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E-scooters to be banned on Brighton trains

E-scooters will no longer be allowed on trains from Brighton and Hove from next Thursday because of the risk of their batteries catching fire. Unicycles, skateboards and hoverboards powered with lithium-ion batteries will also be banned from Southern and Thameslink trains from 1...

Posted On 23 May 2023 at 12:25 pm

, By Jo Wadsworth

Brighton Centre could shut in June if workers vote to strike

The Brighton Centre could shut for weeks from mid-June if workers vote to strike over under-staffing and safety concerns- threatening the Pet Shop Boys’ gig. The GMB union is balloting its members in the venue’s supervisors department and its venue services assistants...

Posted On 22 May 2023 at 6:25 pm

, By Jo Wadsworth

Council blunder sees wild flowers mown down

A community volunteer who planted a flowerbed full of wildflowers to mark the Platinum Jubilee was shocked to find it mowed down. Despite it being “no mow May”, the entire verge along the eastern side of Lewes Road at Moulsecoomb has its grass and wildflowers cut in a council...

Posted On 22 May 2023 at 5:30 pm

, By Sarah Booker-Lewis, local democracy reporter

Music fans fight plans for new flats near music venues

Scores of music fans have rallied to fight plans for new flats opposite a popular city centre music venue. Haysport Properties Ltd wants to convert offices above an empty shop opposite the Hope and Ruin Pub and Rossi Bar on Queen’s Road into six flats. In just two days, 163...

Posted On 22 May 2023 at 5:18 pm

, By Sarah Booker-Lewis, local democracy reporter

Retired colonel used taxpayer cash to fund Brighton College fees, court told

A senior British Army officer has denied defrauding the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to pay his children’s boarding school fees, telling jurors he was not “wedded” to the idea of private education. Retired colonel Marcus Reedman, 52, is accused of cheating the syste...

Posted On 22 May 2023 at 4:38 pm

, By Henry Vaughan, PA

Brighton and Hove Conservatives elect new leader

The Conservative group on Brighton and Hove City Council has elected a new leader. The group’s previous leader Steve Bell was one of four Conservative councillors who lost their seat to Labour in this month’s elections. Today, the group announced Alistair McNair is...

Posted On 22 May 2023 at 2:09 pm

, By Jo Wadsworth

Madeira masks put in storage ahead of restoration

A handful of decorative masks featuring Neptune and Venus have been removed from Madeira Terrace and put in storage ahead of its restoration. Most of the masks, which were removed in March, are in arches which are not part of the first phase of the restoration, so are not likely...

Posted On 22 May 2023 at 10:29 am

, By Jo Wadsworth

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Driver admits string of petrol thefts – but says he sometimes tried to pay

A driver has admitted making off without paying from the same Hove petrol station three times in a month – but says he tried to pay on three more occasions. Paul Roper, 48, is accused of stealing a total of £239.19 from the Sainsbury’s on the Old Shoreham Road between...

Posted On 19 May 2023 at 3:03 pm

, By Jo Wadsworth

City centre gardens fenced off to stop drugs and knife threats

A city centre garden has been fenced off and security guards put on the gate to combat rising levels of drug dealing, drug use and threatening behaviour. A security guard being threatened at knifepoint in Brighthelm Gardens two weeks ago was the “tipping point” which...

Posted On 19 May 2023 at 10:48 am

, By Jo Wadsworth

Brighton man planned Hyde Park gun attack

A Brighton man has admitted plotting a gun attack at Speakers’ Corner in London’s Hyde Park. Edward Little, 21, planned to buy a gun to kill a Christian preacher and her camera crew at Speakers’ Corner as well as any police or soldiers in the area at the time, it was alleged. He...

Posted On 19 May 2023 at 10:28 am

, By Emily Pennink, PA Old Bailey Correspondent

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