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The Brighton offices of a local coffee chain and an architecture firm were damaged by fire early yesterday (Tuesday 8 December). But the Cycle Hub in the same building, in Stroudley Road, at Brighton Station, and the n+1 café were back in business today (Wednesday 9 December)....

Nine rooftop flats have been approved for the old Dubarry perfumery building between Fonthill Road and Hove Station. More than 80 neighbours objected to the proposals as did Jason Kitcat, the former leader of Brighton and Hove City Council. He now works for accountancy firm...

Two young girls watching Whitehawk FC play away against Maidstone United last night had to be led away after the home fans chanted sexually charged verbal abuse at them. The two 15-year-old Hawks fans endured 45 minutes of chanting at the Gallagher Stadium before stewards led...

Ten scam artists who conned dozens of people out of thousands of pounds by convincing them that their raw sewage had flooded under their neighbours’ properties are due to be sentenced. The fraudsters were convicted after an investigation into a network of organised...

The city’s parking wardens are now set to strike every day from next Saturday until Christmas Eve after rejecting a new pay offer they say made little or no improvement. Wardens who are members of the GMB union are in dispute with NSL, which manages parking enforcement for...

A private members’ club can open on Brighton seafront after planners approved a revamp of The Terraces immediately to the east of the Sea Life Centre. Soho House wants to add Brighton to its existing portfolio which includes London, Berlin, New York, Chicago and Hollywood. It is...

A Sussex Police inspector is facing a disciplinary hearing on Monday accused of a catalogue of breaches of police protocol, including leaking a series of stories to The Argus’s former crime reporter. Inspector Lee Lyons is also alleged to have phoned prostitutes while on...

Sussex Police are inviting public views on a new draft set of three posters aimed at everyone who enjoys a night out in the hundreds of pubs and clubs across Brighton and Hove. The force is keen to ask for views after it was inundated with complaints last time it issued a poster...

A man who made more than 100 nuisance calls to Sussex Police in the space of one month has been given community service and fined. David Peapell, of Dyke Road in Brighton, made a total of 108 calls to the 101 non-emergency number and sent 56 text messages to an officer between 30...

Shoppers are being urged not to leave newly bought presents where they can be seen after two men were arrested on suspicion of stealing from a car parked at Brighton Marina. Sussex Police said that it was good advice at any time of year but especially during the run up to...