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It’s the time of year when we can expect April showers – and Southern Water workers were called out when this one started in Brighton yesterday (Tuesday 11 April) at about noon. Described by one local resident as a “pop-up fountain”, the spout reached about 40ft as it doused the...

The official energy watchdog Ofgem has urged EDF customers to shop around after the company put up its prices for the second time in four months. The French company has many customers in Brighton and Hove and the surrounding area, having bought the local electricity company...

The Lewes MP and former Brighton councillor Maria Caulfield has spoken about receiving death threats. Her comments came as a man was jailed at Brighton Magistrates’ Court for threatening to stab her fellow Conservative MP Caroline Ansell to death. Mark Sands, 51, of Upperton...

A four-year-old girl from Brighton must stay with her adoptive parents, the most senior family court judge in the country has ruled. Her father is raising her three siblings but Brighton and Hove City Council put his youngest child – referred to as “W” for legal reasons – up for...

Councillors have turned down planning permission for 125 homes to be built on a greenfield site in Mile Oak after hundreds of objections from neighbours. More than 360 people opposed plans by Crest Nicholson for land between Overdown Rise and Mile Oak Road, Portslade. The company...