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Marine biologists from Brighton University are to study the threat to cuttlefish off the coast of Sussex. The squid-like creatures are a popular dish in some European countries but there are no controls on catches and signs suggest that local stocks are over-exploited by...

The refurbishment of the Corn Exchange was given a helping hand this week when The Roddick Foundation agreed to match public donations up to a value of £250,000. The foundation, started by Body Shop founder Anita Roddick and husband Gordon, will effectively double the impact of...

A drink-driver crashed just minutes after being warned by police not to drive after they found him drunk at a woman’s house as they checked she was okay. Darrell Jacob, 41, said he had been drinking brandy and taking diazepam after his black Audi A3 crashed into seafront...

Anyone who has experienced coming home from work or the shops and finding they cannot park outside or near their home knows just how frustrating that can be. But imagine never or hardly ever being able to park near your home. That becomes infuriating. And that is what is...

This week the good news about avoiding compulsory redundancies at Moulsecoomb School was announced, with well-deserved praise for all those involved in the campaign. However, government cuts to education funding are increasingly going to hit schools across the city and I’m...

Discussions about plans for Brighton General Hospital caused councillors to call for more health care facilities for Hove. After a presentation about five options for the future of the Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) hospital in Elm Grove, at the Brighton and Hove...

A former store room in a block of flats in Brighton has been converted into two homes for council tenants. The conversion, in a block in Grove Hill, Brighton, is part of a pattern of turning some unlikely spaces into new homes. Brighton and Hove City Council said: “Three more...

A missing 12-year-old girl is among three people from Brighton and Hove to have been found since appeals were made public by Sussex Police. The force said that missing Brighton schoolgirl Trinity Marsh had been found safe and well. It said: “The 12-year-old didn’t return home on...