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Just nineteen years and four days since they faced oblivion, Brighton and Hove Albion are one win away from Premier League. But that one win must occur against the only other team that can deny them, Middlesbrough, who, like the Albion of May 1997, only need a draw to realise...

A motorcyclist who faces jail after a police chase from Worthing to Brighton has had his day of reckoning postponed. Gavin Collett, 32, was due to be sentenced at Lewes Crown Court today (Friday 6 May). His case has been adjourned again until Friday 17 June for the preparation of...

A Co-op delivery lorry was blocking the junction of Hampstead Road and Robertson Road near Preston Park Station this evening (Friday 6 May). It is unclear how the vehicle came to its predicament although the roads in the area are well known for their steep undulations. Despite a...

Albion boss Chris Hughton has told Brighton & Hove News that promotion to the Premier League, with The Seagulls, would mean everything to him.  And that he had a group of lads who thoroughly  deserved it. Hughton said gaining  promotion would be right up there...

Katy Bourne has been re-elected as Sussex police and crime commissioner (PCC) with a total of 139,335 votes. The Conservative incumbent beat Labour candidate Michael Jones in a run-off after no candidate secured 50 per cent of the first preference votes. Under the supplementary...

The head teacher of a Brighton school has called for a royal commission on education at a conference where the Schools Minister Nick Gibb was one of the speakers. Richard Cairns, the head master of Brighton College, spoke out as he opened his school’s annual conference on...

A union leader has urged health chiefs to take prompt action over continuing problems with the firm providing the non-emergency patient transport service. GMB regional organiser Gary Palmer said that staff were leaving the poorly performing service and those who stayed were being...

A group of cyclists left Brighton for Paris first thing this morning (Friday 6 May) as the Mayor’s Charity Bike Ride got under way. The ride was organised by the Brighton and Hove Property Consortium and is raising money for the mayor’s charities – the Martlets Hospice, the Grace...

The Level’s fountains have been hit by technical difficulties yet again, delaying this year’s switch-on for the foreseeable future. A faulty pump means that although paddling pools at the city’s other playgrounds are now up and running, children will have to...

The historic velodrome at Preston Park will be reopened for competitive cycling this weekend (Sunday 8 May). The velodrome was closed to competitive racing in September 2014 after concerns were raised about the safety of the track perimeter fence. Brighton & Hove City...