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A fire damaged a first floor flat in Brighton last night (Tuesday 12 February). Firefighters from Hove and Preston Circus in Brighton tackled the blaze in Western Street at about 9pm, East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said. The aerial ladder platform was also sent to the scene....

A Brighton man has been jailed for 15 years for abusing two girls, having raped one of them. Leslie Raymond Sommerford, 55, of no fixed address, was convicted of 13 counts of child sex abuse at Lewes Crown Court. He raped a 15-year-old girl five years ago. His victim is now 20....