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The amount of fly-tipping in Brighton and Hove has almost doubled following the rollout of communal recycling bins last year. Figures obtained by Brighton and Hove News show that in 2014, when most of the bins were introduced, 3,506 fly-tipping reports were made to the council,...

A Hove petrol station has closed down because the cost of upgrading it was not worth the investment. The Co-op store and Texaco garage closed down on May 9 having only recently reopened after a lorry drove into it, damaging the canopy. A spokesperson for The Co-operative Group...

Police in Brighton are searching for 25-year old Jamie Paris, who they wish to interview about an attack on a pregnant woman known to him outside a seafront bar. Shortly after 4am on Tuesday 7 April, the 27-year old heavily pregnant local woman had just left Volks Tavern in...

Pub giant J D Wetherspoon’s plans to open a branch in the old London Road Co-Op have been turned down by planning officers. Head of planning Martin Randall refused the application on the grounds it would be a loss of retail space and would create a noise nuisance. The pub...

Two new rail strike have been announced by the RMT which look set to disrupt travel over five days next week and the week after. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union have instructed their members not to work from 5pm next Thursday for 24 hours, then for 48 hours from...

The head of Brighton Housing Trust says plans to extend Right to Buy to housing associations could spell disaster for tenants. The government yesterday announced its intention to allow the UK’s 1.3million housing association tenants to buy their homes at discounts of 35% of...

The government is to hold weekly meetings with Brighton main line rail operators, Network Rail and passengers to improve city commuters’ journey to work. The pledge was made by rail minister Claire Perry at a meeting with city MPs yesterday. Labour’s Peter Kyle, on...

Police are investigating an incident outside the H&M clothes shop in Western Road, Brighton, in which a 15-year-old girl was sexually assaulted. The incident occurred at about 3.30pm on Saturday, 16 May, when the victim and her companion, another girl aged 15, were walking...

The Brighton Wheel’s bid to stay open for another five years has been given a boost after planning officers recommend it be granted. The application will be decided by Brighton and Hove’s new planning committee on Wednesday. The council has received 25 letters...

A public inquiry to decide whether the University of Sussex’s plans to extend the Falmer campus should be approved or not is to be held in October. The £500m plans for 4,000 student bedsits and modern academic facilities, in some cases replacing 1960s buildings, were turned down...