Day: October 21, 2020

Work can move forward on building hundreds of low-cost homes after councillors agreed to change the terms of an existing ...

School transport consultants given £500k contract to cut £300k from service

Home to school transport fiasco faces further scrutiny over serious concerns

An independent report is expected to lay bare how the council came to employ cost-cutting consultants to cart vulnerable children ...

School closes after coronavirus case leads to short staffing

A whole primary school has closed until after half term because a senior staff member has tested positive, leading to ...

Victim named as two Brighton kitchen workers remanded in custody charged with murder

Jury convicts Brighton kitchen worker of murder

A Brighton kitchen worker has been found guilty of stabbing a 21-year-old man to death at a flat in the ...

White van man jailed for being five times the drink drive limit in Brighton

Brighton fraud case derailed by redacted evidence

A Brighton man charged with fraud was cleared after the police and prosecution presented evidence in which key details were ...

Helicopter scrambled after reports of gunman

Kemp town shooting suspects still at large

By Paul Kirkbride A man and a woman wanted in connection with a suspected shooting in Kemp Town on Monday ...

Did you see crash which left motorcyclist needing surgery?

Air ambulance on Hove Beach. Pic by Sussex Incidents An appeal for witnesses which left a 60-year-old motorcyclist needing surgery ...

Vandals wreak havoc on 850-year-old church

St Nicolas Church in Portslade. Picture from www.geograph.org.uk A parish priest says money which could have been used to help ...

Hove man who robbed his own brother jailed for two years

A Hove man who punched and robbed his own brother has been given a two-year prison sentence. James Underwood, known ...

Sport

Brighton athlete narrowly misses out on mile final at Commonwealth Games

An athlete from Brighton narrowly missed out on a place in the final of the mile at the Commonwealth Games....

Council submits plans for £65m new King Alfred Leisure Centre

Plan for £65m new King Alfred pool and leisure centre approved

A £65 million proposed new King Alfred swimming pool and leisure centre has been granted planning permission this afternoon (Wednesday...

King Alfred pledge as council cabinet member makes case for £65m scheme

A leading councillor warned colleagues of the danger of failing to act now as they considered whether to grant planning...

King Alfred debate – barrister spells out some of the concerns