New date set to consider Brighton i360 loan payments

A new date has been set for councillors to consider whether to give the Brighton i360 some flexibility over the timing of loan payments. They will reach their decision with just two days before the i360 owner is due to pay £570,000 to Brighton and Hove City Council. A special...
Posted On 15 Jun 2018 at 8:59 pm

University student jailed for eight years for freshers’ week rape in Brighton

A Sussex University student has been jailed for eight years for raping a fellow student after a freshers’ week pub crawl. Liam Allen, 22, of Grand Parade, Brighton, was convicted of attacking the 20-year-old after a 10-day trial. Today (Friday 15 June) at Hove Crown Court, Allen...
Posted On 15 Jun 2018 at 6:13 pm

Man who challenged litterbug in hospital with brain injury after assault

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man suffered a serious head injury during a row about litter in Brighton. They would like to speak to a man caught on CCTV in relation to the assault outside a takeaway in Middle Street, on Sunday (10 June) at about 1.10am. The...
Posted On 15 Jun 2018 at 2:31 pm

Albion to take on Sporting Lisbon at the Amex in August

Albion will face Portuguese giants Sporting Lisbon at the Amex on Friday 3 August in a pre-season friendly. It will be the Seagulls’ final warm up game before the Premier League campaign starts against Watford on Sunday 12 August. The friendly will start at 7.45pm, with the...
Posted On 15 Jun 2018 at 2:22 pm

Open air cinema opens on Brighton beach

Brighton’s new beach cinema opened today, kicking off a summer of seaside screenings with the Disney hit Moana. The Luna Beach cinema will show a mixture of films, including kids’ films, classics and more recent releases, as well as World Cup and Wimbledon matches....
Posted On 15 Jun 2018 at 2:12 pm

Man hiding in bin shed arrested over stolen motorbike

A man was arrested after patrolling police officers spotted a stolen motorcycle being ridden in Brighton. At 5.50pm on Thursday (15 June) the officers were in Whitehawk Way, when they saw the motorcycle, which had been reported stolen in a burglary in Hastings the previous month....
Posted On 15 Jun 2018 at 1:34 pm

Brighton graduate wins national portrait prize

A Brighton-educated painter has won a leading national art prize for a portrait of her mother. Miriam Escofet, who studied 3D design at the recently demolished Brighton Art School, now part of Brighton University, has won the BP Portrait Award. She was presented with the £35,000...
Posted On 15 Jun 2018 at 12:15 pm

GTR boss resigns after weeks of timetable chaos and many months of rail misery for Brighton and Hove commuters

The chief executive of GTR, which runs Southern Rail and Thameslink, has resigned this morning after weeks of chaos triggered by a new timetables. A wholesale revamp of services on the Thameslink line was meant to help solve the problems which had dogged the Brighton mainline for...
Posted On 15 Jun 2018 at 12:15 pm

Brighton’s A&E wins award for new system which slashes waiting times

An innovation which has halved patient waiting times to see a senior specialist decision maker at the Royal Sussex County Hospital has been given one of UK healthcare’s most prestigious improvement awards. The HSJ Value Awards recognise and reward outstanding efficiency and...
Posted On 15 Jun 2018 at 12:08 pm

Habitat returns to Brighton to become first retailer in new Lanes development

Habitat has today announced it is to become the first retailer to open in the new Lanes development – not just coming back to Brighton, but also marking a return to the high street after it closed all but one of its stores in 2011. The home store says Brighton is a natural...
Posted On 15 Jun 2018 at 12:00 pm
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