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The Sussex University Health Centre has been given a good rating by official inspectors from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). They inspected the Health Centre at Sussex University’s Falmer campus in October where Dr Alice Boyd leads a team of four GP (general practitioner)...

A woman was cut from the wreckage of a crash in Hove early this morning (Wednesday 21 December). East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said: “At 6.42am two appliances from Brighton and Hove were sent to Sackville Road, in Hove, where they attended a road traffic collision involving...

Two High Court judges have turned down an application for bail by a former Royal Marine from Brighton as he waits for his appeal against a conviction for murder to be heard. Alex Blackman, 42, from Bevendean, must remain in prison until the end of next month or possibly early...

Brighton University’s new Advanced Engineering Building, which is due to open next September, has received a £500,000 boost. It will benefit from a grant of half a million for specialist equipment thanks to one of the leading philanthropic grant-making bodies in the country. The...

A Peacehaven legal executive and mother of five has been ordered to pay back more than £26,000 after being jailed for defrauding elderly clients at the law firm where she worked. Joni Parrington, 37, stole £100,000 while working for Lawson Lewis Blakers, which has an office in...

A man wearing a Santa Claus hat threatened staff with a knife in a robbery at a Brighton shop last night (Tuesday 20 December). He went into the Co-op store in Lustrells Vale, Saltdean, just after 9pm and threatened a woman who works there with a knife. He forced her to the...

A popular Brighton coffee shop has closed for a Michelin-starred makeover as part of a £1 million joint venture. Redroaster, at the bottom of St James’s Street, has been bought by Brighton restaurateur Mike Palmer and Michelin-starred chef Matt Gillan. They aim to reopen the...

A Brighton pub is holding a free exhibition of a series of much-admired matchday posters advertising Lewes FC games. The Bevy – Brighton’s first community-owned pub – is hosting the display of posters from Lewes’s own community-owned football club. The humorous posters draw on...

Toys donated by contact centre staff will be handed over to children staying at the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital in Brighton today (Wednesday 21 December). Staff at Domestic and General, in Queen Square, Brighton, have donated and wrapped more than 100 new toys on behalf...

The series of strikes by Southern guards and train drivers could cost the British economy almost £400 million, according to new research. The economic impact of the strikes has been estimated in a study carried out at Chichester University. It was led by Dave Cooper, professor of...