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Parking is back on the agenda in Hanover and Elm Grove after a sample survey indicated support for a controlled parking zone (CPZ) in some roads. The Hanover and Elm Grove local action team (LAT) asked people in a handful of streets whether they would support residents parking to...

Hands Off Hove Park School campaigners were celebrating this evening (Monday 22 September) after governors voted unanimously against turning the school into an academy. The campaign group, led by parents Sharon Duggal and Natasha Steel, said: “The parents, carers and members of...

Hove Park School governors rejected the prospect of converting the school to an academy at a meeting this evening (Monday 22 September). The news delighted campaigners who gathered at the school gates in Nevill Road, Hove, while the governors meeting took place. The vote followed...

A person has been hit by a train at Preston Park. The incident happened at about 5.40pm and lines have been closed as a result, leading to widespread disruption on the Brighton mainline. By 6.30pm, one of the lines had reopened. @networkrail: #PrestonPark We’re on site with...

The head of Hove Park School, Derek Trimmer, has told teachers that he is recommending governors vote against plans to turn the school into an academy tonight (Monday 22 September). His full statement follows: This evening marks the culmination of months of work and debate around...

A man was helped to safety by firefighters from East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service after his kitchen caught fire in the early hours of Saturday morning. Crews from Preston Circus and Hove were called at 4.07am  to an address in Tisbury Road after reports of the smell of burning...

East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service were called to a fire in Prince’s Crescent in Brighton at 1am this morning. Crews from Preston Circus and Hove attended the address where a fire had broken out in a first floor kitchen. Firefighters used two breathing apparatus and a hose...

Eight people arrested over the stabbing of a man in Pavilion Gardens on Saturday have been released on police bail. The gardens were cordoned off by the entrance to Brighton Museum on Saturday while forensic officers combed the area. It followed a fight at5.40am morning when...

Eco-campaigner and Green council candidate Tom Druitt has voiced his “relief” after another endangered healthy elm tree looks set for a reprieve. On Wednesday, Brighton and Hove City Council’s planning committee rejected Brighton College’s plans to build a...

An academic study at Saltdean Oval found that not mowing the grass led to a huge rise in flowers and wildlife. Researchers at the University of Sussex’s Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects (LASI) monitored areas of the park to see what would happen if the grass was left...