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Planners approve floodlights for tennis courts
A tennis club has been granted planning permission to out up 10 floodlights despite objections from neighbours after a unanimous vote by councillors. Dyke Park Tennis Club has already started work on resurfacing the courts and will be able to put up the floodlights which are 26ft (8m) high as part o...
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Council expects Royal Mail deal to deliver more homes at lower cost
The council is preparing to push ahead with plans to sell Patcham Court Farm to the Royal Mail on a 250-year lease for a new delivery office. The deal would depend on terms being agreed for Brighton and Hove City Council to buy the delivery office in Denmark Villas, Hove, to be used for housing. [...
Prolific shoplifter among multiple arrests made during business crime week of action across Sussex
A prolific shoplifter who stole hundreds of pounds worth of stock from a shop in Sussex has been convicted following a national week of action.
Hugh Bonneville: why Paddington in Peru is precisely the tonic we all need right now
Hugh Bonneville is Mr Brown for the last time as Paddington in Peru completes the happiest of trilogies.
Vigilantes target wrong house after girls suffer burns in burger bar toilet
Vigilantes went to a house after a girl was “wrongly named” on social media as responsible for leaving four girls with serious burn injuries in a fire at a Brighton burger bar. The social media post included photographs of a girl and a name – and said: “Who knows who this girl is? Lives in [...
Steve Jordan offers recent paintings in Lewes show
Steve Jordan offers recent paintings as the latest exhibition in Lewes’ Star Brewery Gallery, running from November 9-17.
Hove author's new memoir
Hove resident Sylvia Holder, has written the story of her extraordinary life.
More than 16,000 households in Brighton and Hove are living in fuel poverty, according to report
More than 16,000 households in Brighton and Hove are living in fuel poverty, according to a report going before councillors next week.
Firm lodges three smart hub planning appeals in Brighton
A company has lodged appeals after plans to site three “smart hubs” in Brighton were refused planning permission
Full Fibre broadband coming to more Brighton and Hove homes
More than 50,000 homes and businesses in the Brighton and Hove area can now order some of the fastest, most reliable broadband in Europe thanks to a multi-million investment by Openreach.
'No evidence' of third party involvement in Brighton restaurant fire, police say
Sussex Police officers have confirmed there is ‘no evidence’ of third party involvement in a fire at Wendy’s restaurant, in Brighton, last week.
Deliveroo data suggests easy Brighton really does tolerate pretty much anything except lactose
People in Brighton are sometimes said to be so easy-going that they tolerate pretty much anything and everything – except wheat and lactose. And, now, data from Deliveroo appears to prove that the punchline is at least half true. The food and drink and delivery firm said that Brighton residents or...
Tech firm appeals after planners turn down ‘smart hubs’
A company has lodged appeals after plans to site three “smart hubs” in Brighton were refused planning permission. Urban Innovation Company (UIC) applied to put its “Pulse Smart Hubs” in West Street, Western Road and Jubilee Street but Brighton and Hove City Council turned down the plans. The...
Brighton primary goes from ‘inadequate’ to ‘good’
A Brighton school has been rated good by education watchdog Ofsted five years after inspectors said that it was “inadequate”. Moulsecoomb Primary School was forced to become an academy after a damning report in 2019 and became part of the Pioneer Academy Trust three years ago. The trust said tod...
People live in fuel poverty in 16,000 homes, says report
More than 16,000 households in Brighton and Hove are living in fuel poverty, according to a report going before councillors next week. Figures released this year for Brighton and Hove estimated that 13.2 per cent of households – or 16,527 – are in fuel poverty as defined by the Low Income Low En...
Lewes District Citizens Advice volunteer prepares for trek to Everest Base Camp with Ultra Challenges and ‘non-stop walks’
A volunteer for Lewes District Citizens Advice (LDCA) is set to hike 5,500 metres to Everest Base Camp for the charity.
Police issue urgent appeal for missing 39 year-old from Hailsham
Sussex Police have issued an urgent appeal for a 39 year-old missing from Hailsham.
Hove schools propose joining academy trust
The joint governing body of two Hove schools is proposing that they join an academy trust and is preparing to start a consultation with parents, staff and the wider community. The schools – West Hove Infant School and Hove Junior School – formed the Hove Learning Federation three years ago and c...
Brighton teen to sing live on BBC Children in Need 2024 appeal show
This year, for the first time ever, the BBC Children in Need Choir will feature children and young people from across all parts of the UK who have been supported by local projects funded by BBC Children in Need.
50 years - and Su Pollard's only just getting started! Worthing date
Hi-de-Hi! legend Su Pollard looks back at half a century in showbiz on her latest tour.