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Campaigners calling for a fresh consultation into a major traffic project hope that they have support from the people holding the purse strings. Members of the Valley Gardens Forum, which includes representatives from businesses, residents, the tourism industry and entertainment...

A Brighton street has been closed while police – reportedly armed – and the emergency services deal with a siege. Police vehicles blocked off Tidy Street, from Trafalgar Street and Gloucester Street, in the North Laine area, as they dealt with the incident. A neighbour said on...

It appears that the spring gigs season is well and truly underway up at the Hope & Ruin in Queens Road, Brighton. Thursday 13th June would be an ideal date to visit the establishment to top up your live music fix, as there will be no less than six music artists playing the...

More than 1,000 jobs have been lost with the closure of the chain of Italian restaurants started by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver. They include the branch of Jamie’s Italian in Black Lion Street, Brighton, and more than 20 others, although three sites at Gatwick airport will stay...

Neighbours are objecting to plans to build four blocks of flats which would be truly affordable to working people on low wages from the local area. The plans have been submitted by the joint venture between Brighton and Hove City Council and Hyde Housing. The joint venture, known...

Hove Park School is set to get a new canteen to replace its shabby old dining block. The school has applied to Brighton and Hove City Council for permission for the new building, which will house a kitchen and dining area along an office and toilets. The application says it will...

A Hove business consultant who was caught out making more than £2,000 worth of fake delay repay claims has been ordered to pay the money back. Kristin Magnuson, 49, admitted fraudulently making £2,136 worth of claims to Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) between November 2016 and May...

JD Sports is making moves to open a trainer megastore in Churchill Square in the units currently occupied by Dorothy Perkins, Burton, Miss Selfridge, Calzedonia and Intimissimi. The sportswear giant has applied for planning permission to create a new glazed shopfront facing the...

Neighbours were left with nowhere to turn after a party got out of hand at a Brighton property let through Airbnb. Dozens of young people flooded out of the large house in Stanley Road, Brighton, and fights started in the street after it was let for a party. People from Stanley...

The Labour and Green groups have agreed to work together on key issues as the dust settles after the Brighton and Hove City Council elections. In a joint statement they said: “The Labour administration and Green opposition agree to work together to tackle key issues affecting the...