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Table tennis club offers lessons – and not just for the players
Brighton Table Tennis Club (BTTC) is somehow churning out gold-medal athletes while doubling as one of the city’s warmest community hubs. How do they do it and should other sports be following their example? Despite being founded as recently as 2007, BTTC has already produced athletes of the highe...
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Locked up in Sussex: These are some of the criminals jailed in March 2026
Sussex’s judges, juries and magistrates were busy in March.
South East Coast Ambulance Service delivers strong Category 2 response time performance
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is marking a strong improvement in Category 2 (C2) ambulance response times for 2025/26, achieved despite a significant increase in demand for emergency care.
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Police hunt Brighton woman to return her to prison
Police have issued an appeal to the public for help finding a woman who they are looking to return to prison. They are trying to find Gemma Stacey Jackson who has a long history of drug problems. Sussex Police said: “We’re searching for Gemma Jackson, 43, who is wanted on recall to prison for br...
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Play explores the "spectacularly appalling mess the world is today" - Hastings
Leonie Wiffen is back on stage for the first time since her schooldays as she joins the Daytime Theatre Players for A Spectacular Interview by Lindsay Jayne.
Clark hits opening day century for Sussex at Leicestershire
Sussex 361 (89.5 overs) Leicestershire 15-1 (4 overs) Sussex lead by 346 runs Tom Clark hit a century for Sussex on the opening day of the Rothesay County Championship for a second season in a row today (Friday 3 April). Clark took full advantage of being dropped in single figures as visitors Sussex...
Aerial photos show caravans and motorhomes parked on grass at Preston Park in Brighton
Caravans and motorhomes have been spotted parked on the grass at Preston Park in Brighton this afternoon (Good Friday, April 3).
Missing woman often seen in Brighton and Hove wanted on recall to prison, say Sussex Police
Sussex Police have announced that they are looking for a woman who is wanted on recall to prison.
Sussex-born restaurant chain teams up with ‘Potato Queen’ for limited-edition comfort menu
A popular restaurant chain, which originated in Sussex, is marking its 25th anniversary with a new celebrity collaboration centred around one of Britain’s favourite comfort foods.
Brighton road closed due to crash involving bus
A Brighton road is closed due to a crash involving a bus this morning (Good Friday, April 3).
County cricket – an antidote to many of sport’s ills... and everyone should give it a try
In a world of hyper-capitalist greed, county cricket offers escapism to a simpler time
Latest on train services between Seaford and Lewes after delays caused by fault with signalling system
Southern has announced that train services between Seaford and Lewes have returned to normal.
"Being single in your 50s is brilliant" says stand-up Hal Cruttenden
When Hal Cruttenden’s wife left him, she said ‘You are going to make a show out of this, aren't you?”
Hove gym given permission to open early
A Hove gym can open earlier after convincing councillors that it would not be a noise nuisance to neighbours. Brighton and Hove City Council’s Planning Committee had been advised to refuse a planning application from Hove Fitness Club to allow its indoor facilities to open from 6am to 10pm daily. ...
Lewes artist offers compelling new Chichester Cathedral exhibition
Artist Alice Carter set out to create work which, as she says, “teetered between abstraction and realism.”
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Doctor Who stars conjure Sherlock Holmes on the Hastings stage
The Archers and Doctor Who actor Terry Molloy will be Watson to Colin Baker’s Sherlock Holmes as The Sign of Four is delivered as a radio play at Hastings’ White Rock Theatre on April 15.
Charity urgently seeks homes for 200 hens facing slaughter
An animal charity is urgently seeking new owners and homes for 200 hens to save them from slaughter. The British Hen Welfare Trust (BHWT) said that it was holding an urgent rehoming event in Worthing on Sunday 12 April – its nearest centre to Brighton and Hove The charity said: “Two hundred ex-c...
Illicit back garden house given reprieve from demolition
Councillors reluctantly agreed to grant planning permission for a £1.25 million house currently subject to an enforcement order. Brighton and Hove City Council had issued an enforcement notice for the demolition of the house built in a former back garden at 13C Shirley Drive. The original applicati...
Health chiefs aim to reassure campaigners
A mental health services provider has assured users that it will continue to play an “important role” in supporting people in need. Southdown, which operates the Preston Park Wellbeing Hub, in Brighton, made the comments after service users presented a petition to Brighton and Hove City Council,...
Student house extension approved with cramped room for eight
More students will be able to live in a shared house in Brighton after councillors granted the owner planning permission to extend the property. Neighbours objected to the plan to enlarge the house, at 15 Auckland Drive, in Bevendean, with a single-storey extension at the back and a roof extension. ...