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A gallery has been named in honour of a long-serving Portslade teacher. The Durham Gallery in the £12.7 million new building at the Portslade Aldridge Community Academy (PACA), in Chalky Road, Mile Oak, has been named after head of art Sharon Durham. Head teacher Katie Scott said...

A Brighton radio station is moving to the Open Market – less than half a mile from its current anonymous home. Radio Reverb, a not-for-profit station, will make the move in the coming weeks with a view to making its first live broadcast from the rejuvenated Open Market on...

A Brighton and Hove charity has received a Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service from the Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex Peter Field. The Lord Lieutenant, the Queen’s local representative, presented the award to Impetus in a ceremony at the Sallis Benney Theatre, in Brighton,...

A builder plans to put up 120 homes on a site in Portslade. Crest Nicholson has contacted North Portslade ward councillors Peter Atkinson and Penny Gilbey to tell them about the proposal. The company wants to build the homes on privately owned land at the top of Mile Oak between...

Five tutors are taking over the firm running a Brighton multimedia journalism training business. The team of journalists and communications professionals will head Brighton Journalist Works and oversee a move to new premises closer to the centre of town. They said that it was the...

People protesting about the possibility of a proposed second runway at Gatwick brought their campaign to Brighton yesterday (Sunday 24 July). Local Green councillors joined Communities Against Gatwick Noise and Emissions (CAGNE) outside the Palace Pier to highlight their...

A woman was sentenced to 28 days in prison for trying to steal a Vauxhall in Brighton. Deborah Shaw, 24, admitted trying to take the vehicle which belonged to Christine Standen. At Hastings Magistrates’ Court, Shaw also pleaded guilty to interfering with a Ford which police...