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Developer payments help fund new council homes
Money handed over to the council by developers is helping to pay for more new council homes for people on the waiting list in Brighton and Hove, councillors were told. Labour councillor Julie Cattell asked about developer contributions, offered in place of “affordable” housing, and their importa...
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Three asylum seekers jailed over ‘callous’ rape on Brighton beach
Two asylum seekers who repeatedly raped a woman on Brighton beach and a third who filmed it have been jailed for the “entirely predatory and callous attack”. Egyptian national Ibrahim Alshafe, 26, and Iranian national Abdulla Ahmadi, 26, were eachgiven a 27-year sentence for raping the woman on ...
Police appeal for witnesses after lorry overturns on Sussex A-road
The police have issued a statement after a lorry overturned on the A23.
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Money missing from frozen accounts, detectives say
Detectives investigating alleged money laundering and fraud at a Brighton-based property management company say money appears to be missing from its frozen accounts. A 58-year-old man who was arrested in Portsmouth as part of the investigation into PS&B Estate Management has now been released un...
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"Explosive, darkly comic drama" on the Brighton stage
July production
5 East Sussex eateries named in list of Britain’s 100 Best Local Restaurants 2026 by the Good Food Guide
Five East Sussex eateries have been named in a list of Britain’s 100 Best Local Restaurants 2026 by the Good Food Guide.
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A poignant meditation on grief and remembrance
Brighton concert
Brighton woman raises £2,514 for Parkinson’s UK with 24-mile challenge in support of her grandad
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New England House creatives question government grant missing millions
City creatives who want the chance to buy New England House are questioning what happened to a £4.9 million government grant to renovate the building. Brighton and Hove City Council emptied the office block last year after a report detailed serious fire safety failings and is now set to sell it off...
Let’s see Kane, Bellingham and Rice shine for England – and no-one handing it to Argentina
So 40 years after one of the most iconic / notorious matches in World Cup history, the old enemies, England and Argentina, lock horns again – this time with a place at stake in the World Cup final against Spain on Sunday.
From bank to shisha bar and takeaway …
A planning application has been submitted to turn the old National Westminster bank building in Lewes Road, Brighton, into a pizza takeaway and shisha bar. The site at 55 Lewes Road did not have planning permission to operate as a burger café and shisha when it was Panda Lounge after the NatWest cl...
Four-storey block planned for more student digs
A four-storey block of student digs could be built in place of a house and a janitorial supplies business in Brighton. A London-based multinational property company, Valore Group, has applied to Brighton and Hove City Council to build a block of 30 student rooms at 95-97 Hollingdean Road. The compan...
Police launch search for missing teenager ‘thought to be in Brighton’
Sussex Police have launched a search for a missing teenager ‘thought to be in Brighton’.
Family defrauded £2.7m from covid furlough scheme, court told
A family defrauded about £2.7 million from the government’s furlough scheme during the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns, transferring half of the money to their bank accounts in Romania, a jury has been told. Six people from the same family “exploited the scheme – and real workers – to claim ...
Man held in property management fraud probe
A man is in custody for questioning over fraud and money laundering connected to a property management company, police said today. The 58-year-old from Portsmouth was arrested today on suspicion of fraud by abuse of position, fraudulent trading and money laundering and theft. The announcement comes ...
Brighton's hidden Regency garden opens after hours for rare summer picnic concert
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Two charged over cannabis production
Two men have been charged with cannabis production and being part of an organised crime group after a Hove lettings agent was raided. Police raided the offices of Spark and Sons in Western Road, Hove, last Wednesday, as well as homes in Withdean Road, Brighton and Hallyburton Road, Hove. Officers se...
Kirtley, Munt and Price land Sussex deals for One Day Cup campaign
Sussex Cricket pathway starlets Ollie Kirtley, Toby Munt and Freddie Price have all been handed One Day Cup contracts for the forthcoming campaign.
Charges authorised as police investigate alleged organised crime group in Sussex
Two men have been charged with a string of offences, after police carried out warrants at two homes and a business premises in Sussex.
Hove plumber named among the best in Britain at national awards
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