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The fire authority with responsibility for Brighton and Hove has told the government it opposes the prospect of being taken over by the police and crime commissioner (PCC). It set out its objections in response to a proposal by the government last month to allow PCCs to take...

Reading 1 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 Brighton and Hove Albion dropped two points at the Madejski Stadium as their nearest pursuers closed to within two points this afternoon (Saturday 31 October). Oliver Norwood had the first real chance of the match but his free-kick was well...

A woman was attacked as she stepped off a number 2 bus in broad daylight in the centre of Hove. The 49-year-old woman was attacked at around 4pm last Friday (23 October) at the junction of Church Road and Tisbury Road. A man barged into the woman as she got off the bus, knocking...

By Joshua Walton Dedicated food waste campaigners served up 5,000 free meals on The Level in Brighton yesterday (Thursday 29 October) made from food destined for landfill. Several anti-food waste organisations, protest groups and guest speakers attended the Feeding the 5,000...

A teenage girl who was missing from home for more than a fortnight has been found safe and well in Brighton, Sussex Police said today (Friday 30 October). Lacey Easen, 16, failed to arrive at school in Worthing, where she has been living, on Tuesday 13 October. She had been...

By Emily Collis A man was forced at knifepoint to hand over his wallet and pin before muggers withdrew £250 from his card and spent a further £245 shortly after. Matthew Jarrett, 21, from Warwickshire, was visiting friends in Brighton when he was approached by a man outside...

A retired Brighton vicar has been jailed for six and a half years for five sexual offences against four young men in the 1970s and 1980s. Vickery House, 69, the former vicar of St Bartholomew’s Church, denied the charges. House, of Brighton Road, Handcross, was sentenced at...

Council officials are backing a request for a £61,000 loan to save the Open Market in Brighton. The money has been requested by the Open Market Community Interest Company (CIC). The Open Market CIC board includes traders and representatives of Brighton and Hove City Council, the...

An MP is trying to change the law to exempt carers from having to pay to park in hospital car parks. The Hospital Parking Charges (Exemption for Carers) Bill is due to be discussed in the House of Commons today (Friday 30 October). But the main hospital trust for Brighton and...

Five family homes are to be built on the site of the Marmion Road YMCA in Hove. Planning permission has been given by Brighton and Hove City Council for the three and four-bedroom properties to go up next to the Drill Hall. They will replace the current two-storey community...