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A Brighton man is launching a calendar celebrating the less photogenic side of Brighton in answer to the perfect images pumped out on social media. Instead of reflections of the Pavilion, murmurations by the West Pier and a seagull eating someone’s chips, Bennie...

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Richard Browning! @takeonGravity are attempting to take human flight to new record-breaking speeds this #GWRDay. Stay tuned to see if they can do it! pic.twitter.com/OmkszEPSNk — GuinnessWorldRecords (@GWR) November 14, 2019 A jet suit...

A committee held its first meeting in a venue with one of the finest views for miles around. And given the subject matter, it was fitting that they should choose a beach hut on Hove seafront to get together. The Hove Beach Hut Association held its first annual general meeting...

A naked man has been chased by police and security around Brighton’s Palace Pier this evening. The man was snapped by passer by Ben Johnson shortly after 7pm. Mr Johnson said he was then jumping from roof to roof trying to avoid security. He said he had then hidden under...

WITH VIDEO: A Brighton bus driver who missed road closed signs ended up taking chunks out of his bus and knocking over two bollards in an attempt to get back en route. The driver turned off the seafront into Preston Street on Sunday afternoon – but as he drove up, he soon...

An upside down house in which people can take pictures of themselves lying on the “ceiling” is set to be built on Brighton seafront. Plans have been submitted to Brighton and Hove City Council to build the Upside Down House in the event space between the i360 and...

A smiling smoker merrily puffing away next to a no smoking sign at the Royal Sussex inadvertently became the face of the hospital’s switchboard this month. The woman’s picture was used by Samsung phones’ new smartcall feature and popped up whenever anyone made a...

When a photographer saw someone blowing giant bubbles on Brighton beach in front of the West Pier, he thought it would make a wonderful picture. But when he came to look at the photo he’d taken, it didn’t come out quite as he’d expected to. Instead, the result...

A Brighton boy was reunited with his missing cat last night after she was found 70 miles away in Southampton. Yolo Woodman was given Cookie for his seventh birthday almost a year ago, after years of pretending that he had a pet kitten of the same name. He was devastated when she...

A policewoman on patrol in Hove encountered her “weirdest job ever” when she helped rescue a pheasant from a Regency balcony. Had a pheasant shift rescuing this lost visitor in town, it ruffled some feathers! Officers flew into action & successfully detained and...