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A former Brighton train guard has been jailed for 26 years for sexually abusing six boys in the 1980s and ’90s. Taffy Mark Evans, 56, who was also a scout leader, was jailed for 32 offences, committed in Brighton, Burgess Hill, Crawley, Redhill and the Surrey village of...

Hundreds of animal lovers have signed a petition urging councillors to crack down on noisy year-round fireworks in Brighton and Hove. The petition was presented by rescue dog owner Liz Cook, from Hanover, at a Brighton and Hove City Council meeting. More than 660 people signed...

CCTV footage showing the moment an arsonist starts a fire at a Brighton restaurant by putting something through the front door as another person acts as lookout has been released by police. The blaze at the La Tana restaurant in Ladies Mile Road, Patcham, was started at 12.30am...

News and current affairs magazine Private Eye has highlighted the concerns of a coroner over a woman’ death after she twice left the psychiatric unit in Hove where she was being detained. West Sussex coroner Penelope Schofield spoke out after a jury returned a verdict of unlawful...

Sussex Police issued a public appeal for help to find a missing woman from Hove today (Monday 3 July). The force said: “Police are concerned for a missing woman from Hove. “Kathleen Phelps was reported missing on Friday (30 June) at 8.30pm after her son went to visit her at her...

It is a year on from the referendum and, despite formal negotiations to leave the EU having begun, the ongoing political turmoil means the way ahead still looks unclear. What does this mean for businesses and are big changes on the cards? Simon Nicholson, manager of the Hove...

A Brighton bus company is to showcase its first solar-powered vehicle in Churchill Square as part of Catch the Bus Week. The Big Lemon said that it would be taking the area’s first zero-emissions bus to the city centre so that people could see the route to cleaner and greener...