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Brighton MP Simon Kirby chaired the first meeting of the A27 “reference group” as part of a campaign to upgrade the road between Lewes and Polegate. The reference group was formed to make the case for improving this stretch of the A27. It will do so while the Highways Agency and...

Hove MP Mike Weatherley urged councillors to include a flexible 50-metre pool within the King Alfred Leisure Centre redevelopment plans. The Conservative MP presented a petition at a meeting of Brighton and Hove City Council this afternoon (Thursday 23 October). The petition was...

An award-winning Portslade real ale pub is for sale for £425,000. The Stanley Arms, in Wolseley Road, Portslade, has been put on the market by Steve and Barbara Bennett. The landlord Mr Bennett said: “Having spent 12 years at the Stanley, and in the process, winning the Brighton...

Concern is growing for a 49-year-old man from Hove who has been missing for almost a month. Sussex Police said that officers were looking for Richard Callan who has not been seen since Saturday 27 September. The force said: “He left his work in the city having reported sick that...

A 37-year-old mother of two who was seriously injured in a car crash on the edge of Brighton earlier this month has died in hospital. The accident happened in Saddlescombe Road, near Poynings and the Devil’s Dyke, on Saturday 4 October. The woman, Sam Cove, who worked at a dental...

A retired teacher from Hove has received the British Empire Medal that she was awarded in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Elaine Evans, of Reynolds Road, Hove, was honoured for services to the arts in East Sussex. Mrs Evans, a Regency Patron of the Royal Pavilion and Museums...