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A Brighton man has been convicted of trying to murder two nurses at their house in March this year. Connah Smith, 20, of Vernon Terrace, Brighton, was found guilty of attempted murder by a jury at Lewes Crown Court today (Monday 10 November). He struck in Dean Street, just off...

Police have named the missing Brighton Marina yachtsman as Len King, 74, a businessman from Alfriston. His wife Stephanie said that he was an experienced yachtsman who had been sailing for more than 50 years. She spoke after coastguard and RNLI lifeboat crews called off their...

About 5,000 people in Hove defied the damp and windy weather to watch the town’s biggest and most spectacular fireworks display at the weekend. The annual Family Firework Spectacular was held at the Nevill Playing Field, in Nevill Road, Hove, on Saturday evening (8 November). A...

A car crash on the A27 Brighton bypass caused rush-hour tailbacks this morning (Monday 10 November). A car spun out of control along the eastbound side of the road between Hollingbury and Falmer at about 8.15am, Sussex Police said. No other vehicles were believed to have been...

A van overturned in a crash with an articulated lorry on Hove seafront this morning (Monday 10 November). The accident happened on the A259 Kingsway, by the bottom of Brunswick Square, at about 7am, Sussex Police said. The driver of the van suffered bruising and minor injuries...

A search is under way for a Brighton sailor after his empty yacht drifted into Brighton Marina yesterday evening (Sunday 9 November). He is believed to have fallen overboard after his Sunseeker yacht hit the harbour walls and, when the vessel was boarded the engine was found in...