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The first door opened on the Beach Hut Advent Calendar on Hove seafront this evening (Thursday 1 December). Well over a hundred people crowded rounded hut 348 for mince pies, chocolate – Divine chocolate, of course – and carols. Once in Royal David’s City, Hark! The Herald Angels...

An arts and community centre which failed in its bid to sell alcohol and host DJ nights at its West Street venue until the early hours says it will relocate out of the city after losing an appeal against the decision today. he Synergy Centre had twice had a licence bid turned...

Southern’s parent company Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is to ask a High Court judge to order train drivers not to strike. The company said this afternoon (Thursday 1 December) that it had issued proceedings to seek an injunction to stop industrial action by the drivers’ union...

A taxi caught alight while driving up a busy Brighton road this evening, bringing traffic to a standstill. Firefighters rushed to the Brighton Radio Cabs car after it caught fire at the junction of Whippingham Road. Within minutes, the flames were under control and by 6.15pm,...

A Brighton fisherman donned his best green dungarees to repair another Brightonian’s matching pair – although Dudley the snowdog’s are made out of fibreglass. Garth, who builds boats at Brighton Marina, volunteered his services to Martlets Hospice after hearing...

More paint has been deployed in the battle of the street artists over a controversial Starbucks mural in the North Laine. Yesterday, Brighton and Hove News reported that two murals advertising the multinational coffee chain’s red winter cups had been painted over and...

Police are trying to trace the driver of a black car which failed to stop following a collision with a pedal cyclist in Brighton. The crash happened at 12.15pm on Friday (25 November) as both the car and the cyclist were heading west along Edward Street. As the car turned into...

Two men have been jailed for a total of 10 years following an investigation into two knifepoint robberies in Hove. Scott Thompson, 29, unemployed, of Sheridan Terrace, Hove, and Jamie Paris, 26, a labourer, of Ashton Rise, Brighton, were sentenced to six years’ and four...

A Brighton park has been named the best park in England after a public competition to find the UK’s best loved green spaces. More than 10,000 people voted in the Fields in Trust awards, with most votes for the England category going to Preston Park Rockery. The team who...

By Monica Mosquera Thousands of people from the European Union who live, work and study in Brighton and Hove have been left feeling anxious and uncertain since the Brexit referendum in June. What will happen to EU immigrants after Brexit? It is estimated that in the past 10 years...