As 2025 draws to a close, here’s a look back at some of the stories that made the news month by month.
Proposals to operate direct train services between Newcastle and Brighton have been announced
A teenager was arrested for murder after a 57-year-old man was killed and a woman and boy seriously injured in a home in Brighton this morning. Fabio Botros was later charged with the murder of his father and the attempted murder of his mother and the boy with knives and a hammer. He is due to stand trial next year.
Ikea opened a Brighton pop up shop ahead of the summer opening of its main Churchill Square store
A “pop up” rave left a trail of destruction on the seafront in Ovingdean where a family have been working to open a new cafe
A row broke out between two villages over lines drawn on a map.
