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Is this Brighton’s smallest parking space?

Could this be Brighton’s smallest parking space? Most motorists would struggle to squeeze into this tiny gap between two sets of double yellow lines on the corner of Fleet Street and Trafalgar Arches in the New England Quarter. But even if they did, they could find...

Posted On 07 Oct 2015 at 12:27 pm

, By Jo Wadsworth

Hundreds of young Brighton and Hove schoolchildren offered flu spray at school

All children in school years one and two in Brighton and Hove will be offered a nasal spray flu vaccination at school for the first time this year, starting from this month. Sussex Community NHS Trust (SCT) is carrying out the immunisation programme in schools as it means a good...

Posted On 07 Oct 2015 at 11:46 am

, By Jo Wadsworth

Retired bishop to be sentenced for sex abuse as victims sue church

The former Bishop of Lewes is due to be sentenced for sexually abusing young men at the Old Bailey in London today (Wednesday 7 October). Some of his victims are suing the Chichester diocese of the Church of England. Peter Ball, 83, who started his career as a curate in...

Posted On 07 Oct 2015 at 11:16 am

, By Frank le Duc

Armed police called after man stabbed in fight in Brighton home

Armed police were called to a home in Brighton after a young man was stabbed and another man badly bruised. Wellington Road was cordoned at both ends as five police cars and what a witness described as an armoured jeep arrived at the scene. Officers carrying submachine guns were...

Posted On 07 Oct 2015 at 11:05 am

, By Jo Wadsworth

Brighton and Hove parking income fell last year after coin collector went bust owing £3.2m

The council’s parking income fell last year for the first time in at least five years despite a rise in income from permits, parking meters, car parks and fines partly as a result of the contractor which collected money from parking machines going bust. Its off street...

Posted On 07 Oct 2015 at 10:37 am

, By Jo Wadsworth

First pictures of i360’s assembled glass doughnut released

The Brighton i360 has reached a new milestone this week as the jacking tower for the 162 metre tower was removed revealing the slender tower beneath and first images were revealed of the almost complete viewing pod, as it is trial-assembled in France. The pod, which is being...

Posted On 07 Oct 2015 at 9:35 am

, By Jo Wadsworth

Brighton sex abuse victim urges government to close legal loophole

A Brighton man who was sexually abused as a boy has urged the government to close a legal loophole which he said allowed some paedophiles to evade justice. Nick French, 43, wants the government to introduce compulsory reporting to the police of child sex abuse claims involving...

Posted On 07 Oct 2015 at 2:22 am

, By Frank le Duc

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Is this Brighton’s smallest parking space?

Hundreds of young Brighton and Hove schoolchildren offered flu spray at school

Retired bishop to be sentenced for sex abuse as victims sue church

Armed police called after man stabbed in fight in Brighton home

Brighton and Hove parking income fell last year after coin collector went bust owing £3.2m

First pictures of i360’s assembled glass doughnut released

Brighton sex abuse victim urges government to close legal loophole

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