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A Brighton school has retained its good rating from Ofsted in a report published at the end of last week. Inspectors from the independent watchdog visited Saltdean Primary School, in Chiltington Way, early last month. In their report published on Thursday (8 January) they sai...

Detectives investigating a sexual assault on a 21-year-old woman in Brighton have released an image of a man they want to trace. At about 4.20 am on Friday 31 October last year the victim was accosted on the walkway between Madeira Drive and Marine Drive near the Harvester pub,...

Police have named a man they want to interview about a vicious attack on another man in Brighton. The attack, which took place in August outside the NatWest bank in North Street, left a young man desperately fighting for his life. Hussein Bashir Ali, 25, who comes from the...

People trying to dodge residents’ parking schemes by using council-owned bays they have not paid for are set to be turfed out. Many Brighton and Hove council tenants and leaseholders rent bays near their homes from the council – but have increasingly found the spaces...

A Brighton seafront hostel changed hands for more than £2 million, the company that sold it said today (Monday 13 January). Beds and Bars said that it sold the freehold of its Brighton branch of Belushi’s bar and St Christopher’s Inn last April for net proceeds of £2,265,000. The...

A bank cashier foiled two conmen who fooled a pensioner into withdrawing more than £3,000 from his account in Brighton. Having scammed £3,250 from the 68-year-old man, they told him that he needed to withdraw £4,500 from another branch but the cashier became suspicious and...

A baker opening up shop was robbed at knifepoint this morning in the heart of Brighton’s North Laine. At about 7.15am the woman opening for business at The Flour Pot baker’s shop in Sydney Street, Brighton, was confronted by a man armed with a kitchen knife who...

A man has been charged with rape after a woman was attacked outside Ardingly Court in the Kemp Town area of Brighton last Monday (January 5). Philip Olliver, 32, a technician of West Lane, Lancing has been charged with two counts of rape, sexual assault and possession of class B...

Decisions taken tomorrow (Wednesday 14 January) will mean higher rents and £100 million spending on housing in Brighton and Hove in the coming year. The new rent levels and the housing budget are among a series of crucial decisions, all on related subjects, being taken by ten...

Two councillors have thanked the people and businesses who helped raise more than £3,000 to give pensioners in Hangleton a festive treat. The money was raised and given out to local groups by Councillor Dawn Barnett and Councillor Tony Janio, who represent Hangleton and Knoll....