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Loneliness, safety concerns, transport costs and a lack of laundry facilities are among the problems facing people from Brighton and Hove in emergency housing in Newhaven. They were highlighted in a report focusing on the experiences of dozens of people living in Kendal Court,...

An extra £250,000 is needed to help support people living in temporary housing. Members of Brighton and Hove City Council Housing and New Homes Committee agreed today (Wednesday 16 January) to ask for the money to be allocated as part of the council’s budget-setting...

Public art inspired by shipbuilding will create a local wildlife haven in Portslade. This month local designers Millimetre will begin installing the structure on Wharf Road embankment, a triangular shaped piece of land next to the road at the entrance to Shoreham Port and Hove...

The pilot who crashed at the Shoreham air show, killing 11 men, took risks that “one would not expect a careful and competent fast jet display pilot to do”, a jury was told today (Wednesday 16 January). Tom Kark, prosecuting, said that Andrew “Andy” Hill,...

The Shoreham air show crash was caused by “the gross negligence” of 54-year-old pilot Andrew “Andy” Hill, prosecutor Tom Kark told an Old Bailey jury today (Wednesday 16 January). Hill was at the controls of a 1955 Hawker Hunter fighter jet when it crashed...

What next for a former council leader? After stepping down from the helm of Brighton and Hove City Council in 2015, Jason Kitcat started writing his first novel, which he self-published late last year. Described by the author as “a mix of Henning Mankell’s socially aware...

Former Hove resident and Hove Park School pupil Alex Hall has become an inaugural member of the newly formed New York City Seagulls Group. The members are dedicated to following the fortunes of Brighton and Hove Albion in the city that apparently never sleeps. Alex told Brighton...

The prosecution of Shoreham air show crash pilot Andrew Hill is due to start today (Wednesday 16 January) at the Central Criminal Court – better known as the Old Bailey – in London. Andy Hill, 54, was at the controls of a Hawker Hunter jet aircraft when it crashed during the air...

Marks and Spencer stores in Brighton and Shoreham are safe for now as the retailer announced another round of branch closures yesterday (Tuesday 15 January). A thousand jobs were reported to be at risk as new cuts were made in the drive to switch from “bricks to...

Hove Labour MP Peter Kyle told the Prime Minister Theresa May to go back to the British public during the debate on Brexit – Britain’s exit from the European Union. Mr Kyle spoke in the marathon debate on the Prime Minister’s proposed “withdrawal deal” with the EU late yesterday...