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The Royal Pavilion ice rink in Brighton opens to the public tomorrow (Saturday 8 November). The ice rink marked its fifth anniversary with a party last night (Thursday 6 November) which included a performance by the Dancing on Ice and X-factor star Ray Quinn. He sang a song from...

A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) visited one of Hove’s biggest private sector employers today (Friday 7 November) to learn why it had signed up to pay the living wage. Anneliese Dodds, one of ten MEPs for south east England, which includes Brighton and Hove, visited...

A series of spoof planning notices have appeared around Brighton and Hove promising new attractions such as turning the cricket ground into a theme park called Alesha Dixon World. The joke laminated A4 notices also advertise a proposed “huge plastic otter’s head” – 40 metres high...

The Liberal Democrats have chosen professional musician Beatrice Bass to stand for election to Brighton and Hove City Council in Central Hove next May. Brighton and Hove Liberal Democrats said that Ms Bass was the only declared female candidate contesting the election in Central...

A gang of teenagers attacked a 21-year-old man on Brighton seafront as he was walking home. Sussex Police said: “The victim was assaulted in King’s Road at about 11.15pm on Monday (3 November) near to the King’s Hotel. “He suffered serious head injuries including a suspected...

A Brighton council tenant has been ordered to pay £5,600 for illegally letting his Kemp Town home. Juan Carlos Garcia, 44, of Redhill Drive, Brighton, was found guilty of social housing fraud at Brighton Magistrates’ Court. He earned £3,199 by illegally subletting a council...