co-op closed the branch after...

Three men were arrested after a police officer stepping in to break up a fight was attacked in Brighton. The officer was in a patrol car when he spotted the fight between three men in the Old Steine in the early hours of Wednesday morning (22 June). He called for an ambulance for...

More teaching and lecturing staff are to join the strike that is due to take place next Thursday (30 June). Members of the University and College Union (UCU) at Brighton University and City College Brighton and Hove are also expected to take part in a rally and march on the same...