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A retired university teacher from Brighton has given a senior banker a lesson in basic economics. Trevor Pateman, a former reader at Sussex University, had a letter published in the Financial Times today (Friday 25 May) in response to banker and academic Charles Plosser. Mr...

A schoolboy from Brighton has entered a plea of not guilty to a charge of manslaughter after being accused of killing 19-year-old Connor Saunders. The 14-year-old is accused of punching Connor in West Street, Rottingdean, in what Sussex Police described as an altercation. Connor,...

A woman suffered serious injuries when she fell 55ft from the window of a flat close to Brighton seafront. Medics and a crew from East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service spent two hours trying to rescue the her. She fell from a window in Madeira Mansions in Madeira Place, Brighton,...

Hopes of improving two Hove secondary schools have been dashed with Labour criticising the decision by the Department for Education. Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, announced today that 261 schools would be rebuilt, undergo a major refurbishment or have urgent repairs...

New council leader Jason Kitcat promised to listen more to businesses at a breakfast meeting in Brighton this morning (Friday 25 May). And he acknowledged the controversy over higher parking charges which his party, the Greens, put up earlier this year. Councillor Kitcat spoke...