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Plans for more than 200 low-cost homes in Whitehawk have been defended by the former leader of Brighton and Hove City Council. Councillor Warren Morgan, who represents the East Brighton ward, which includes Whitehawk, spoke out after the plans were criticised by fellow East...

A Brighton councillor has spoken out about plans to build truly affordable homes for the working poor in the ward that she represents. Councillor Nancy Platts said that the plans for 217 one and two-bedroom homes at the top end of Whitehawk would have an adverse impact on the...

The owner of the Brighton and Hove Independent appears to be teetering on the brink of financial collapse, according to the BBC. The broadcaster said tonight (Friday 16 November): “Johnston Press, the publisher of many local newspapers in Sussex including the Hastings...

Tory austerity policies are causing people to be made homeless around the country, and in our city as well. As fast as we help people off the streets, new people become homeless. So as a Labour council we are tackling this crisis head on – and with our new services we have...

Although my recent experience of renting in the private rented sector has been a good one, for too many, renting still means poor conditions, insecurity and rising rents. From the landlords who’ve refused to instal smoke alarms to the estate agents overcharging tenants for...

I’m on my way back to England after visiting Auschwitz, the Nazi death camp where over a million innocent people were murdered during the Second World War. I was asked to join 220 students from the south east of England under the stewardship of the Holocaust Educational Trust....

A TV documentary explores how the murder of a Portslade teenager changed the official approach to stalking by police and prosecutors. The documentary, which is due to be broadcast on the Investigation Discovery channel tomorrow night (Friday 16 November), includes footage from...

Two of the three MPs for Brighton and Hove added their voice to the clamour for a second Brexit referendum. They spoke out in the House of Commons as Prime Minister Theresa May defended her draft deal for leaving the European Union today (Thursday 15 November). Peter Kyle, the...

A missing schoolboy from Brighton has been found safe in Hove, Sussex Police said this morning (Thursday 15 November). The youngster was found last night (Wednesday 14 November). Sussex Police had issued a public appeal for help finding him on Tuesday – the day before he was...

Cheap homes for nurses are to be built on part of the Brighton General Hospital site if an ambitious £200 million scheme goes ahead. Outline plans for 630 homes were presented to members of Brighton and Hove City Council and the Brighton and Hove Clinical Commissioning Group...