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Calls to end mass balloon releases in Brighton and Hove received a positive response from councillors. Local Labour Party member Theresa Fowler presented a deputation to Brighton and Hove City Council calling for a ban on the release of balloons and sky lanterns. She said:...

GARY NUMAN + NIGHTMARE AIR – ASSEMBLY HALL, WORTHING 19.7.18 Gary Numan has been in the limelight for 40 years now and shows no sign of waning. Amazingly in all of that time, he has never played a concert in Worthing. He has regularly visited Brighton, but on this mi...

Police have asked for help finding a missing Brighton man who has a distinctive tattoo. Sussex Police published a picture of 44-year-old Mark Mantell who, they said, has a grim reaper tattoo on his upper left arm. The force said: “Police are concerned for missing man Mark Mantell...

A funding boost for the creative and digital sector could be on the cards in Brighton and Hove and the surrounding area. The government is offering £20 million to encourage places like Brighton to do more with its cultural capital to boost economic growth. Ministers want more...

Hundreds of people are working unpaid trial work shifts in Brighton and Hove without a job at the end. Today (Saturday 21 July) a day of action is taking place to highlight and oppose the practice. Labour councillor Nancy Platts spoke about the issue at a meeting of Brighton and...

A nuisance 999 caller from Brighton has been sent to prison for 16 months four years after he started to plague police and the ambulance service. Michael Gibson, 50, unemployed, of North Road, Brighton, breached a criminal behaviour order (CBO) 30 times. Sussex Police said that...

Like many regular Brighton to London commuters, the rail breakdown on Monday 2 July will live long in my memory. I was angry at the time and I am almost as grumpy now having asked a series of written questions of the government and had platitudes and zero information in response....

Brighton and Hove Albion winger Solly March has signed a contract extension with the club – keeping him with the Seagulls until June 2022. March, who celebrates his 24th birthday today, made 36 Premier League appearances for Albion last season and scored his first top-flight goal...

Brighton and Hove Albion have signed South African international striker Percy Tau on undisclosed terms. The 24-year-old striker has agreed a four-year deal. The club said that he would go out on loan ahead of the new season. Albion manager Chris Hughton said: “Percy is a player...

A man from Hove who went missing last weekend has been found safe and well. Sussex Police issued a public appeal for help to find 28-year-old Anton Newman earlier this week. The force said:”Missing Hove man Anton Newman has been found safe and well. “Anton, 28, was found in...