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Almost 1,000 Brighton and Hove families to receive help with £2.3m from Troubled Families Programme

The government is to give £2.3 million from the Troubled Families Programme to help more than 900 vulnerable families across Brighton and Hove. The funding was announced today (Tuesday 27 March) by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. It comes with fewer...

Posted On 27 Mar 2018 at 9:01 pm

, By Frank le Duc

£3k fine for lettings agent who placed tenants in fire risk homes

A city property agent has been fined more than £3,000 for allowing two of his properties to become fire hazards. Ahmed Khalil, sole director of Khalil Properties Ltd, 124 Lewes Road, Brighton, pleaded guilty to two charges of putting his tenants at risk of harm in the event of a...

Posted On 27 Mar 2018 at 5:52 pm

, By Jo Wadsworth

Brighton clubbers warned after cards stolen by thieves who had spied on PIN being entered

Police have released CCTV images of two men sought in connection with bank card fraud in Brighton. At about 2.33am on Saturday, 17 March, a 27-year-old woman from Eastbourne used her card to make a purchase at Volks club in Madeira Drive. Approximately three minutes later, the...

Posted On 27 Mar 2018 at 4:28 pm

, By Jo Wadsworth

Brighton crank caller convicted over abusive bogus 999 calls – again

A nuisance caller who repeatedly abused police staff has been convicted in court of making a string of abusive and bogus 999 calls – for the second time. Ellie Compton dialled 999 on three separate occasions on the morning of 14 December and subjected the call handlers to a...

Posted On 27 Mar 2018 at 2:24 pm

, By Jo Wadsworth

Brighton bus lanes to be monitored by 24 new cameras

Brighton’s bus lanes are to be monitored by 24 new enforcement cameras as part of a £480,000 scheme by Brighton and Hove City Council. The council said: “Two dozen new bus lane cameras are being installed in the city to support bus services and other road users by helping to keep...

Posted On 27 Mar 2018 at 1:06 pm

, By Frank le Duc

BMW driver sought over hit and run in Brighton

Police are searching for the driver of a black BMW after they failed to stop following a crash in Brighton. A collision between a Honda motorbike and the car occurred in Beaconsfield Road, Brighton, around 5.15pm on Saturday (24 March) and the BMW failed to stop. The...

Posted On 27 Mar 2018 at 12:45 pm

, By Jo Wadsworth

Knife thug jailed for stabbing woman

A thug who stabbed a woman at his Southwick home has been jailed by a judge at Hove Crown Court. Bradley Wright, 34, was jailed for 13 years and 6 months after he almost killed Leanne Constable, also 34. The pair, who knew each other, had a row at his home in Highdown, Southwick,...

Posted On 27 Mar 2018 at 12:34 pm

, By Frank le Duc

Sea Life Brighton recruits jellyfish midwives

c Sea Life Brighton has hired three new recruits for a job which is more than a little bit out of the ordinary – jellyfish midwives. The world’s oldest operating aquarium has taken on the aquarists to help with a new zone which will include Moon Jelly, Pacific Sea...

Posted On 27 Mar 2018 at 11:19 am

, By Jo Wadsworth

Prison escapee caught and questioned over string of thefts and burglaries

A man who absconded from prison and was believed to be on the run in Brighton has been arrested for a string of burglaries in the city. Andrew Hollidge, 29, escaped from Ford Open Prison earlier this month, and Brighton police were concerned enough about his possible intentions...

Posted On 27 Mar 2018 at 10:30 am

, By Jo Wadsworth

Trespasser halts all trains from Brighton

A trespasser on the line has stopped all trains in and out of Brighton this morning. Southern Railway announced all lines are blocked at 6.29am this morning. At 6.52am, one commuter posted this picture of the trespasser seemingly being escorted by a member of rail staff along the...

Posted On 27 Mar 2018 at 7:43 am

, By Jo Wadsworth

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Almost 1,000 Brighton and Hove families to receive help with £2.3m from Troubled Families Programme

£3k fine for lettings agent who placed tenants in fire risk homes

Brighton clubbers warned after cards stolen by thieves who had spied on PIN being entered

Brighton crank caller convicted over abusive bogus 999 calls – again

Brighton bus lanes to be monitored by 24 new cameras

BMW driver sought over hit and run in Brighton

Knife thug jailed for stabbing woman

Sea Life Brighton recruits jellyfish midwives

Prison escapee caught and questioned over string of thefts and burglaries

Trespasser halts all trains from Brighton

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