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A senior government minister congratulated Brighton Energy Co-op in the House of Commons today (Thursday 17 May). Ed Davey, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, was responding to a question from Caroline Lucas, the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion. She asked: “Will the...

The first Green mayor of Brighton and Hove is expected to be elected this afternoon (Thursday 17 May). Councillor Bill Randall is expected to take over the mayoralty as he steps down from his current post as leader of Brighton and Hove City Council. His move comes as questions...

The Brighton Kemptown MP Simon Kirby has been elected to the executive of the influential 1922 Committee by his fellow Conservatives in the House of Commons. The committee has traditionally provided a way for backbench Tory MPs to raise issues of importance with the Prime...

A man was attacked and robbed in Brighton as he walked to work early yesterday (Wednesday 16 May). Sussex Police said that the victim, in his mid-twenties, was robbed while walking in Church Street near to the junction with St Nicholas Road at about 6.40am. His attacker stopped...

City College Brighton and Hove has appointed a new principal to succeed Phil Frier who retires at the end of August. The governors have chosen Lynn Thackway, the vice-principal of the Barnfield Federation in Luton, which runs a large further education college, several school...