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A wanted man is believed to be in Brighton, Sussex Police said. Derek Walsh is being sought for recall to prison for breaking the terms of his release licence. The 51-year-old, who comes from Liverpool, has connections to Brighton where he has been seen recently. He was sentenced...

Two Sussex Police officers are receiving medical treatment after being injured while trying to help an ambulance crew with a patient. The two PCs were on patrol in Norfolk Street, Brighton, at 9.15pm last Friday (3 October) when they stopped to help an ambulance crew. The medics...

Dozens of streets in Brighton and Hove are to be included in controlled parking zones after a town hall meeting this week. Councillors have included roads in Baker’s Bottom and the Lewes Road Triangle, in Brighton, and more roads in Wish ward in Hove. The Lewes Road Triangle...

Senior figures in Brighton and Hove have been challenged over their approach to school places and standards. A report to Brighton and Hove City Council said: “Educational attainment in the city is improving but we were struck by what appeared to be limited ambition to improve...

A 57-year-old Hove man has been jailed for two years after being found guilty of nine sexual offences. Paul Brown, from Clarendon Road in Hove, who worked as a maintenance man at Springfields Care Home in Hove, was convicted at Brighton Crown Court on Thursday 11 September. The...

A Brighton man has been jailed for killing a homeless woman after he injected her with heroin, took her purse and left her for dead. Timothy Smythe, 52, admitted manslaughter when he appeared at Lewes Crown Court today (Thursday 9 October). Judge Anthony Scott-Gall sentenced him...

Developers are being invited to come forward with plans to build 400 homes and a new leisure centre on the site of the King Alfred on Hove seafront. Brighton and Hove City Council is placing adverts in Estates Gazette, the property trade publication, and in the Official Journal...

Brighton and Hove Albion midfielder Andrew Crofts is out for the rest of the season. The 30-year-old suffered a serious knee injury in the draw at Watford last Saturday (4 October). Crofts, a Wales international, had MRI scans and exploratory surgery in London yesterday...

Supporters of the Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT) were pleased and relieved as their project was given planning permission yesterday afternoon (Wednesday 8 October). They had been concerned about a series of conditions which threatened the viability of the project. But in a...

Police are appealing for information after a 22-year-old woman was raped on the beach directly in front of the Coalition night club, King’s Road Arches, Brighton. The attack took place in the early hours of Saturday (4 October). The suspect is aged about 25, with olive skin, of...