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The new editor of the Argus has resigned just weeks after taking over the Brighton-based daily newspaper. Lucy Pearce, 28, succeeded Mike Gilson, 53, last month to become the first woman to edit the paper in its 137-year history. She took over as the paper completed a move from...

The rail safety regulator, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), said today (Thursday 5 January) that the driver-only operation of trains was safe. The ORR published the findings of a recent inspection, carried out in Sussex on a route where driver-only operation (DOO) had been...

Parents across Brighton and Hove whose children are due to start school in September are being reminded to apply for a place before the deadline. Brighton and Hove City Council said: “Don’t miss the deadline. Deadline day is fast approaching for school place applications for...

A scheme to build four blocks of flats on a hilltop site in Hove, next to the A27 Brighton bypass, have won the backing of planning officials. But a final decision on the £19 million scheme is due to be made by councillors at a meeting next week. Thornton Properties, run by local...

A man who was confronted by a group of vigilantes at Hove Station is to face court on charges of child grooming. Sussex Police said today (Thursday 5 January): “Christopher Hartfield, unemployed, 41, of Hamsey Road, Sharpthorne, East Sussex, has been charged with attempting to...

Do you recognise these two men who were captured on CCTV using a bank card that had just been robbed from a victim in Mount Pleasant, Brighton? The two men approached a 33-year-old man at about 6.45am on 12 December on the junction of Edward Street and Mount Pleasant and one of...