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The organisers of the Brighton Half Marathon have apologised after the course for the past three years turned out to be almost a tenth of a mile short. They carried out checks after some runners claimed that it was too short and others that it was too long. The event is the...

A 15-year-old boy is in a coma in hospital after suffering a serious head injury when he fell from a car park at Brighton Marina. Sussex Police said that they were not treating the boy’s fall as suspicious. The South East Coast Ambulance Service said: “We responded with a car and...

The world’s oldest electric railway will stay closed during the summer season after workmen dug up a gas pipe. The old underground pipe has delayed the restoration of Volk’s Electric Railway which runs between the Palace Pier and Black Rock. Brighton and Hove City Council sai...

A suspect has been charged with glassing a man in the face in the centre of Brighton, Sussex Police said today (Friday 31 March). The force said: “Police are appealing for witnesses after a man who was dancing in New Road, Brighton, was glassed in the face. “The 36-year-old...

The former chief constable of Sussex, Martin Richards, has joined the board of the county cricket club. Mr Richards, 57, was elected at the Sussex Cricket annual general meeting (AGM) earlier this week and becomes a non-executive director in place of Jim May. Mr May’s successor...

A light aircraft has crashed into the sea at Shoreham close to the shore this afternoon (Thursday 30 March). Well that ride took an interesting turn! #planecrash #shorehamairport #Shoreham #lancing #brightonandhovecityairpo… https://t.co/hOxuoOOG4j pic.twitter.com/DNaxfxkm7V...

Brexit and the high cost of living in Brighton are making it harder for health chiefs to recruit enough nurses. The day after the British government wrote to the European Union to start the formal process of leaving the EU – known as Brexit – a senior nurse spoke about the impact...

Seafront business have been venting their frustrations this week at how seafront building work – or the lack of it – is hurting their trade. To the west, traders in the new West Pier Arches say they fear that work to repave the area outside their premises with...

A dancer who reached global audiences when he starred in a video of him twisting and shouting with a pink-coated pensioner in Brighton has landed a new role in rock band Kasabian’s latest video. Pablo Woodward, better known as the Disco Bunny, plays an inpatient at the West...

A teenage boy was robbed of his bike in a Brighton street, Sussex Police said this morning (Thursday 30 March). The force said: “Police are appealing for witnesses to the robbery of cycle from a teenage boy in Brighton. “The 17-year old from Lewes was attacked in Surrenden Road,...