Politics really does stink in Brighton and Hove

A member of Brighton and Hove City Council and former Sussex Police detective has uncovered a political stink and risked accusations of a cover up. Councillor Graham Cox wrote about the incident in a blog posting yesterday (Tuesday 22 April) but he refused to identify the...
Posted On 23 Apr 2014 at 10:13 pm

College to serve Newhaven and Brighton seeks first principal

A university technical college that will serve Newhaven, Brighton and the surrounding area is looking for its first principal. The sponsors behind the Newhaven University Technical College want a leader in place with the UTC due to open in September next year. The backers include...
Posted On 23 Apr 2014 at 9:59 pm

Police raid Brighton squat after man found with head and ear injuries

Police raided a squat in the centre of Brighton after a man was found injured in the street this morning (Wednesday 23 April). The emergency services were called at about 8.55am when a member of the public saw a man walking along Duke Street, Brighton, with injuries to his head...
Posted On 23 Apr 2014 at 7:49 pm

Police order Brighton March for England supporters and protesters to stay apart

People supporting and opposing the March for England in Brighton on Sunday (27 April) have been ordered to stay apart. Sussex Police announced that they were imposing the legal orders today – St George’s Day. Scores of people are expected to take part in the march and protest,...
Posted On 23 Apr 2014 at 6:30 pm

Hove doctors’ surgery promises patients that it won’t close

Patients were given an assurance that their surgery was not going to be closed at a meeting in Hove this morning (Wednesday 23 April). Lindsay Coleman, practice manager at the Burwash Road surgery in Hangleton, rebutted rumours following the announcement of a merger with the...
Posted On 23 Apr 2014 at 11:12 am

Hove man attacked with knife in Brighton street

A man was attacked with a knife by a stranger in a Brighton street after an argument, Sussex Police said today (Wednesday 23 April). The victim, a 36-year-old man from Hove, had parked his car in Cannon Place to meet a friend in Churchill Square, Brighton, at about 10.40pm on...
Posted On 23 Apr 2014 at 9:16 am