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Two pedestrians were hit on a zebra crossing in Western Road, Hove, this afternoon. Police and ambulance were both at the scene near Brunswick Place and the road was closed. A witness said that a pedestrian appeared to have been hit on a zebra crossing. South East Coast Ambulance...

The University of Brighton has turned down the chance to take on Moulsecoomb Primary School as an academy in the week the school celebrated a huge improvement in test results. The government imposed an academy order on the school in June following an Ofsted report which rated the...

A man who complained to the local ombudsman after the council removed his rusting bike has been told the council followed the right procedure and he should try to take them to court. The man’s bike was removed last year, after the council placed a notice on it warning it...

A councillor’s tale of survival after domestic abuse saw her receive a standing ovation as Brighton and Hove City Council voted to support the A Safe Home campaign. Labour councillor Amanda Grimshaw’s hands shook during the moving speech as she told councillors of the...

Reports of antisocial behaviour at The Level have fallen by a huge 84 per cent since this time last year following the introduction of special patrols and a mobile police station. Sussex Police says it has also used intelligence from residents to help tackle bad behaviour at the...

A Brighton builder has been jailed for more than five years for helping rob a security van in Hove where the driver was threatened with an axe. The van was robbed in Conway Street, Hove, on Monday, 19 November last year by men who fled on scooters and Marli Casaletto was arrested...

Animal rights protesters have claimed responsibility for smashing a window at London Road McDonald’s on the day a vegan protester was in court charged with causing criminal damage there. Dylan Roffey, 23, of Terminus Road, Brighton appeared in the dock at Brighton...

Coldean Post Office is to remain permanently closed because nobody has come forward to run it. The post office in Beatty Avenue closed last year after the postmaster resigned and the premises have now been turned into a pharmacy. This month, Post Office announced that it has not...

The closure of the eleventh GP surgery in Brighton and Hove since 2015 has prompted fresh debate about how it impacts on vulnerable people reaching a doctor. Councillors requested a report into what is causing behind the spate of closures and mergers, the latest of which will see...

Following last night’s spectacular lightshow, more thunderstorms could be on the way to Brighton and Hove tomorrow night as the heatwave continues. Now, the Met Office has just issued a warning which starts at 3pm tomorrow until 4am on Friday, saying scattered electrical...