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Conmen have stolen £1,200 from an 85-year-old Brighton woman. A man called the elderly woman at about midday on Monday (22 September), Sussex Police said. The caller said that he was from a company dealing with a damp problem next door to her Beaconsfield Road home and that she...

A car crash outside the Hanover pub closed Queen’s Park Road to traffic earlier this evening. Emergency services were called to the crash at the junction with Pankhurst Avenue shortly after 8pm this evening. A spokesman for East Sussex Fire and Rescue said: “There...

Burton Albion 0 Brighton & Hove Albion 3 Brighton and Hove Albion progressed to the 4th round of the Capital Cup for the first time in 35 seasons after overcoming Burton Albion by three goals to nil at the Pirelli Stadium. First-half goals from Rohan Ince and Kazenga LuaLua...

Brighton commuters are facing a third day of severe delays after a person was hit by a train at Wivelsfield. The incident happened at about 6.3opm this evening, and trains came to a standstill between Preston Park and Haywards Heath as a result. Just recieved notification of a...

A 19-year-old from Brighton is believed to have been killed in Syria in the past 48 hours, the Guardian is reporting this afternoon. The newspaper says two western fighters in Syria said Khalil al-Britani, whose real name is understood to be Ibrahim Kamara, died after a US air...

Brighton and Hove’s main train operator Southern has picked up two prizes at the National Rail Awards. It came first in the Putting Passengers First category and won the Outstanding Personal Contribution award. The train company was also highly commended in four categories....

The person hit by a train at Preston Park Station this week was a 39-year-old Brighton man. Floral tributes have appeared on the platform today in memory of the man who was killed at the station during the afternoon rush hour. The incident at 5.40pm led to the blocking of the...

Tomorrow’s bin strike has been called off to allow more time for the council to come up with proposals. The GMB today agreed to suspend action today and next Tuesday for more talks about the on-going dispute over drivers’ allowances and responsibilities after meeting...

Brighton’s London Road is set to get another boost thanks to £70,000 of funding for local art. Half the money has come from the developers of the old Co-op building as a condition of securing planning approval, and the rest is match-funding from the EU. A competition was...

How’s this for a bit of spectacularly bad parking? This driver provoked outrage when he parked on Western Road right opposite resurfacing works, completely blocking the road. The picture was taken this morning at about 10am and posted on Twitter by @RageofForbes. He said:...