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A thug attacked a 51-year-old partially sighted man in Western Road, Brighton, in broad daylight last Friday (28 August). Sussex Police said: “The victim had just got off the number 1 bus outside the Sony shop at 12.20pm when he was pushed by a suspect who then punched him in the...

Thousands of people in Brighton and Hove have undiagnosed hearing loss, according to a company that carries out hearing tests and supplies hearing aids. Hidden Hearing, of Western Road, Hove, said that new research suggested that half the population had not had a hearing test. It...

Dozens of people raised more than £15,000 for the Martlets Hospice in Hove by abseiling down a 115ft cliff in Peacehaven. The sponsored abseils will cover the costs of a week’s care for five people in the in-patient unit at the hospice, in Wayfield Avenue, Hove. Eighty people in...

A man suffered a serious facial injury in a fight in the centre of Brighton in the early hours of Sunday morning (30 August), Sussex Police said. The fight involved two groups of people and happened near the corner of New Steine and Marine Parade, Brighton. Sussex Police sai...

The inquest into the deaths of the victims of the Shoreham airshow crash was opened this morning (Wednesday 2 September). West Sussex coroner Penelope Schofield adjourned the full hearing until June next year – before the anniversary of the crash. She urged all those...

People will be asked for their ideas to help save a post office in Hove from closure at a workshop tomorrow evening (Thursday 3 September). The event, at the Old Market, in Upper Market Street, Hove, follows a public meeting where people raised concerns about the future of the...