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Brighton Pavilion MP Caroline Lucas is taking part in a demonstration intended to show solidarity with the people of Greece as the country’s debt crisis worsens. The Green MP is joining the demo in Trafalgar Square in London this evening (Monday 29 June). She wrote an article for...

Do you recognise this couple? They are believed to have stolen a Bugaboo pram, worth £700, from the King Alfred Leisure Centre in Hove. PC Grant Hebblewhite said: “CCTV reveals that they used one of the young children they were with to push the pram into the lift before the...

A trial for recycling wheelie bins is being considered as part of a move towards providing a “tailor-made” refuse collection for Brighton and Hove. Members of the city council’s environment committee are being asked to give the go ahead for the pilot for 4,300 homes...

Roedean firefighters held their annual open day at Brighton Marina and left with almost £500 in donations for the Fire Fighters Charity. The event was held on Saturday (27 June). East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said: “Roedean firefighters teamed up with Asda to hold their...

A Brighton man has been charged with drink driving after Sussex Police said that he was found slumped asleep at the wheel of his car. The force said: “Gary McCue, 51, was arrested at 2.10am on (Saturday) 27 June after officers found him slumped over his steering wheel in Marine...

An aspiring Brighton comedian has his sights set on a career in comedy after beating 100 other hopefuls in a new competition. Joe Foster, 25, was crowned the second ever South Coast Comedian of the Year last week, winning £400 and a slot at a professional gig. The contest,...

A visitor information point is to open in Rottingdean. The Mayor of Brighton and Hove Lynda Hyde will officially open the visitor information point at Rottingdean Library, in the Grange, on Thursday afternoon (2 July). Visit Brighton, the official tourism body for Brighton and...

Plans for a new controlled parking zone in Fiveways and Surrenden are being put to the public vote next week. Residents and businesses are being asked for their feedback on two schemes, one for five days and another for seven days a week, from 9am to 8pm. And the council says...

A group of London to Brighton cyclists became involved in a scrap last Sunday which ended with a woman’s bike being stolen. Police were called to Woodie’s Longboard Diner in Portslade at 3.25pm by a woman who said she and a friend had been confronted by four cyclists...

The driver of a black car who stopped to help a 16-year-old boy who had been assaulted in Hove is being urged to come forward by police. The Good Samaritan is thought to be called Reuben but officers have no other information. The incident occurred at around 5.30pm on Saturday 23...