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There has been a lot of discussion and speculation over what happened at the Budget Council meeting last Thursday (25 February) and what it all means. Let me put the record straight. Despite the cuts of over £20 million and council tax increases forced on us by the Conservative...

A Brighton man suffered seven breaks to the bones in one arm and a double fracture to the jaw as he walked home from a party. But no one can explain how he ended up with such serious injuries and Sussex Police are keen to hear from anyone who can help detectives solve the...

People in Brighton and Hove are getting the rubber gloves and litter bags ready to “clean for the Queen” tomorrow (Saturday 5 March). And one litter pick along the seafront between the Palace Pier and Brighton Marina was informally described as “clean for the queens”. Brighton...

Three men have been arrested after a woman was raped in the street near a shopping centre in Brighton as people walked by. One of the men has been charged and brought before a court while two men from Brighton have been released on police bail while detectives continue with their...

Firefighters rescued a man from a smoke-logged flat and put out a kitchen fire early this morning (Friday 4 March). The man was treated with oxygen at the scene, having breathed in smoke, before being taken by ambulance to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Kemp Town. The fire...

A retired Brighton doctor has defended e-cigarettes from what he described as “the ultimate Brussels insanity”. Anthony Kenney, 74, from Ovingdean, said in a letter to The Times published today (Friday 4 March): “The tobacco companies must be delighted by the demise last week of...