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Greens win by-election in Hove
The Greens have won the Goldsmid by-election for a seat on Brighton and Hove City Council. The seat was won by Nadia Barton Ahmad with 2,037 votes, 680 more than the second-placed candidate Philip Berman who stood for Labour. Six candidates contested the by-election which followed the resignation of...
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Behind the scenes with Britpop icons Blur
Blur’s Dave Rowntree looks back on it all
Chiller failure at Sussex supermarkets highlights impact of historic three-day red heat warning
Shoppers at some supermarkets in Sussex have been met with empty refrigerated shelves, and a notice apologising for stock losses.
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London Gatwick is putting South East wineries on the map this English Wine Week
London Gatwick is supporting English Wine Week by showcasing some of the amazing choice of offer from wineries across Sussex, Surrey and Kent.
Police launch urgent appeal to locate 15-year-old missing from St Leonards
Sussex Police have launched an urgent appeal to locate a 15-year-old reported missing from St Leonards.
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Lemar delighted to make his Love Supreme Jazz Festival debut
Glynde Place in East Sussex from July 3-5
Sussex couple in their 80's walk 100 miles for Gurkha Welfare Trust charity
A couple from East Dean, near Eastbourne overcame illness and other challenges to rack up 100 miles during May.
By-election count due to start
The count in the Goldsmid by-election is due to get under way this morning (Friday 26 June) with a seat at stake on Brighton and Hove City Council. Six candidates are standing in the contest which follows the resignation of former mayor Jackie O’Quinn. They are Nadia Barton Ahmad (Green), Philip B...
CPS blunder leads to acquittal of Hove woman over Gaza MP emails
A Hove woman has been acquitted of sending persistent annoying emails about Gaza to her MP, Peter Kyle, following an “administrative error”. Claire Kerrison, 54, was originally charged with two counts in relation to a string of emails she sent from 10 June to 15 June, one of sending an indecent ...
Driver ordered to pay £6k to owner of classic car he crashed
A driver hired to transport a vintage car to France has been ordered to pay its owner £6,000 after he crashed it into another classic car while taking it for an unauthorised spin. Aleksander Kuchin, 29, admitted unlawfully taking the red Pontiac Trans Am without permission on 7 September and drivin...
BACA Boys and Girls triumph in Sussex Knight-Stokes Cup Finals
Brighton Aldridge Community Academy (BACA) came out victorious in both the Girls' and Boys’ Sussex Finals of the Knight-Stokes Cup on a scorching day at Hove.
‘Vindication of our work’ - Mark Robinson celebrates BACA double trophy win
Brighton Aldridge Community Academy (BACA) came out victorious in both the Girls' and Boys’ Sussex Finals of the Knight-Stokes Cup on a scorching day at Hove.
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Commitments and Blues Brothers celebrated in Eastbourne
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Mast proposal returns with planners poised to say no again
A fresh attempt to put a mobile phone mast on the roof of a block of flats is due to go before councillors next week and is recommended for refusal. EE and Three want to site cabinets, dishes and antennas on the roof of St Margaret’s, in High Street, Rottingdean, because masts were removed from [...
Academy chain poised to take over council nursery
A nursery is expected to be handed to an academy chain even though a public consultation found little appetite for the move. Brighton and Hove City Council cabinet members are being asked to approve the transfer of the Roundabout Nursery, in Whitehawk, to the Aurora Academies Trust which runs the lo...
Disrupted rhythms: A rhythmanalysis workshop with Bradley Tuck in Brighton
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The Tarot Fayre: Brighton's first dedicated festival of tarot and oracle wisdom
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Red heat alert prompts schools to close again tomorrow
The red heat health alert has prompted all the state seconadry schools in Brighton and Hove to announce that they will stay closed again tomorrow (Friday 26 June). Varndean School, Cardinal Newman Catholic School and the Brighton Aldridge Community Academy (BACA) were among those to announce the add...
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Worthing summer Shakespeare line-up confirmed
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Second player from Hove tennis club reaches Wimbledon
A second woman from a Hove club has made it to Wimbledon for the world’s oldest tennis tournament. Alicia Dudeney, 23, first played at the Pav and Ave (Pavilion and Avenue) Tennis Club, in The Droveway, Hove, 16 years ago. And like fellow club member Sonay Kartal, she has soared up the rankings, c...