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Sham 69 showing the youngsters how it’s done

SHAM 69 + INFA RIOT – ISLINGTON ACADEMY, LONDON 22.1.22 Chances to see original punk acts are pretty rare these days, so I grabbed the chance to see the original line-up of Sham 69 with both hands. These guys are in their sixties so they’re going to be sad shadows of their...

Posted On 26 Jan 2022 at 12:04 pm

, By Mark Kelly

Police hunt suspected hit and run driver

A suspected hit and run driver who failed to turn up to court is being hunted by police. A warrant for Steven Forsyth was issued in September last year when he failed to turn up to court where faced a charge of failing to provide a specimen for analysis following an incident in...

Posted On 26 Jan 2022 at 11:59 am

, By Jo Wadsworth

Brighton peer urges IT firm to help compensate wrongly convicted sub-postmasters

Lord Bassam of Brighton has urged the disgraced IT firm Fujitsu to pay towards compensation for hundreds of wrongly convicted sub-postmasters some of whom were jailed in Britain’s biggest miscarriage of justice. So far, instead of paying compensation, Fujitsu has raked in...

Posted On 26 Jan 2022 at 9:17 am

, By Frank le Duc

Gasworks towers will be giant blot on a grade I listed landscape

The Kemp Town Society (KTS), while welcoming development of the gasworks site and noting it has remained undeveloped for many decades, strongly objects to the proposed mixed-use redevelopment. No learnings appear to have been incorporated from the overturning of the Brighton...

Posted On 26 Jan 2022 at 6:51 am

, By Michael Bedingfield

Drama teacher hails Brighton cancer support charity

A drama teacher and mother of two has praised a cancer support charity in Brighton for the help that she received. Lesley Graney, 50, from Shoreham, was so grateful for the support given to her by the Macmillan Horizon Centre, in Brighton, that she has since raised money for the...

Posted On 26 Jan 2022 at 12:05 am