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Police accused of failing vulnerable pensioner and refusing to attend crime in progress as travellers accused of criminal damage and threatening behaviour

Sussex Police refused to turn out when travellers threatened a 70-year-old woman, moved a parked car and broke a gate to enter a woodland site, it was alleged today (Saturday 28 May). The claim was made in a letter to Brighton and Hove City Council from the Friends of Hollingbury...

Posted On 28 May 2016 at 10:19 pm

, By Frank le Duc

Brighton fire chiefs report 15 flood call-outs in one hour

Brighton fire chiefs reported a spike in calls during and after heavy downpours today (Saturday 28 May). In one hour alone 15 calls were received from Brighton, according to East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Fire chiefs urged the public to heed the yellow warning of rain by...

Posted On 28 May 2016 at 7:40 pm

, By Frank le Duc

Brighton broadcaster looks back at the swinging sixties

Brighton broadcaster Simon Fanshawe looks back at the swinging sixties in a documentary to be screened on Wednesday (1 June). He is presenting Living in ’66 – The Education Revolution, produced by Brighton-based production company Factory Films for BBC South East. It is one of 11...

Posted On 28 May 2016 at 11:25 am

, By Frank le Duc

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Police accused of failing vulnerable pensioner and refusing to attend crime in progress as travellers accused of criminal damage and threatening behaviour

Brighton fire chiefs report 15 flood call-outs in one hour

Brighton broadcaster looks back at the swinging sixties

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