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Two hammer-wielding armed robbers threatened staff and customers at a computer shop in Hove and stole two Apple Macs. The pair carried out the robbery at Solutions Inc in Old Shoreham Road, Hove, at about 3.30pm on Tuesday (9 August), Sussex Police said this evening. They ripped...

Two of Brighton and Hove’s three MPs spoke in the debate about the riots in the House of Commons today after Parliament was recalled. Mike Weatherley, the Conservative MP for Hove, and Caroline Lucas, the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, both put questions to Prime Minister David...

Brighton and Hove Albion has promised to tackle the parking problems faced by some people living in Coldean on match days. The club said that it wanted to be a good neighbour and took the complaints of residents seriously. Albion responded after Labour councillor Jeane Lepper,...

An off-licence and convenience store in Hangleton has had its alcohol licence revoked for selling counterfeit wine and smuggled cigarettes to children. Dharni Stores sold fake Jacobs Creek wine as well as smuggled cigarettes and alcohol to children, a Brighton and Hove City...

A man has been arrested at a gym in Hove on suspicion of assault. He was held this morning at Cheetah’s gym, which is popular with weightlifters and boxers and operates from the basement of the King Alfred Leisure Centre in Kingsway on Hove seafront. Richard Harker, 46, of...

Staff at Sussex University are used to receiving feedback for the way they teach thousands of students in their teens, twenties and beyond. But today staff at the university are celebrating praise for their work with two to five-year-olds. Sussex University Nursery, which caters...

Riots in London and the cancellation of some football matches will not stop Pride from going ahead, Sussex Police said last night (Wednesday 10 August). It will be “business as usual” in Brighton and Hove this weekend, according to the city’s police commander Chief Superintendent...

More than 160 people turned up in response to a Brighton and Hove contractor’s search for “The Apprentice”. In fact, Mears, the contractor responsible for maintaining and improving 12,000 council houses and flats in Brighton and Hove, is looking for 15 apprentices. The...