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Firefighters revived a pensioner’s dog when they tackled a blaze at his home which they believe was started deliberately. They gave the dog oxygen as they dealt with the fire at a flat in Stonehurst Court in Down Terrace, Brighton. The 67-year-old man was unhurt in the fire but...

A Brighton pub is due to be demolished in the next four to eight weeks. The Cobbler’s Thumb on the corner of New England Road and New England Street, near Preston Circus, closed earlier this year. The building, which is owned by Brighton and Hove City Council, was declared...

Three men beat up a teenager as he was walking along Bear Road in Brighton last week. Sussex Police said that the 18-year-old victim was walking home when a dark-coloured car pulled up and three men got out. They attacked the teenager and left him with two black eyes and a cut...

Parents are being asked to comment on a proposal to turn Hove Police Station into a junior school. Brighton and Hove City Council bought the old police station in Holland Road for £2.2 million last month and wants it to be run by West Hove Junior School. This is similar to the...

Binmen and street cleaners are to march through Brighton and Hove the day after they start a week-long strike. They will be led by the GMB union general secretary Paul Kenny from the CityClean depot in Hollingdean to King’s House in Hove. They voted to strike after the council...

Firefighters rescued a woman who was trapped in a house in Brighton after the roof collapsed. They were called to the Victorian house in Stanford Avenue, near Preston Park, just before 9.40pm last night (Monday 10 June). Some people managed to make their own way out of the...