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An official watchdog is investigating 12 people from Sussex Police as it looks into the way that the force responded in the Shana Grice case. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) also made six “quick time” recommendations to help improve the way that the force...

If the Greens stand aside in Hove, Labour should do likewise in Brighton Pavilion. These are challenging days for the Labour Party, both nationally and here in Brighton and Hove. Even if the national polls are exaggerating the Tory lead, Hove is at perilous risk and aspirations...

Brighton, Hove and Sussex VI Form College (BHASVIC) is reaching out to former students to try to inspire the current generation to academic success and career confidence. The college, in Dyke Road, Hove, has teamed up with the education charity Future First to harness the talents...

Councils are on the front line of delivery on social care, housing, the environment, economic growth, community cohesion and doorstep issues that matter most to voters. What local government does impacts on all of us, every day. Local government should not be forgotten in the...

Staff at a hospital in Hove have donated hundreds of crutches to patients in Africa. The donation was organised by physiotherapists at the Spire Montefiore Hospital, in Hove, after hey collected more than 750 crutches over the past six months. They will help patients who have...

A former acting head of Hove Park School has been confirmed as the head teacher of Peacehaven Community School. Austen Hindman has overseen improved results since taking over as the acting head at Peacehaven which had fallen below the government’s baseline target for GCSE...

Police are hunting a suspected rapist who may be in Brighton and have asked the public for their help in tracing him. Sussex Police said: “Police investigating the rape of a woman at an address in Worthing are seeking public assistance in tracing 36-year-old Joseph Warren who is...

The West Pier Trust has a new chairman and new premises on Brighton seafront. The former Sussex University vice-chancellor Michael Farthing takes over the unpaid chairmanship of the trust from Glynn Jones. The trust said: “Michael will lead in forging bonds between the trust, the...

Brighton Pavilion MP Caroline Lucas has praised local political parties for stepping aside in the general election in June to build a “progressive” alliance. She spoke shortly after Brighton and Hove Liberal Democrats voted not to put up their candidate – Paul Chandler – in...

The government’s official health and social care watchdog has given the Craven Vale Resource Centre, in Brighton, a rating of good across the board. Hundreds of people a year – mostly over 65s – stay at Craven Vale, in Craven Road, Brighton, usually after being discharged from...