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A former branch of Barclays bank taken over by squatters who wanted to turn it into an anti-austerity “radical bank” is now being transformed into a pop-up community centre. The bank on Preston Road was briefly taken over in June by a group calling themselves the...

Barclays is to close another branch in Brighton and Hove – the third to shut in less than a year. The bank wrote to customers of the Hangleton branch at the end of last month to say that it would shut its doors for the last time in October. The Preston Circus branch in Brighton...

Parking bays along Madeira Drive which were moved to avoid the crumbling terraces will have to be moved once again at a further cost of £5,000 to add to the original £10,000 bill. The bays were redrawn with a loss of 40 bays and the barricades around the terraces extended in May...

Police are appealing for witnesses after a gang of youths attacked and robbed a man out for a moonlight stroll on Hove seafront, leaving him with “nasty facial injuries”. The 51-year-old victim was walking at the junction of King’s Esplanade and Medina Terrace...

Rail minister Claire Perry has told Brighton and Hove MPs that improving Southern’s service will be her priority after they slammed its overcrowding and unreliability in parliament. Southern’s Brighton mainline service has been harshly criticised by passenger groups,...

The creators of the world famous STOMP percussion group received honorary degrees from the University of Brighton today (27 July) – and put on a mini performance using their awards scrolls and lectern as instruments. Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas were given honorary Doctor...

A Hove psychiatric nurse has been struck off after he failed to flag up one patient’s violent fantasies and suggested another patient who later killed himself was ready to be discharged. Stephen Cook denied all but one of eleven charges relating to the care of two...

The proposed smoking ban in Brighton and Hove’s beaches and in parks could also be extended to the outside of pubs and restaurants. The consultation questionnaire that was published last week includes separate questions covering the outside seating areas of both types of venue....