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Brighton Kemptown MP Simon Kirby met acting council chief executive Geoff Raw this morning (Friday 9 October) to discuss traveller camps, the state of the seafront and Saltdean Lido. The Conservative MP said that he hoped that Brighton and Hove City Council would help deal with...

Sussex Police have asked for the public’s help to trace a missing man from Brighton. Martin Pepperell, 50, was reported missing from his home in Pelham Square, Brighton, yesterday.   The force said: “Officers were notified of his disappearance at 4.30pm on...

Detectives have released an efit of the man suspected of raping a 15-year-old girl in Hove as she walked home from a night out. Anyone who thinks they recognise the man is asked to contact Sussex Police. He struck at about 4am on Sunday 27 September as the girl was walking along...

A drug-dealing fraudster from Brighton has been jailed for four years.Trevor Baker, 46, of Portland Street, Brighton, pleaded guilty to a number of offences. He was jailed on Monday (5 October) at Brighton Crown Court. He admitted having class A and class B drugs with intent to...

Three Church of England bishops have called for landlords in Brighton and Hove to help house refugees fleeing Syria by charging affordable rents and waiving deposits. They have promised to put their money where there mouths are by making donations from church funds to support new...

The Open Market is set to be given a loan of £61,000 after high business rates and low take up of temporary stalls combined to stop it balancing its books.     Brighton and Hove City Council is being asked to approve the loan, which will be repaid at an interest...

It’s finally happened. After years of speculation, hope and dubious rumours, John Lewis has finally announced plans to open in Brighton. The reality began to take real shape in March when the firm bought the North Street building currently home to Boots, by the Clock Tower....

By Warren Morgan The city council faces a funding crisis, now and in the years ahead. Growing financial pressures on the NHS and low-income working families seeing the support they receive in tax credits cut, means that there has been a huge rise in demand for social care...