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Schools chief urges ministers to cancel SATs, GCSEs and A levels again

A leading councillor has asked the government to cancel the exams scheduled for the end of the current school year. This would mean no SATs for primary school children at the end of year 2 and year 6 as well as no GCSEs and A levels for older pupils again. The plea was made as...

Posted On 09 Nov 2020 at 8:37 pm

, By Sarah Booker-Lewis, local democracy reporter

More vegan meals to go on the menu in school canteens

More vegan meals look likely become available in Brighton and Hove school canteens. The news emerged after Brighton mother Jill Pearson-Klein urged councillors to stop sidelining veganism and labelling it as a “special diet”. She said: “We are in the middle of a climate crisis...

Posted On 09 Nov 2020 at 7:27 pm

, By Sarah Booker-Lewis, local democracy reporter

More coronavirus cases at Brighton and Hove schools

More coronavirus cases have been reported at schools across Brighton and Hove, with one primary school in Hove affected for the first time. Children and parents at Goldstone Primary have been notified of the first case at the school, in Laburnum Avenue, Hangleton. Two year groups...

Posted On 09 Nov 2020 at 6:32 pm

, By Frank le Duc

Man sentenced over three-hour siege at Brighton Police Station

A man who threw lumps of plasterboard at officers during a three-hour stand-off at Brighton Police Station was sentenced today (Monday 9 November). Aaron Barrett became angry, aggressive and violent when he was unable to get his mobile phone back. It had earlier been confiscated,...

Posted On 09 Nov 2020 at 5:33 pm

, By Louise Acford

Pervert who downloaded hundreds of sickening child porn images spared jail

A pervert who downloaded hundreds of pornographic and sadistic images of children, some as young as two, has walked free from court this afternoon. Adam Black, 29, was caught with almost a thousand pictures and films of children when police were tipped off some had been uploaded...

Posted On 09 Nov 2020 at 4:28 pm

, By Jo Wadsworth

Brighton Sainsbury’s robbed at knifepoint

Two men wearing motorcycle helmets held up a Sainsbury’s at knifepoint on Saturday. Police have appealed for witnesses to the robbery at the the Sainsbury’s in Carden Avenue, Brighton. The pair entered the store at 9:30pm and demanded cash from the tills. One of them was in...

Posted On 09 Nov 2020 at 3:11 pm

, By Jo Wadsworth

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds donate rare items to support Brighton homeless charity

People ain’t so bad, it seems, not least Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, who have donated some rare items to raise money for a Brighton homeless charity. The 63-year-old singer and songwriter – whose songs include People Ain’t No Good – has given a rare signed lyric sheet and a...

Posted On 09 Nov 2020 at 1:14 pm

, By Frank le Duc

Four on trial for halting pheasant shoot

Four Brighton men and women are on trial this week for disrupting a pheasant shoot. Crispin Field, 25, Rebecca Hobbs, 32, Melissa Page, 30 and Anthony Robinson, 32, turned up at a private shoot at Waterhall Farm just outside Brighton on 14 November last year. The prosecution says...

Posted On 09 Nov 2020 at 12:50 pm

, By Jo Wadsworth

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Schools chief urges ministers to cancel SATs, GCSEs and A levels again

More vegan meals to go on the menu in school canteens

More coronavirus cases at Brighton and Hove schools

Man sentenced over three-hour siege at Brighton Police Station

Pervert who downloaded hundreds of sickening child porn images spared jail

Brighton Sainsbury’s robbed at knifepoint

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds donate rare items to support Brighton homeless charity

Four on trial for halting pheasant shoot

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