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Parents in Hove are being given a chance to learn more about plans to tackle the shortage of primary school places in the town. They will be able to hear about work on the new Connaught Primary School at a public meeting next week being chaired by Mike Weatherley, the...

Two men – one armed with a gun – held up and robbed a Co-op shop in Brighton as two security guards were delivering cash. The armed robbery happened at the Co-op in Lustrells Vale, Saltdean, at midday today (Monday 4 July). Sussex Police said that a man in a motorbike helmet...

A veteran Brighton and Hove councillor is urging the buyer of the Palace Pier to revert to its widely used name. Councillor Brian Fitch, who represents Hangleton and Knoll for Labour, criticised the current owner, the Noble Organisation, for rebranding it as Brighton Pier. And he...

Shoppers usually take food home from the supermarket but in Brighton they will be asked to leave some behind this weekend. At Sainsbury’s in Lewes Road, Brighton, customers will be asked to buy an extra item to give to charity. The donations will be collected by the national food...

The care provided at a residential Brighton school for deaf children has been rated as outstanding by independent inspectors from Ofsted. Staff and pupils at Hamilton Lodge Deaf School and College in Walpole Road, Brighton, were celebrating the top verdict at the school’s sports...

Two shops in Brighton were robbed at the weekend and Sussex Police said that the raids appeared to be linked. Yesterday morning (Sunday 3 July) a man stole what is believed to have been a large sum of cash from the till of the post office store in Preston Drove, Brighton. The...