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//January 17, 2023
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Brighton and Hove councillors attract more complaints than politicians elsewhere

Councillors in Brighton and Hove attract more complaints than politicians elected to other councils, according to a new report. And comments posted on social media were a “common factor” in complaints from the public, Brighton and Hove City Council said. A “standards panel” is...
Posted On 17 Jan 2023 at 10:20 pm
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Brighton and Hove Albion host Liverpool again after Reds win Cup replay

Brighton and Hove Albion will host Liverpool again after the Reds won their FA Cup third round replay at Molineux this evening (Tuesday 17 January). Harvey Elliott fired Liverpool into the fourth round with the only goal of the match against Wolverhampton Wanderers. The...
Posted On 17 Jan 2023 at 9:55 pm
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Bottom fishing may be banned in Offshore Brighton

A fishing technique known as bottom fishing or bottom trawling may be banned in an area of the English Channel known as Offshore Brighton. The prospect has been raised by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) which has started a formal consultation on a draft byelaw to ban the...
Posted On 17 Jan 2023 at 9:18 pm
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Pervert jailed for historic sex abuse of teenage girl

A man who abused an underage teenage girl almost 20 years ago has finally been jailed. Paul Latham slept with the girl when she was between 13 and 15 at addresses in Hove in Woodingdean – despite knowing she was underage. The years of abuse left her still experiencing...
Posted On 17 Jan 2023 at 5:38 pm
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Police patrol after reports of stranger inviting young girls into his car

Extra police patrols have been put on after reports two girls were approached by a man on their way to school. The girls, who are both at secondary school, were approached while waiting at the bus stop on two separate occasions – first on Wednesday last week and then on...
Posted On 17 Jan 2023 at 5:15 pm
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Inquest opens after man falls from cliff top

An inquest has been opened into the death of a man who fell from a cliff top in Brighton on New Year’s Eve (Saturday 31 December). Eric Brian Cox, 56, from Ware, Hertfordshire, was found on the Undercliff, at about 10am by a member of the public who phoned 999. Mr Cox, a cycling...
Posted On 17 Jan 2023 at 4:47 pm
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Bin lorries unable to reach bin store at new flats in Brighton

Council bin lorries cannot reach the site of the bin stores approved by council planners at new flats in Brighton. As a result, collections have been repeatedly missed, rubbish has built up and a bin full of recycling became “fetid”. One resident that repeated emails from a...
Posted On 17 Jan 2023 at 3:46 pm
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Pizza Express reopens Brighton restaurant

A Pizza Express restaurant closed during lockdown is set to reopen. The Jubilee Square restaurant closed in January 2021, one of dozens of venues the national chain shut. In September 2020, 74 restaurants were closed, with another 23 shutting in January 2021. The two-storey city...
Posted On 17 Jan 2023 at 1:48 pm
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Brighton labourer sent final text a minute before falling to death

A Brighton labourer fell five floors down a lightwell seconds after sending a text message to a friend, an inquest jury heard today (Tuesday 17 January). A few moments earlier the labourer, Ernie Taylor, had been taking photographs of asphalting work from the roof of a block of...
Posted On 17 Jan 2023 at 1:22 pm
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Iron Maiden bassist performs in Brighton with British Lion

BRITISH LION + VOODOO SIX + AIRFORCE – CONCORDE 2, BRIGHTON 15.1.23 Where better to be than on a cold, damp Sunday evening than at the Concorde 2 watching Steve Harris side project British Lion. This was a rare opportunity to see a well-known stadium filler up close and...
Posted On 17 Jan 2023 at 8:59 am
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