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Two beaches in Brighton and Hove have been awarded Blue Flags this week – Brighton Central and Hove Lawns. Only two other Sussex beaches qualified – West Wittering and Marina St Leonards in Hastings. Keep Britain Tidy, which runs the Blue Flag scheme, also gave a Seaside Award to...

It’s over. Bobby Zamora is leaving Brighton and Hove Albion along with four fellow players as the football club also sends two loan players back to their home clubs. The other four footballers to leave at the end of next month are club captain Gordon Greer, Inigo Calderon, Andrew...

A man found floating face down in the water by Brighton Marina has sadly died. The alarm was sounded after a body was spotted by a member of the public shortly before 10am this morning. Despite their best efforts, the emergency services were unable to revive the man, described as...

The academies debate seems to generate an inordinate amount of discussion and controversy. But the plight of our most disadvantaged students in Brighton and Hove secondary schools fails to generate so much as a whimper of protest. In 2015, across the city fewer than three in ten...

Peacehaven man has been jailed for seven years after being convicted of sex offences against two women. Richard Payne, 50, of South Coast Road, Peacehaven, was sentenced at Lewes Crown Court on Tuesday (17 May), having been found guilty of three sexual offences. Sussex Police...

A Brighton student whose laptop containing her dissertation was stolen just three weeks before it was due to be handed in is making a heartfelt appeal for anyone who knows where it might be to return it to her. The home that nursing student Imogen Sotos-Castello shares with three...

Police are concerned for the welfare of Keziah Pateman, who has gone missing in Brighton. The 13-year-old was last seen in Churchill Square shopping centre at about 2.52pm on Saturday (14 May). Officers are concerned as she is not believed to have access to the internet or a...

By Frances Solomon Brighton’s city-wide Take Part event, now the country’s biggest sport festival, will be launching on 18 June at The Level on Union Road. Beginning in 2006 the two-week long festival run by Brighton and Hove City Council is a celebration of physical activity and...

By Calum Rutter UK table tennis aces will be showing off their ping pong skills in Brighton this year for National Table Tennis Day on Thursday, July 14. Table Tennis England chose the city to host its flagship event, which will be attended by number one senior England woman...

OPINION: Back in the 1980s there was an expose of hugely inflated costs from suppliers to the US military, for example $37 screws, a $7,622 coffee maker, $640 toilet seats. Even thirty years on, those costs are eye-watering. The over-charging was part of a cosy relationship...