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Your top stories this year – April
As 2024 draws to a close, here’s a look back at some of the stories that made the news month by month. Proposals to operate direct train services between Newcastle and Brighton have been announced A teenager was arrested for murder after a 57-year-old man was killed and a woman and boy seriously i...
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Your top stories this year – March
As 2024 draws to a close, here’s a look back at some of the stories that made the news month by month. A hotel company’s plans to change a university-owned building into a 170-bed tourist hostel were up for approval (which they later got). Uni building could be turned into 170-bed hostel The Big...
College plans new football pitch and games area
A Brighton college is planning to install a new football pitch and games area, which will be available for community use. Brighton, Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College (BHASVIC) wants to put an artificial pitch and multi-use games area (MUGA) on a section of its grassed playing field. The new areas w...
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Your top stories this year – February
As 2024 draws to a close, here’s a look back at some of the stories that made the news month by month. The i360 was bought out of administration by a premium bar chain which was founded by two Brightonians. Police and licensing officials said that they had no confidence in a restaurant owner after...
Your top stories this year – January
As 2024 draws to a close, here’s a look back at some of the stories that made the news month by month. The council took steps to write off a debt of more than £51 million owed by the i360 to enable the sale of the struggling seafront attraction. Brighton and Hove saw the beginning […]
Brighton-born boy, 13, stabbed to death in Portugal
A 13-year-old boy who has been stabbed to death in Portugal was born in Brighton, according to the Daily Mail. Alfie Hallett, who was brought up in Bognor, lost his life trying to protect his mother from her Portuguese ex-boyfriend, his grandmother told the Mail. The Mail website quoted Linda Hallet...
'The recovery of our lost sense of perspective' - Bishop of Chichester delivers Christmas message
We have seen his glory (Jn 1.14)
Traffic wardens donate toys to disadvantaged kids
The city’s traffic wardens have got friends and family to donate hundreds of toys and books to their appeal for disadvantaged children this year. Several hundred toys and books have been collected by civil enforcement officers from NSL, the council’s parking enforcement partner, in recent weeks....
1.5k Christmas parcels donated to Brighton refuge
A Brighton refuge was inundated with parcels this year thanks to a parenting influencer’s Christmas campaign. Daisy Upton, known as Five Minute Mum to her 300,000 followers on Instagram and Facebook, has supported Stonewater Housing’s refuge for the last five years. This year, after sharing the ...
Missing Uckfield man with links to Bexhill, Hastings and Brighton ‘potentially last seen’ in Little Common
A man reported missing from Uckfield who has links to Bexhill, Hastings and Brighton may have been ‘potentially last seen’ in Little Common, according to a Sussex Police press release.
Man sought after 'report of rape' in East Sussex
Sussex Police are seeking to locate a man after a 'report of rape' in East Sussex, according to a Sussex Police press release.
A merry Christmas to all our readers
A merry Christmas to all our readers. Thank you for all your support over the past year. We love bringing you Brighton and Hove News. Some of you have asked how you can support the site to keep on bringing you news from across the area. One way is to advertise – and we would […]
A revelation for Christmas as scaffolding comes down at St Peter’s after 11 years
The tower of St Peter’s Church, in Brighton, can be seen once again after 11 years shrouded in scaffolding. And the scaffolding has come down at a time when the church said attendances were rising – not just at St Peter’s but across what is sometimes known as Britain’s most godless city. Res...
Council warns people of danger of a Christmas Day dip in the sea
A Christmas Day swim in the sea has become something of a contentious tradition in the recent past but, this year, officials appear to be sticking to warning people of the dangers. Brighton and Hove City Council said: “Christmas and new year visitors to Brighton are being warned over entering the ...
Woman raped in Hove
A woman has reported being raped at an address in Hove, police said this evening (Wednesday 24 December). Sussex Police published security camera pictures of a man they wish to interview. The force said: “Police are working to identify a man following a report of rape at an address in Hove. “The...
Police issue appeal to locate wanted man known to frequent Brighton
Sussex Police have issued an urgent appeal to locate a wanted man known to frequent Brighton.
Extractor fan cause of Brighton Hotel fire, fire service confirm
East Sussex Fire and Rescue have confirmed that the cause of a fire at a hotel in Hove was caused by an extractor fan.
The iconic i360 is set to star in this year's big panto at Brighton
Jack and the Beanstalk is showing at the DoubleTree By Hilton Brighton Metropole on the seafront until December 30.
Brighton sex attacker jailed
A sex attacker has been jailed for 18 months after targeting a helpless woman late morning one weekend in the summer. Worried passers-by confronted him and called the police but James Scott tried to pretend that the woman was his girlfriend. They had never met. Today (Wednesday 24 December), Sussex ...
Changes to train services at London Waterloo over the Christmas period as Network Rail carry out major upgrades
Train services into and out of London Waterloo will change as engineers carry out vital upgrades near Queenstown Road.