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A new bench outside a supermarket in Hove has rapidly proved to be something of a talking point – and the butt of dozens of jokes and quips. A few feet from the Co-op shop window in The Parade, in Hangleton Road, the bench faces the store from close quarters. Dog walker Kelly...

Martlets is looking for volunteers to help guide people around the Snailspace trail this autumn. Following on from the success of Martlets Snowdogs by the Sea, this Autumn 50 giant and 50 junior Snail Sculptures will slide onto Brighton and Hove streets to create the city’s...

Parents queued for hours in Churchill Square today for a chance to take advantage of BuildaBear Workshop’s Pay Your Age offer. Susie Kyriacou shot this video of the queues snaking round from the store by Debenhams on the upper level, all the way down to the customer service...

Brighton cat owners are being given the chance to get their moggies on the side of Brighton’s cat-bus. The cat-bus was designed to celebrate the life of Fiveways Wilf, who was well known in his neighbourhood and passed away in October last year. There are still two spots...

A baby was born on the pavement outside the Royal Sussex County Hospital this week after a pregnant mother didn’t quite make it to the labour ward in time. The mother, Kimberly Docherty, arrived at the hospital at about 10am on Monday morning. But instead of a bed in the...

Brighton cartoonists Modern Toss are branching out into lager and ale with the launch of two canned beers for “upmarket connoisseurs of canned alcohol who like looking at cartoons”. The small-batch brewed beers, irreverently named Horse Piss and Ditch Scooper, have...

A cricket fan’s perfect house with a balcony overlooking the County Cricket Ground in Hove is up for grabs. The newly built one-bedroom detached house, named The Coach House, is tucked away at the end of a lane leading off Cromwell Road – and the back of the house is...

The sun may be shining and the beaches packed, but one Brighton hotel is already urging people to book their Christmas parties there with a large banner on the seafront. The Mercure Hotel in King’s Road put the banner up this week – almost 200 days before Christmas....

A Brighton lifeguard has become Facebook famous after a snap of him helping an elderly woman down the pebbles to dip her toes in the sea went viral. Jake Walker was on duty yesterday afternoon when the woman, who was visiting Brighton for the Townswomen’s Guild AGM at the...

Signs claiming that parts of Brighton have been declared “designated cannabis zones” have been put up around the city – but sadly for dope smokers, the council has confirmed they are fake. The signs, which are printed with Brighton and Hove City Council’s...