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Questions about whether Britain’s biggest trade union tried to sway the Labour Party’s selections in two Brighton and Hove seats were being asked today (Friday 5 July). The two seats – Brighton Kemptown and Hove – were among 41 on a list prepared by the political director of the...

A lorry carrying a trailer laden with portable toilets jack-knifed on the A27 Brighton bypass during the evening rush-hour. Drivers were inconvenienced for almost three hours by the accident. Sussex Police said: “The trailer was carrying portable toilets and a quantity of blue...

Two men from Brighton have been given suspended prison sentences for stealing mobile phones in a night club. The jobless pair – Mahamadou Trawally, 41, of Richmond Place, and Eric Kamdem, 25, of Wiltshire House in Lavender Street – were found guilty after a two-day trial at...

Labour leader Ed Miliband visited a Hove school at lunchtime today (Friday 5 July). Mr Miliband came to learn about the anti-homophobic bullying work at Blatchington Mill School which earned it the title of Stonewall School Champion. The school has recently appointed equality...

The average price of a property in Brighton and Hove is approaching £300,000, according to an analysis of Land Registry figures. A total of 1,289 homes changed hands from the start of the year until the end of May for a total of more than £372 million. And ten of those homes sold...