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Train passengers share their frustrations with Southern bosses at meeting in Hove

Train passengers shared their frustrations with Southern bosses at a public meeting in Hove organised by the town’s MP Peter Kyle. They spoke about safety fears, lost earnings because they were late for work, paying out extra bus and taxi fares, being given warnings for arriving...

Posted On 02 Jul 2016 at 11:58 pm

, By Frank le Duc

Brighton & Hove Albion: Murray hints – will Seagulls re-sign yesterday’s hero?

Rumours are rife in the online communities that the Seagulls are about to re-sign former striker and current Brighton resident Glenn Murray. Murray, who cost Albion £300,000 from Rochdale in January 2008, left the club for arch-rivals Crystal Palace in July 2011 after his Albion...

Posted On 02 Jul 2016 at 9:08 pm

, By Tim Hodges

Southern to bring in reduced timetable, boss tells public meeting in Hove

Southern is to bring in a reduced timetable to try to reduce the number of cancelled trains, a senior executive told a public meeting in Hove this afternoon (Saturday 2 July). Dyan Crowther, chief operating officer of parent company Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), said: “We will...

Posted On 02 Jul 2016 at 7:00 pm

, By Frank le Duc

Fatality after Kemp Town flat fire

A person has died after a fire in a basement flat in Upper St James’s Street last night. A fire investigation has now been launched by Sussex Police into the cause of the blaze, which broke out at shortly before 1.50am in the early hours of this morning. A police spokesman...

Posted On 02 Jul 2016 at 11:38 am

, By Jo Wadsworth

Four injured as Brighton balcony collapses

Four people have been injured after a balcony they were standing on collapsed in Brighton last night, sending them plunging into the basement below, with two still in hospital this morning. The injuries were described as serious but not life-threatening. A firefighter said that...

Posted On 02 Jul 2016 at 11:17 am