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The Psychotic Monks & Ditz freak out in St. Leonards

PSYCHOTIC MONKS + DITZ – THE PIPER, ST LEONARDS 10.12.21 Promoters Acid Box specialise in presenting raucous live bands from the more sonically adventurous end of the musical spectrum. Recently they have started putting on shows at The Piper in St Leonards, bringing a taste...

Posted On 11 Dec 2021 at 3:52 pm

, By Richie Nice

Penelope Isles – Brighton concert report

PENELOPE ISLES + HOLIDAY GHOSTS + LAUNDROMAT – CONCORDE 2, BRIGHTON 10.12.21 Tonight’s Penelope Isles gig at Concorde 2 felt like the completion of a circle in terms of my personal gig going in 2021.My first gig after COVID-19 restrictions were relaxed during the summer was...

Posted On 11 Dec 2021 at 1:22 pm

, By Richard Warran

Police ask for help to find wanted man from Brighton

Police have issued an appeal for help to find a wanted man from Brighton. Sussex Police said: “Police are searching for Drue Hudson, who is wanted on recall to prison after breaching his licence conditions. “Hudson, 24, of no fixed address, was recalled to prison at...

Posted On 11 Dec 2021 at 12:37 pm

, By Frank le Duc

More than 5k sign petitions opposed to reducing pupil numbers

Thousands of people have signed petitions against reducing pupil numbers at three schools, triggering a council debate. Three petitions against reducing published admission numbers (PAN) at Carden, Bevendean and Woodingdean Primary Schools have all passed the 1,250 signature...

Posted On 11 Dec 2021 at 11:13 am

, By Sarah Booker-Lewis, local democracy reporter

Burglar jailed for setting fire in popstar’s house

A serial burglar has been jailed for arson after setting a fire in popstar Passenger’s £1.6 million house. Samuel Wesley, 37, broke into the five-bedroom house which Mike Rosenberg, aka Passenger, was renovating in the early hours of 13 May this year He stole a hammer which...

Posted On 11 Dec 2021 at 11:01 am

, By Jo Wadsworth

Hove sex shop to become family home

A former sex shop in Hove is being turned back into a family home after planning permission was granted this week for an 18-month restoration project. The shop, Taboo, in Blatchington Road, closed more than a year ago, and the property was bought in February by Conservative...

Posted On 11 Dec 2021 at 12:05 am