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Artists working in Belmont Street may get to stay in the building if Brighton and Hove City Council members are persuaded of its social value. Designers and creatives based in the building staged a protest outside Hove Town Hall before a meeting of the council’s Policy,...

After months of problems with her assisted recycling collection, Brighton resident Louise Turner thought this week everything would be fine. Mrs Turner is allowed to leave her bins and boxes in her garden because of osteoporosis, which means lifting heavy objects puts her at risk...

Parents queued for hours in Churchill Square today for a chance to take advantage of BuildaBear Workshop’s Pay Your Age offer. Susie Kyriacou shot this video of the queues snaking round from the store by Debenhams on the upper level, all the way down to the customer service...

Users of the Hove Park Cafe say they are aghast that plans to demolish the building were approved behind closed doors with little or no consultation. Last month, a new rule was passed stating that all changes to Hove Library should be decided by committee after controversial...

A group of drug dealers has been jailed for more than 16 years for bringing “large quantities” of heroin and crack cocaine to Brighton from south east London. The drugs gang members were sentenced by Judge Paul Tain at Lewes Crown Court after Sussex Police closed another “county...

The number of rubbish and recycling collections being missed has risen in Brighton and Hove, according to a new report. Performance indicators for refuse and recycling suggest that the service is deteriorating, with the report to councillors flagging up the issue. From January to...

A wanted man who escaped from police while still in handcuffs has been jailed. Shortly after 12.30pm on Friday 6 April, officers on patrol in Worthing approached Jesse Burbridge, who was sought in connection with an assault in Brighton. The 22-year-old assaulted one of the...

Staff and patients at Mill View Hospital in Hove celebrated two milestones last week. They marked the hospital’s 20th anniversary and on the same day the 70th anniversary of the NHS. Staff and patients came together on Friday 6 July to enjoy a barbecue, inter-ward bake off...

The Sussex Sharks are back in Vitality Blast action tonight (Thursday 12 July) for the first of two back-to-back fixtures. And Chris Jordan, back from England duty, is ready to return to the bowling attack, replacing George Garton in the 13-man squad. With wins at Essex and...

The cost of emergency and temporary accommodation has soared in five years as the number of homeless people in Brighton and Hove has gone up. The Green Party has criticised the council for paying private landlords more than five times as much for short-term places as it did five...