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By Tim Hodges from the Amex Brighton & Hove Albion 1 Reading 0 Albion overcame a stubborn Reading to move into the Championship automatic promotion places thanks to a James Wilson goal. The Seagulls set out their stall early on, pressing the Royals back into their own half...

Firefighters rescued one person from a kitchen fire in Hove this afternoon (Tuesday 15 March).   They were called out to Sackville Gardens in Hove at about 2pm. East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said: “Firefighters have rescued one person from a property...

Brighton & Hove Albion 1 Reading 0  Albion lead Reading by a James Wilson goal  to nil . After great link up play between the scorer and Sam Baldock. Dale Stephens had a great chance to score earlier in the match again after good play from Baldock. Stephens fired...

The former mayor of Hove and long-serving councillor Jim Buttimer has died at the age of 90. Mr Buttimer, a former civil servant, died peacefully at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, in Brighton, surrounded by his family. He and his wife Audrey represented Westbourne Ward on the...

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was knocked to the ground and kicked in the head in West Street, Brighton. The assault happened on Saturday, 28 February. The victim, a 25-year-old man was walking in West Street near the Bright Helm Weatherspoons pub when he was...

A man has been charged with attempted murder after another man was stabbed in Regency Square, Brighton, on 5 March.  Alex Lanning, 18, of Manor Gardens, Ruislip, Middlesex, is also charged with possession with intent to supply class A drugs. He appeared at Brighton...

A man has been jailed for two years for sexually assaulting a woman in West Street, Brighton. Jonathan Akerman, 43, of Risborough Road, Worcester Park, Kingston-upon-Thames, was seen by CCTV operators sat next to a woman by the Travelodge in West Street at around 5am and touching...

Shocked shoppers looked on as a man was arrested outside H&M in Western Road yesterday after reports he had a knife – but when officers took it out of his pocket, they discovered it was just a toy. The man was first reported to Brighton Police after passers-by saw,...

Teachers at Brighton and Hove’s sixth forms are striking today over cuts to education and the impacts of the college review. NUT sixth form college members nationally are striking after 86% voted in favour – and a government bid to declare the strike unlawful failed...

Three vehicles have crashed on the A27 by the Ashcombe roundabout at Kingston just outside Lewes. The accident, involving a dustcart and two other vehicles, has left commuters in a five-mile queue back to the stretch of the Brighton bypass between Patcham and Hollingbury. The...