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Hundreds gather at Stop Brexit rally in Brighton

Britain for Europe hosted a rally with speeches, a panel debate chaired by Polly Toynbee, comedy and music at the Dome in Brighton. The main speaker was Anthony Grayling, better known as A C Grayling. He opened by criticising the Labour Party for not singing the right song....

Posted On 26 Sep 2017 at 5:15 pm

, By Roz Scott

Dodgy parking permits uncovered by council investigators

Five people who were fraudulently using parking permits for areas they didn’t live in – and a sixth who was trying to sell one – have been caught by council investigators. After nobody responded to a parking permit amnesty last summer, Brighton and Hove City...

Posted On 26 Sep 2017 at 3:55 pm

, By Jo Wadsworth

Man wanted in connection with medical centre break-in

Have you seen 31-year-old Matthew Adams in the Brighton area recently? Police are searching for Adams, who they want to interview about £1000 worth of damage caused to a Peacehaven medical centre in March this year. In the early hours of Wednesday 22 March, the Anchor Medical...

Posted On 26 Sep 2017 at 12:52 pm

, By Jo Wadsworth

Cock-rockers The Darkness pen sweary song about Southern Rail’s ‘journey into pure despair’

Old fashioned rockers The Darkness have just released a new song which lambasts Southern Rail. Southern Trains is to be the fourth track on the Lowestoft band’s fifth album, and yesterday a video which makes liberal use of Snapchat filters was released at the same time it...

Posted On 26 Sep 2017 at 11:48 am

, By Jo Wadsworth

Brighton Pavilion mistaken for a mosque – again

Angry Twitter users last night slammed the Labour Party for using a picture of a mosque at its annual conference yesterday – when they saw an image of Brighton Pavilion used as a backdrop. Several people, many with Union Jacks in their profile pictures or a string of...

Posted On 26 Sep 2017 at 10:04 am

, By Jo Wadsworth

Firefighters from across Sussex called to Palace Pier ‘blaze’ find nothing but jet wash spray

Seven fire engines from across Sussex raced to the Palace Pier last night after reports of smoke at its entrance – but when they arrived, they found nothing but jet wash spray. Engines from Brighton, Hove, Roedean, Lewes and Shoreham attended the call when it came in at...

Posted On 26 Sep 2017 at 9:43 am

, By Jo Wadsworth

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Hundreds gather at Stop Brexit rally in Brighton

Dodgy parking permits uncovered by council investigators

Man wanted in connection with medical centre break-in

Cock-rockers The Darkness pen sweary song about Southern Rail’s ‘journey into pure despair’

Brighton Pavilion mistaken for a mosque – again

Firefighters from across Sussex called to Palace Pier ‘blaze’ find nothing but jet wash spray

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