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The centre of Brighton was packed last night for the annual Burning the Clocks celebration of the winter solstice. About 2,000 people took part and many more watched as lanterns were paraded from New Road to the seafront where the clock burning took place. Burning the Clocks...

A man from Brighton has been jailed for having more than a thousand child porn videos and pictures and for secretly filming a young woman as she showered. Terence Munro, 58, a driver, of Goodwood Way, Moulsecoomb, also adapted the young woman’s computer so that he could access it...

Sussex Police said that officers were becoming increasingly concerned for a missing man from Hove. The force said this afternoon (Thursday 22 December): “David Chapman, 69, was last seen at his home in Sackville Road at 6.45am on Wednesday 21 December. “He was seen walking away...

The Brownies have been given a boost by the police in Brighton and Hove with a donation out of the proceeds of crime. A cheque for £300 has been given to the 3rd Hangleton Brownies, based at St Helen’s Church, by PC Mark Davis. Sussex Police said: “The 3rd Hangleton Brownies...

A church and a community hall in Brighton have been given grants totalling £110,000 in the days leading up to Christmas. The two community organisations that serve the Prestonville area have been given the money by the Veolia Environmental Trust. The trust has awarded them the...

Firefighters were called out to a chimney fire at a flat in one of Brighton and Hove’s historic squares yesterday evening (Wednesday 21 December). East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said: “At 5.26pm Hove firefighters attended a chimney fire at a flat in Brunswick Square, Hov...