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Detectives have arrested a man on suspicion of raping a woman in the graveyard of a church in Hove. Sussex Police said this afternoon (Thursday 7 November): “A man has been arrested on suspicion of raping a woman in Hove following an intensive police investigation. “Detectives...

The number of children who died almost doubled in Brighton and Hove in the past year, according to an official report. Fifteen deaths were reported in the year to the end of March, up from eight the year before. The report, by the Brighton and Hove Local Safeguarding Children...

YAK + THE ROVES + DEMONSTRATIONS – PATTERNS, BRIGHTON 06.11.19 A yak is a pretty cool animal to name a psychedelic band after, being rather hairy and freaky looking, and living very high. I don’t know much about the lifestyle of Yak the band, but the London based trio have...

JACK SAVORETTI + VIOLETTA ZIRONI – BRIGHTON DOME CONCERT HALL 06.11.19 A packed Brighton Dome on a damp November evening, and the audience’s buzz was loud; from the moment Jack Savoretti started his set with ‘Candlelight’ he had them eating out of his hand. His lovely...

The Liberal Democrat candidate for Brighton Pavilion has stood down for the second general election in a row. Paul Chandler, who stood down in Brighton Pavilion before the 2017 election, announced to day (Thursday 7 November) that he was standing aside again. Then, it was as part...

One of Brighton’s busiest crossroads is to close for urgent gas repair works this afternoon (Thursday 7 November). Drivers are being urged to avoid the area, diversions are being put in place and bus bosses have been alerted. Schools have also been contacted, with the...

A Brighton man who tried to avoid drugs charges by admitting the wraps of “heroin” found on him were actually mud has instead been convicted of fraud. Kierron White, 20, told officers he had put the soil into wraps with a view to selling it to “junkies”...

A proposal to convert two neighbouring buildings into a homeless hostel was granted planning permission yesterday (Wednesday 6 November). Dozens of neighbours were disappointed by the decision after listening to councillors debate the scheme at Hove Town Hall. Many of them were...

A-HA – BRIGHTON CENTRE 06.11.19 Morten Harket, Magne Furuholmen and Pål Waaktaar-Savoy were in town tonight and that can only mean one thing! It’s the welcome return of a-ha. They were performing at a packed out Brighton Centre as a live sextet, with the addition of who I...