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The mayor of Brighton and Hove was once a squatter, he told supporters of a housing and homelessness charity this evening (Wednesday 7 September). Councillor Pete West said that he had “brushed with homelessness”, including a stint as a sofa-surfer when his life was “chaotic”....

Thieves have stolen 21 bicycles used by special needs pupils at a school in Brighton. Police said that the bikes, worth £2,500, were taken from a shed at the Brighton and Hove Pupil Referral Unit in Lynchet Close, in Hollingdean. The theft happened between Saturday (3 September)...

Commuters struggling to get to work today during the latest in a long series of Southern strikes have been given some cold comfort – they now have the right to pursue compensation claims in the courts. But there’s no movement on a 12-month delay in allowing commuters...