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A suspected armed robber was caught after “ambassadors” working for Brighton’s Business Improvement District swung into action to help Sussex Police this morning (Wednesday 6 December). The Business Improvement District (BID), known as Brilliant Brighton, said:...

Police have arrested a man on suspicion of robbery after a suspect robbed a newsagent and tried to rob a post office in Brighton this morning (Wednesday 6 December). The suspect was detained in North Street by firearms officers at 10.20am after a report of an attempted robbery at...

A missing girl, who police said could have been in Brighton, has been found safe and well. Sussex Police issued a public appeal for help finding the 16-year-old yesterday (Tuesday 5 December). This morning the force said: “Missing teenager Yasmina Atir was found safe and...

Police have asked the public to look out for a missing girl who may be in Brighton.    Sussex Police said: “Police are concerned for the welfare of Yasmina Atir who was reported missing from her home in Lancing on Sunday (3 December). “Yasmina is white, 5ft...

An elderly driver was left shocked after a ladder smashed through her car windscreen after falling off the back of a lorry. Sussex Police issued a public appeal for witnesses and even dash cam footage this afternoon (Tuesday 5 December). The woman, in her seventies, was driving a...

A motorcyclist was seriously injured in a crash in Portslade, prompting concerned residents and their councillors to organise a petition calling for proper road safety measures. The motorcyclist, a 27-year-old man from Portslade, suffered a broken leg and was taken to the Royal...

Brighton and Hove City Council has been ordered to pay £300 to a mother who claimed she was evicted from notorious temporary accommodation in revenge for inviting a journalist to interview her there. The young mum invited BBC journalist Simon Cox to visit her and her two-year-old...

Buildings on the Brighton General site could be demolished to make way for a new state-of-the-art community health hub under plans announced today. Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) is drawing up four options for the site, ranging from doing nothing to a wholesale...

The highest rise in rail fares for five years is a “body blow to hard pressed passengers”, says Brighton Pavilion MP Caroline Lucas. Fares on GTR, which runs Southern and Thameslink, are to go up an average of 3.3% – but season tickets will rise by between 3.5%...

THE COURTESANS + BULLET HEIGHT, THE HOPE & RUIN, BRIGHTON, SUNDAY 26th NOVEMBER 2017 The Christmas lights twinkled amidst deserted Brighton streets on a bitingly cold Sunday night as myself and a couple of friends headed to the Hope and Ruin to see a band I knew very little...