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A 24-year-old woman was subjected to a sex attack after a night out in Brighton before Christmas. Sussex Police issued an appeal today (Wednesday 17 February) for help tracing the good samaritan who rescued her from a layby and drove her home. The force said: “Police are...

By Roz Scott Planners have thrown out a hotel scheme put forward by Brighton and Hove Albion in the grounds of the American Express Community Stadium in Falmer. One councillor dismissed the design as “mediocre” when the plans went before the Brighton and Hove City Council...

By Joshua Walton The vegan festival Vegfest returns to the Brighton Centre for a two-day event at the end of the month after 12,000 visitors attended last year. The event has been running since 2009, moving to the Brighton Centre last year after the closure of its former home,...

A police constable based in Brighton faces a public gross misconduct hearing next week. PC Forrest Knight is accused of accessing information unlawfully and sharing some of the details with others. He is also accused of entering false information in the system for booking on and...

Three people suffered minor injuries as a bus and lorry crashed on one of the main roads into Brighton this morning (Wednesday 17 February). Sussex Police and South East Coast Ambulance Service attended the accident involving a number 49 bus in Lewes Road near the bottom of The...

Tickets for the 50th Brighton Festival go on sale tomorrow (Thursday 18 February) to members. Guest director Laurie Anderson was unable to be at the launch event as she is working in Brazil but recorded a message praising England’s biggest arts festival. The experimental...