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Smoke control area to cover almost all of Brighton and Hove
A single smoke control area will restrict what can be burnt – and how – across most of Brighton and Hove after senior councillor agreed to extend existing restrictions. Brighton has had a number of smoke control areas since the 1970s. The five existing areas mainly cover the centre of Brighton, ...
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Sussex Police officer denies child sex offences and perverting justice
A Sussex Police officer denied child sex offences and perverting the course of justice at a crown court hearing this afternoon (Tuesday 19 May). Iain Macnab, 51, who studied for a business degree at Brighton University, was arraigned – or formally asked to answer the charges – at Guildford Crown...
Malaysian pianist Julian Chan in concert in Worthing and Havant
Malaysian pianist Julian Chan offers an International Interview Concert entitled Visions Virtuosic at St Symphorian’s Durrington Hill in Worthing on May 24 at 2.45pm.
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Café given go ahead to sell beer and margaritas with takeaway meals
Police and council licensing officials have dropped their objections to a Brighton café selling takeaway alcohol. Café Coho, in Queen’s Road, Brighton, already has a licence to serve drinks to customers from 7am to 11pm daily. The business applied to vary the licence so that it could include dri...
New Sussex NHS pilot offers ADHD assessment and support closer to home
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Sussex Tree Festival begins this weekend
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Police urgently search for missing teen
Police say they have launched an “urgent” search for a Brighton teenager who has gone missing. Diaa Balal, 17, from Woodingdean, was last seen in the city on 8 May. A spokesman for Sussex Police said: “We are continuing our urgent search for Diaa who is missing from Brighton. “Diaa is 5ft 10...
New photo exhibition celebrates Sussex’s contribution to international diplomacy
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1,500 homes without water
About 1,500 homes were left without water or just a trickle this morning. Southern Water said the loss of pressure was caused by a valve operation at one of its reservoirs. It said pressure should now be returning to normal. Homes in the Dyke Road area, straddling both BN1 and BN3 postcodes were aff...
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Collective of Sussex artists returns to Seaford
Form, Frame, Fire
Urgent Help need - Brighton Sea Cadets face potential closure as vital access doors fail
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etch. by Steven Edwards partners with Nyetimber for English Wine Dinner celebration
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Smoky saunas get up neighbours’ noses
The popularity of wood-fired saunas is sparking a backlash from neighbours concerned about the smoke they generate. Two cafes have recently applied to either build or to keep wood-fired saunas in their back gardens. But although plenty of customers are keen to use the steam rooms, neighbours are les...
Sussex and Surrey traffic: Collisions on A23, A27 & M23; tree blocks village road; further delays on A24, A21, A259 and M25
Sussex motorists have faced a difficult morning commute with collisions, congestion and roadworks causing lengthy delays across major routes.
Sussex children’s hospital charity launches campaign to help children’s dreams come true
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Man faces trial over assault on Jewish woman
A man faces a trial by jury after he denied that he carried out a religiously aggravated attack on a Jewish woman in the centre of Brighton. Jemal Keddad, 40, of North Road, Brighton, appeared at Brighton Crown Court on Friday (15 May) having pleaded not guilty last month at an arraignment hearing ...
REVIEW: Romantic Awakenings concert by Worthing Symphony Orchestra
REVIEW BY Richard Amey. ‘Romantic Awakenings’. Concert by Worthing Symphony Orchestra at The Assembly Hall, Sunday 17 May (2.45), stand-in leader Paul Willey, conductor John Gibbons, piano Julian Chan. Mendelssohn, The Fair Melusine Overture; Bizet, Symphony in C; Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No ...
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Love Supreme Jazz Festival full line-up confirmed
Glynde Place in East Sussex from July 3-5
New festival Good Grief Hastings will explore love and loss
A new festival exploring grief, love and loss arrives in Hastings this May.
Where should new homes be built in Brighton and Hove?
People will be asked for their views on housing need in Brighton and Hove when a public consultation on the new “City Plan” begins in July. Brighton and Hove City Council’s cabinet approved moving forward with the process of creating a new set of planning policies until 2041. When the cabinet ...