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Nineteen candidates have put themselves forward for the three seats in Brighton and Hove at the general election next month. Five politicians will battle it out in Brighton Kemptown, including three current or former members of Brighton and Hove City Council. Seven candidates...

Work is under way on buying three new sites for council homes in Brighton, councillors were told last night (Wednesday 13 November). Brighton and Hove City Council plans to buy three flats in Rugby Place from a private landlord and also wants to convert a commercial space under...

Two men have been arrested after a car was driven at speed at two other men on a pavement on Brighton seafront. Detectives are still looking for a third person who is believed to have been in the car – and they want the two men who were targeted to come forward. One of the men on...

THUMPER blow up airwaves across the UK and Ireland with their infectious pop grunge single, ‘(You’re Bring Me) Down’. ‘‘Down’ is a love song. It takes place in the afterglow of an argument. The tension in the song mounts as the narrator struggles to remember which side of the...

FREE LOVE + VIA TIRANA + FRUITY WATER – THE PRINCE ALBERT, BRIGHTON 13.11.19 My colleague and I had been waiting for this evenings gig with much anticipation as we had witnessed headliners Free Love perform live in Brighton as part of The Great Escape in 2018. They were the...

A defiant general election candidate has vowed to carry on despite receiving a death threat and having a tyre on his car slashed. Joe Miller, the Conservative candidate for Brighton Kemptown, said: “I will not be intimidated off the streets of the area in which I grew up.” The...

A Hove escort agency has been closed for three months over noise, drunkenness, drugs and threats to members of the public. Magistrates passed a three month closure order on the premises in Rosa Court, Waterloo Street, Hove, occupied by Brighton Belles, on 12 November. The order...

Albion midfielder Yves Bissouma has been banned from driving for six months for speeding in his Mercedes on Hove seafront. The Malian international, who lives in Hove, was caught doing more than 30mph on Kingsway on 4 May this year. His case was heard in his absence at Crawley...

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Richard Browning! @takeonGravity are attempting to take human flight to new record-breaking speeds this #GWRDay. Stay tuned to see if they can do it! pic.twitter.com/OmkszEPSNk — GuinnessWorldRecords (@GWR) November 14, 2019 A jet suit...

The Met Office has issued another wet weather warning with about half an inch of rain expected to fall today (Thursday 14 November). Much of it came down overnight with more expected from late afternoon in the Brighton and Hove area. The official forecaster said: “Periods of rain...