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The jury in the Babes in the Wood double murder trial has been sent out to consider its verdict. The six men and six women are being asked to consider whether former roofer Russell Bishop, 52, is guilty of murdering two nine-year-old girls – Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway – in...

I’m sure many people are now very tired of hearing about Brexit, which is understandable. However that doesn’t change the fact that we are facing one of the biggest national crises since World War Two if, as seems possible, Britain crashes out of the European Union in...

With such a range of challenges to our city’s economy, security and communities facing us currently, I often wonder where to start. However, sometimes the answer lies in simple solutions to the bigger issues. Often these don’t require new council services but support for and...

A Hove community group has handed over a cheque for £1,750 to a bereavement charity after raising the money at a street party. The money was raised by 4 Streets in Hove which brings together people living in Belfast Street, Brooker Street, Connaught Terrace and Stirling Place....

Amazingly enough, over the past 40 odd years I hadn’t actually seen Johnny Moped perform live until I saw them supporting The Damned at the Brighton Dome last month, and jolly good they were too! Johnny Moped is actually the name of the 5-piece punk band as well as being the...

A Brighton man has criticised a 20 per cent rise in the price of residents’ parking permits for high-emission cars as a stealth tax on families. Martin Cooper said that the £33-a-year increase would hit some of the poorest hardest even though they had previously been given...

I have never made a secret of my liberal Conservative views but recently I had to promote them to an audience of community and voluntary sector representatives, at the Community Works hustings. Slightly nervous that I would be perceived as a caricature of “Tory”, driven by...

Constant anti-social behaviour from student houses saw one Brighton resident ask the council to take action. David Mead, of Upper Lewes Road, told members of Brighton and Hove City Council that people were suffering sleep deprivation due to excessive noise and that the situation...

The Prince Albert at the top of Trafalgar Street, Brighton will have its windows booming and walls shaking on Friday 18th January 2019 as there is to be a night of punk revelry, as Hagar The Womb are in town.  Hagar The Womb are a U.K. female fronted punk band, who were part of...

Burnley 1 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 Albion lost away to Burnley in a game played in foul weather. The Clarets’ England defender James Tarkowski scored for the home team five minutes before half time. Albion had a few chances. The best of them was a Jurgen Locadia header...