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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...
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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...
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Sussex tennis star Julian Cash given Wimbledon dress code fine
Sussex tennis star Julian Cash has been fined $7,500 (£5,500) for a breach of Wimbledon's strict dress code during this year's Championships.
Switch from weekly to fortnightly bin collections edges closer
Rubbish collections could switch from weekly to fortnightly by next July in Brighton and Hove if all goes to plan for the council. Brighton and Hove City Council’s cabinet members are being asked to approve spending £1.3 million to prepare the environmental services team for the shift to fortnigh...
Wimbledon: Sussex tennis star's title defence ends in quarter-final defeat with doubles partner
Defending Wimbledon champions Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool saw their title defence come to an end, after a quarter-final defeat to Mate Pavic and Marcelo Arevalo.
I tried the new trains running in Sussex - are they style over substance?
New trains with their smart red white and blue GBR livery started to run on the Southern network from the end of May.
Octopus saved after washing up on Sussex beach
An octopus was rescued and put safely back into the sea on Sunday July 5 after becoming stranded on sand at a beach in Pett Level, near Hastings.
Who legend and Sussex resident Roger Daltrey gives his view on World Cup.
Sir Roger Daltrey, who has a farm and brewery near the East Sussex village of Burwash, has named his most important England player.
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Hastings’ Electric Palace offers new summer music season
Summer season
Anti-Israel activist expelled from Greens
An anti-Israel activist previously expelled from the Labour Party has now been chucked out of the Green Party too. Tony Greenstein is one of a number of pro-Palestine activists who joined the Green Party since the October 7 attacks. He was suspended in April – and yesterday confirmed he had since ...
Brighton Men In Sheds group to hold open day
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New England House will no longer be creative hub, council says
The future of New England House will not include space for the creative businesses which have previously flourished there, the council has announced. In a press release published this morning strewn with opaque management-speak, the council announced it was “unlocking creative workspace” by rent...
Sussex traffic and travel: M23 closure and diversion; collision on A272, delays on A27
Here’s your travel update across Sussex for the morning of Thursday, June 18.
Secret "yearning" fulfilled with production of The Dresser
Ronald Harwood classic
Motorway closed after crash death
The M23 motorway is closed after a fatal crash in the early hours of this morning (Wednesday 8 July). The road is likely to remain closed on the southbound side for the rest of the morning, Sussex Police said. The crash happened at Junction 9, the Gatwick turn-off, between midnight and 1am, with div...
Micro school can open second site – in Brighton
A specialist school with small classes has been granted planning permission to open in Brighton. Hove Micro School has been given planning permission to convert a large shared house – or house in multiple occupation (HMO) – at 10 Carden Avenue, Brighton, into a small-scale independent school. Th...
Sea search under way tonight – but stood down after just over an hour
Search crews were called out to reports of someone in the water shortly before 10pm this evening (Tuesday 7 July). A coastguard helicopter joined local coastguard volunteers and the RNLI lifeboat crew based at Brighton Marina. They were scouring an area of the sea between the Palace Pier and Hove se...
Café granted drinks licence with later hours on the cards
A Brighton café has been granted a drinks licence, enabling it to operate as a restaurant in the evenings. Billies Café, in Hampton Place, will be able to serve alcohol until 10.30pm after its application for a licence was heard by a Brighton and Hove City Council licensing panel hearing. The caf...
A Wimpy at 5am in West Street? That could prove unpalatable
The prospect of a 5am Wimpy burger and chips in the centre of Brighton didn’t go down too well with the police, licensing officials or neighbours. The Wimpy in West Street applied for a late-night refreshment licence until 5am each morning – and its owner Charlie Bhangal, 44, made the case for s...