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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 ...
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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...
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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.
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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...
Sussex traffic: Collisions reported in Worthing, Hastings and Hailsham; rush-hour delays build across county including on A27
Drivers have been facing slow journeys, across much of Sussex, on Tuesday evening (July 7).
Pair cleared of murder of Brighton man – but found guilty of attack which led to his death
Two men have been cleared of murdering a man – but guilty of the brutal city centre attack which ultimately led to his death. Cameron Devlin, 34, died days after being attacked as he sat outside Itsu in North Street, Brighton. A trial at Brighton Crown Court last month heard he died of sepsis, whi...
Extensive work needed before new Sussex seafront council homes can be lived in
Residents waiting to move into a new seafront council housing development in Southwick face further delays.
Schoolboy murdered over £20 drug debt, jury told
The 16-year-old killer of schoolboy Joshua Ingram threatened that he would “perish” three months before stabbing him to death over a £20 drug debt, a jury heard this afternoon (Tuesday 7 July). Rossano Scamardella, prosecuting, told the jury that the boy who killed Josh had plotted his “cowar...
Queen visits iconic Sussex Forest to celebrate 100 years of Winnie The Pooh
Her Majesty Queen Camilla visited Ashdown Forest today (Tuesday July 7) to explore the place that inspired The Hundred Acre Wood in A.A. Milne’s classic Pooh books.
‘Long time coming’ – Two men found guilty of ‘wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm’ after 2019 street attack in Sussex
Two men have been found guilty of ‘wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm’ more than six-and-a-half years after the death of a man following an assault in Sussex.
Sussex school goes fully phone free
A new policy introduced by Robertsbridge Community College means students won’t have access to their phones during lesson time.
Brighton dermatologist leads sun-safety drive at St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
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Drugs raid restaurant set to become dental surgery
A restaurant which lost its licence after a drugs raid is set to become a dental surgery. E39 in Western Road was shut down in June last year, with four employees were charged with various drugs offences. One, Fitzroy Morris, pleaded guilty to dealing cocaine, while the other three, Klevis Doda, Mah...
Strong Minds, Bright Futures: Freedom Leisure brings schools together to champion wellbeing through sport
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