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Councillors expected to back closure of school site
The closure of a school site is expected to be approved at a meeting of senior councillors next week, paving the way for the land to be sold, almost certainly for housing. If councillors agree, Hove Park School could move ahead with the formal process of closing its Valley Campus, in Hangleton Way, ...
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Councillors grill hospital bosses about A&E ‘bedlam’
The Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department at the Royal Sussex County Hospital was described as “bedlam” by a councillor who needed to go there last week. Hospital bosses were given other first-hand accounts of long waits, safety fears and people being treated in corridors at a council meet...
Police officer sacked over treatment of women and dishonesty
An anonymous police officer has been sacked for the way he spoke to and treated women and for a dishonest overtime claim. Sussex Police said that the officer had been dismissed without notice for inappropriate behaviour towards female colleagues. The force said: “Officer A, who has been granted an...
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Brighton brickie wins £1m lottery prize
A Brighton bricklayer has won £1 million playing the National Lottery, the operator Allwyn said today (Thursday 9 July). The man, in his fifties, has decided to stay anonymous but told Allwyn that he would pay off his mortgage, add to his savings and donate some of his winnings to charity. Allwyn, ...
Sussex Police officer dismissed for ‘inappropriate behaviour towards female colleagues’
A Sussex Police officer has been dismissed without notice for ‘inappropriate behaviour towards female colleagues’.
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Top names for Brighton's "leftfield" music festival
Line-up confirmed
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Leading contemporary artists offer special Hastings summer
Janaina Tschäpe and Miguel Rothschild
Hastings exhibition offers "mysticism, magic and spirituality"
Hastings Contemporary
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Top names for Rye International Jazz and Blues Festival
Line-up confirmed
In 26 pictures: Prince William spends the day in Hastings
Hastings enjoyed perfect sunny weather when the town welcomed the Prince of Wales today (Thursday July 9).
Four teens arrested over beach mugging
Four teenagers have been arrested following a robbery in Saltdean. Police were called to Saltdean Beach on Wednesday 8 July at around 9.40pm after it was reported that two 17-year-old boys were approached by a group of four boys who threatened them with violence before taking their bags and leaving ...
Brighton creative firms offered new workspace as New England House regeneration begins
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Secret "yearning" fulfilled with production of The Dresser
Ronald Harwood classic
Fresh heatwave prompts renewed RSPCA appeal to help wildlife
The RSPCA is renewing its appeal for people to not forget wildlife as another heatwave brings soaring temperatures across many parts of the country – including Sussex and Surrey.
Report by Royal Sussex expert casts doubt on Lucy Letby verdicts
A report co-authored by an expert on newborn children has cast further doubt on the safety of the convictions for murder that led to nurse Lucy Letby being jailed for life. The report was written by Neil Aiton, a consultant neonatologist at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, in Brighton, and Hilde Wi...
Roy leads Surrey to win at The Oval – as Sussex’s miserable Blast campaign continues
Jason Roy’s fifth T20 century for Surrey kept them in the hunt for the knockout stages of the Vitality Blast – and their eight-wicket win made for another forgettable night for Sussex in their own misfiring campaign.
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Celebrating the artistic William Nicholson family
New exhibition
Royal Pavilion and Theatre Royal among Sussex Heritage Trust Award winners
Hundreds of guests turned out as the region’s finest heritage and building projects were celebrated at a prestigious ceremony this week.
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Lewes gallery presents its inaugural summer exhibition
First summer show
Focus sharpens on nightmare neighbours and anti-social behaviour
High-rise blocks of council flats could have live-in caretakers as part of a drive to tackle the scourge of nightmare neighbours. The proposal is one of 16 ideas aimed at dealing with anti-social behaviour, along with better communication, improved information sharing with the police and more use of...