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Fire crews dealt with two fires in the Brighton area yesterday (Sunday 26 February). Two crews were sent to McDonald’s burger bar in Western Road, Brighton, shortly before 4pm after a commercial fat fryer caught fire. The fire was brought under control quickly and the job was...

Conmen are believed to have stolen cash and jewellery from a 91-year-old Brighton man on Saturday (25 February). They posed as water board officials when they called at his home in Wolverstone Drive in Hollingdean at about 2pm. They said that they needed to talk to him about...

Train passengers from Hove and Portslade can now report crimes and anti-social behaviour by email during their journey. Southern has been testing the email scheme, called Eyewitness, among its staff over the past couple of years and more recently with a number of passengers. It...

The owner of a neglected property in a Brighton conservation area has been ordered to carry out repairs and repainting work. Nick White, who owns 3 St George’s Place in Brighton, has been served with an enforcement notice by the planning team at Brighton and Hove City Council. Mr...

A 17-year-old girl from Brighton has been arrested on suspicion of wasting police time after saying that she had been sexually assaulted. Sussex Police said that detectives had carried out a thorough investigation after she claimed to have been the victim of a sex attacker. She...

Youngsters in one of the most deprived parts of Brighton are being offered a £19,000 pot of money for youth projects. The proposed projects or events must be for the benefit of 13 to 19-year-olds living in the Moulsecoomb and Bevendean neighbourhoods And potential bidders have...

Three people were arrested after police stopped a suspected stolen car on the Brighton and Hove boundary in the early hours of yesterday (Sunday 26 February). Sussex Police said that the silver Vauxhall Corsa was first spotted by officers when it was being driven erratically and...