Day: May 20, 2026

by Sarah Booker-Lewis - local democracy reporter

We have just had Mental Health Awareness Week – and the leader of the council Bella Sankey and I attended ...

School plans 10ft fence around playing field

A school wants to put up a 10ft (3-metre) high mesh fence to restrict access to its playing fields. Varndean ...

Father pays tribute to daughters who drowned off Brighton beach

by Jo Wadsworth

The father of three sisters who drowned in the sea in Brighton says they were his "beautiful light" Emergency services ...

Love Supreme Jazz Festival announces full 2026 line-up

by Nick Linazasoro

Love Supreme Jazz Festival has revealed the full line-up for its 2026 edition led by headliners Ezra Collective, Loyle Carner ...

Tenant faces arson charge after fire damages council flat

A council tenant has appeared in court charged with arson with recklessness as to whether life was endangered. Dominic Armstrong, ...

Sea Cadets plead for funds and help to stave off closure risk

by Sarah Booker-Lewis - local democracy reporter

A Sea Cadets unit in Brighton has issued an urgent appeal for all hands to help raise £11,000 to stave ...

Wood burners fill Brighton air with some of UK’s worst pollution

Smoke control area to cover almost all of Brighton and Hove

A single smoke control area will restrict what can be burnt – and how – across most of Brighton and ...

Sport

Brighton and Hove Albion sign Colombian teenager

by Paul Weaver - ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay

Brighton and Hove Albion have signed midfielder Matias Orozco, the 18-year-old captain of Colombia’s Under-20 national side. Orozco has joined...

Bruce on the Boundary – Robinson ready to take the next step

Sussex draw with Somerset at Hove as rain curtails play

Somerset 202 (58 overs) and 350-9 declared (97.2 overs) Sussex 250 (69.4 overs) and 62-1 (14 overs) Sussex (12 points)...

Brighton and Hove Albion beaten at Chelsea

by PA sport staff

Chelsea 4 Brighton and Hove Albion 3 Joao Pedro scored at both ends as Brighton and Hove Albion battled their...

Debut for Yalcouye as Brighton and Hove Albion visit Chelsea