Drug dealer caught in Brighton loses deportation battle

A man who was jailed after being caught with drugs in Brighton has lost his legal battle against deportation. Nathan Black, 23, travelled from London to Brighton to supply heroin and crack cocaine. In April last year he was jailed for 28 months for two counts of having drugs with...
Posted On 12 Dec 2018 at 10:12 pm

Petition seeks better access to Brighton and Hove beaches for disabled people

More than 1,700 people have signed a petition calling for better access for the disabled to Brighton and Hove beaches. The 1,716-signature petition organised by Claire Nelson is going before Brighton and Hove City Council tomorrow (Thursday 13 December). Miss Nelson, 43, from...

Brighton teenager jailed for 20 years for stabbing a stranger

A Brighton teenager has been jailed for 20 years after he stabbed a stranger three times in the chest in an unprovoked attack. Jordan Ash, 19, attacked the victim, Gerald Edwards, 59, and his teenage son, Christopher, in September last year. Ash, formerly of Queen’s Park Road,...
Posted On 12 Dec 2018 at 3:48 pm

‘Catalogue of Labour blunders’ to blame for King Alfred delays, says Tory councillor

A Conservative councillor has slammed what he calls “a catalogue of blunders” which have held up the King Alfred development, and which he says have cost the city £3million in lost council tax. Councillor Robert Nemeth is calling for fellow members to formally censure...

The Animals and Children Took To The Streets

TOM welcomes a ‘mind-glowingly beautiful’ piece of family theatre by the award-winning company 1927, the team behind the hit show Golem. The show, described by as a startlingly original novel brought to life, welcomes you to the Bayou, a part of the city feared and...
Posted On 12 Dec 2018 at 2:26 pm

Pervert jailed for groping woman on Christmas Eve

A sex attacker who followed a woman through a Brighton train and then lunged at her last Christmas Eve has been jailed for 26 weeks. Adam John Richards, 48, denied the assault on the woman but was found guilty of of sexual assault by touching and attempted sexual assault...
Posted On 12 Dec 2018 at 2:02 pm

Brighton and Hove home owners face bigger bills for leaving properties empty

Higher council tax charges on empty homes in Brighton and Hove are expected to be approved this week. Currently owners of empty homes receive a 50 per cent reduction on their council tax bill as it is based partly on property value and partly on occupancy. A new law took effect...

All Brighton GPs offer out of hours appointments

All the doctors surgeries in Brighton and Hove now offer evening and weekend appointments for patients. But too few patients seem to be aware of the out of hours options, a meeting of Brighton and Hove health chiefs was told this afternoon (Tuesday 11 December). The Brighton and...

Youths ‘risking life and limb’ by riding on the back of buses

Young people are “risking life and limb” by grabbing onto the back of buses for a free ride in Brighton and Hove. In the last few weeks, there have been a spate of incidents where people have been spotted hanging onto the back of buses at Brighton Marina, Mile Oak,...
Posted On 12 Dec 2018 at 9:34 am