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Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra celebrate their tenth season
Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra are celebrating their tenth season with a special concert coming up.
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Trial date set for three asylum-seekers charged with seafront rape
A trial date has been set for three asylum-seekers charged with raping a woman on Brighton seafront last month. They appeared at Brighton Crown Court this morning (Thursday 13 November) for an arraignment – when the charges are formally put and defendants enter their plea. But only one Arabic inte...
'Giving something back' - Family-run Crawley business help elderly residents with free minor electrical work
A family-run Crawley business is helping elderly residents with free minor electrical work.
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Sex attacker targets women exercising on seafront
A sex attacker has been targeting women after they have been exercising on Hove seafront and recent incidents have been linked to others last year and in 2023. Sussex Police published three CCTV pictures of a man they want to interview today (Thursday 13 November). The force said: “Police are look...
NHS Trust misses cancer treatment and diagnosis targets
Cancer targets for faster diagnosis and treatment are being missed in Sussex, with a spike in the number of suspected cases of skin cancer, according to a report to councillors.
Man wanted for questioning over Pride attack
Do you know this man? Police would like to speak to him about a serious seafront assault during this summer’s Pride weekend. This CCTV still was posted on Facebook by Brighton Police yesterday. It has not been distributed anywhere else. The attack happened outside Concorde 2 on Saturday, 2 August ...
Alan Davies offers first UK tour in ten years on back of new volume of autobiography
Alan Davies is touring the UK for the first time in ten years with his brand-new show Think Ahead, on the back of White Male Stand-Up, his second volume of autobiography which came out in September, following on from the hugely-acclaimed Just Ignore Him.
Brighton player ratings vs Charlton: Disappointing defeat sees Seagulls score mostly 5s
Charlton's Mcateer ends Brighton's League Cup hopes in a 1-0 defeat at Broadfield Stadium.
Review: Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Britten’s Serenade, Saturday 8 November 2025 Corn Exchange 7.30pm
The Corn Exchange is part of the Brighton Dome, in a separate building round the corner in New Road; it completed a six-year refurbishment in 2023. Raked seating ensures that every audience member can see down to the extended stage area below. An enormous capacity and room for everyone.
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John Barrowman brings Camp As Christmas to Eastbourne
John Barrowman brings Camp As Christmas to Sussex with dates including Sunday, November 16 at The Hawth, Crawley and Wednesday, December 10 at the Congress Theatre, Eastbourne.
Health chiefs struggle to hit cancer targets
Cancer targets for faster diagnosis and treatment are being missed in Sussex, with a spike in the number of suspected cases of skin cancer, according to a report to councillors. It said that University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the Royal Sussex County Hospital, in Brighton, w...
Mayor-elect stands down
The deputy mayor of Brighton and Hove has resigned, it was announced this evening (Wednesday 12 November). Councillor Ty Galvin, 85, has also been suspended by the Labour Party while a complaint is investigated. He will sit as an Independent member of Brighton and Hove City Council. By convention, t...
NHS shake up to be debated by councillors
A key NHS organisation in Sussex is due to complete a merger with two in Surrey by next April. NHS Sussex, also known as the Sussex Integrated Care Board (ICB), is merging with the ICBs in Surrey as part of a drive to save money, with the government telling boards to halve their running costs. […]
Labour suspends mayor-elect
The Labour Party has suspended the mayor-elect of Brighton and Hove, Councillor Ty Galvin. And in the past 24 hours the Brighton and Hove City Council website has been updated to show Councillor Galvin as an Independent. The suspension throws into doubt whether Councillor Galvin, currently deputy ma...
Hove talent agent goes bust owing hundreds of thousands
The director of a child casting agency had borrowed £45,000 from the business when it went bust, records published this week show. Happy House Productions Limited told clients it was going into liquidation in the summer, shortly after Equity, the actors’ union, warned members not to engage with o...
Hooded trio launch savage attack on man
Three men kicked and stamped on a man after punching him to the ground in a vicious city centre attack last weekend. The victim, a local man in his 50s, was attacked in North Street last Sunday at about 1am. The trio were all dressed in black clothing with their hoods up. They fled in […]
Campaigners urged councillors to save Brighton libraries
Three community campaigners put their case to save two of Brighton’s libraries before councillors voted to recommend a pause in the process.
Sussex tennis star Julian Cash reflects on 'one crazy year' after making more history with Lloyd Glasspool in Turin
Sussex tennis star Julian Cash, and his doubles partner Lloyd Glasspool, have become the first all-British pair to end the year in the ATP Doubles No. 1 spot.
Nell Mescal plays Brighton on biggest headline tour so far
Marking a key moment in her career, Nell Mescal is on her biggest headline tour so far – on the back of her new EP The Closest We’ll Get, led by the poignant single Middle Man.
Brighton and Hove activist to lead heritage project to save stories of the Disability Arts movement
A local man has been announced to lead a major national project which will save the stories of the Disability Arts movement from being lost and share them through a digital archive, interactive timeline and podcast series.