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The head teacher of one of the biggest schools in Brighton and Hove is to leave his job tomorrow (Friday 13 November). Haydn Stride has stepped down as head of Longhill High School, in Rottingdean. The secondary school was graded as “requires improvement” by Ofsted – only one...

Trustees who stepped down from managing the Saltdean Community Centre said they were left shocked when their successors immediately announced it could close in just six weeks. The announcement at the AGM of the Saltdean Community Association (SCA) last Wednesday...

The i360’s glass tower began to arrive on Brighton beach yesterday, to the excitement of engineering geeks throughout the city. Two pieces began to be lifted into place, with two more due to go up today. To celebrate the arrival, the i360 released these facts and figures...

Britain’s biggest care home operator has said that it currently has no plans to sell or close either of its two homes in Brighton and Hove. The future of Four Seasons homes has been the subject of speculation since a downgrade by the credit rating agency Standard and Poor’s...

Brighton and Hove councillors are set to back the expansion of Gatwick at a meeting this evening. A motion proposed by leader of the council, Labour’s Warren Morgan, and seconded by the Conservative’s economic development spokesperson Cllr Gary Peltzer Dunn asks the...

Brighton’s HMRC offices are set to close in 2018/19 as part of a ten-year modernisation programme which is scrapping most of its 43 office. The tax office says its regional offices are a legacy of the 60s and 70s, and wants to instead bring staff together in two new...

Brighton’s Concorde 2, currently surrounded by fenced off crumbling terraces, has also been hit by leaks from its roof. The Madeira Lift was closed early this summer after a flood in the basement, and now the roof has also began to let water through. But the council, which...

A Brighton man is starting an 18-year prison sentence for historic sexual offences against two teenage boys. Derry Maher, 73, of Somerset Point, Whitehawk, was sentenced at Lewes Crown Court on Friday 6 November, at the end of a two-week trial, for 12 sexual abuse offences...

A petition started by the Brighton and Hove No More Page 3 campaign has unleashed a vicious backlash on Twitter. The petition is calling on Ann Summers to take down a window display which features riding crops and leather at their Brighton store in Western Road. But although the...

A new public staircase to Brighton Station which has shaved minutes off commuters journeys has been greeted with excitement. The steps are part of a new public square, station link and extension to the public greenway in the New England Quarter, and the final part of the...