Two men arrested in Brighton after chase

Sussex Police arrested two men in Brighton yesterday (Wednesday 3 August) on suspicion of burglary and stealing a car. The arrests followed a chase through Bevendean after a tip-off by a member of the public. The alert passer-by reported seeing three masked men in a parked car...
Posted On 04 Aug 2011 at 11:53 pm

Bystanders may have filmed woman being robbed on Brighton seafront

A woman was robbed on Brighton seafront and police believe that the incident may have been filmed by a bystander using a mobile phone. The robbery followed what Sussex Police described as an altercation outside the Brighton Music Hall Bar, formerly known as the Gemini Bar, on the...
Posted On 04 Aug 2011 at 5:04 pm

Brighton teenager dies in holiday crash

A teenage girl from Brighton and her father have been killed in a minibus crash while on holiday. Caisie Muller, 17, a student at City College Brighton and Hove, died in the crash in Jamaica. Her brother Owen, 15, also from Brighton, was hurt when the family’s minibus crashed...
Posted On 04 Aug 2011 at 5:01 am

Brighton scientist's award recognises vital work to make water safe

A Brighton scientist who helps clean up contaminated water in developing countries around the world has been promoted to professor. Dr Huw Taylor has been given the title Professor of Microbial Ecology at Brighton University. The university said that his promotion is in...
Posted On 04 Aug 2011 at 4:54 am

Portslade holiday firm goes bust

A Portslade travel agent and tour operator has gone into administration. Holidays 4 U has ceased trading while 12,800 of its customers are on holiday in Turkey. Assurances have been given that they will all be brought back to Britain even though they may not necessarily land at...
Posted On 04 Aug 2011 at 3:16 am

Brighton and Hove health reform campaigners prepare protests

Campaigners against the coalition government’s health reforms are holding a follow-up meeting in Brighton next week. The campaign group, Keep Our NHS Public, said that up to 50 people went along to the Friends Meeting House in Ship Street, Brighton, last week for a public meeting...
Posted On 04 Aug 2011 at 1:58 am