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Brighton and Hove Albion may be on the verge on their first transfer window activity after arranging to sign Richie Towell and Liam Ridgewell prior to Friday 1 January. Attacking midfielder Anthony Knockaert is expected to sign for the Seagulls in the next few hours. Knockaert...

A robber forced a bar boss to open a safe before leaving him tied to a beam with cable ties in the early hours of this morning (Wednesday 6 January). The thief made off with £2,300 cash in the raid on Brighton Rocks, a bar in Rock Place, Brighton, at about 12.30am. Sussex Police...

The team behind the Sackville Tower plans for Hove seafront have made a series of changes after the recent public consultation. Hyde Housing is working with Brighton architects Yelo on the scheme which is now expected to provide 98 homes. A planning application has been submitted...

Brighton and Hove Albion first team coach Nathan Jones is leaving the club to become the manager of Luton Town. The club gave Jones permission to talk to the League Two club yesterday (Tuesday 5 January) about the vacancy at Kenilworth Road. Jones has agreed a contract until June...

Brighton Kemptown MP Simon Kirby joined staff at a swimming school in his constituency as they celebrated their fifth anniversary and a makeover of their premises. Brighton Swimming Centre, in the old St Mary’s Hall school pool, in Eastern Road, Brighton, has been transformed...

A woman from Brighton has been found safe and well, Sussex Police said today (Wednesday 6 January). The force said: “Lulia Apatachioaei, 21, who was last seen on (Friday) 27 November in Brighton, has been found safe and well. “Police would like to thank the public and the media...

Parents across Brighton and Hove are being reminded that the deadline for applying for a primary school place is just over a week away. Applications for a place in dozens of primary, infant and junior schools for September must be submitted by the end of Friday 15 January....

Bus operators and Brighton and Hove City Council have been given almost £500,000 to help clean up more of the vehicles in the local fleet. The money has been awarded from the government’s Clean Bus Technology Fund to Brighton and Hove Buses, the council and other bus operators....

A building contractor has been sacked for swindling council housing bosses out of £300,000 in an overcharging scam. The overbilling took place over 17 months and is the subject of an official report to members of Brighton and Hove City Council. The report – to the council’s Audit...