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By Tim Hodges Albion will be seeking their fourth manager in just over 16 months after Sami Hyypia resigned earlier today (Monday 22 December). Hyypia won only three league games since taking over from Oscar Garcia in June although he did guide the club to the 4th round of the...

A woman from Brighton was freed from a pair of handcuffs by firefighters early this morning (Monday 22 December). The woman contacted East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service just after 5am to say she couldn’t get the cuffs off. As she wasn’t cuffed to a fixed object, she was asked to...

A Brighton man has admitted having thousands of pictures of children being sexually abused. Spencer Gorringe, 42, of Ringmer Drive, Brighton, pleaded guilty to 15 charges of having or making indecent images of children. He appeared at Brighton Crown Court on Thursday (18...

By Tim Hodges The Albion gave a little more back to the community today (Sunday 21 December) as they laid on an afternoon of fun and adventure for Junior Seagulls members. Kids of all ages were able to take part in football skills, ice skating, playing games consoles, holding...

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 The Seagulls threw away a one-goal lead at Molineux with just two minutes of normal time left to play. Loan star Darren Bent headed Albion in front from an Inigo Calderon cross after ten minutes. Albion led at half time. The...

Volunteers give up almost twice as many hours in Brighton and Hove as they did six years ago, according to a report published yesterday (Thursday). Taking Account 3 – the third survey of the local community and voluntary sector – said volunteers gave up more 110,000 hours a week...

Thousands of young people look likely to be among the hardest hit as children’s services face millions of pounds in cuts. The effect of the cuts will be magnified as grants to community groups are reduced. As a result some may even have to close. Children with disabilities are...

The landlady of a popular Hove pub has taken on a second premises, this time in Portslade. Zoe Rogers, who runs the George Payne, on the corner of Payne Avenue and Kendal Road, Hove, will also run the Whistlestop, in Station Road, Portslade. She took over the George Payne, an...

A Brighton woman has been arrested after Sussex Police officers became concerned about her driving. Xingrou Chen, 20, was arrested just after 9.30pm on Monday (15 December) in Temple Gardens, Brighton. Chen, of Denmark Terrace, Brighton, was charged with driving without a licence...

The A27 Brighton bypass was closed after a lunchtime crash involving two vans and a lorry. The accident happened just before 1pm between the A23 turn-off at Patcham and where traffic joins from the A270 Lewes Road. The road was still closed eastbound more than three hours later...