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Steyning Town one point from SCFL title and promotion - 23 pictures from win over Peacehaven and Telscombe
A goal either side of half-time earned Steyning Town a 2-0 victory at home to Peacehaven and Telscombe – and they need just a point from their final game next Saturday to clinch the SCFL premier division title and promotion back to the Isthmian League.
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Brighton woman back behind bars after public appeal by police
Police have returned a woman to prison after mking an appeal to the public for help finding her. They wwre trying to find Gemma Stacey Jackson who has a long history of drug problems. Sussex Police said: “We can confirm that Gemma Jackson, 43, from Brighton, who was wanted on recall for a licence ...
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IST IST play Brighton on back of new album
IST IST play Brighton Quarters on April 25 on the back of their fifth full-length studio album Dagger.
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Brighton record signing makes 'difficult' admission after late heroics at Tottenham
Georginio Rutter hailed the team’s resilience, after his excellent late strike earned European hopefuls Brighton and Hove Albion a 2-2 draw at Tottenham Hotspur.
Brighton and Hove Albion save point with late equaliser at Spurs
Tottenham Hotspur 2 Brighton and Hove Albion 2 A late equaliser by Brighton and Hove Albion substitute Georginio Rutter salvaged a point and left Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League relegation zone. The stoppage time leveller stunned Spurs at the end of a pulsating match, taking the shine off Ro...
Man who raped teenager whilst on holiday in Sussex jailed for 13 years
A Brazilian man, who raped a teenager whilst he was on holiday, has been jailed, according to Sussex Police.
Three charged following firearm incident at East Sussex pub
Three people have been charged following a firearm incident at a pub, Sussex Police confirmed.
The Gruffalo celebrates 25 years with Eastbourne dates
The Gruffalo, based on the picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, is coming to the Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne from April 24-26, aimed at age three and up.
Tourist jailed for 13 years for raping lost boy, 17, in Airbnb
A tourist has been jailed for 13 years for raping a 17-year-old boy in an Airbnb in Brighton after the teenager had become separated from his friends on a night out. Rafael Nascimento, 38, approached the boy in the early hours of Sunday 10 August last year as the youngster was sitting on a bench [â€...
Just a third of primary schools fill all their places for September
Just 15 of the 45 state infant and primary schools in Brighton and Hove have a full complement of pupils due to start in reception in September. The information was released by Brighton and Hove City Council on Thursday (16 April) as families learnt where their children had been offered primary or i...
Takeaway’s plan to stay open late thwarted by police and council
A central Brighton takeaway that hoped to stay open until 3am for a week has been told that it can’t. Station Grill’s new owner Abadeer Ewyda, 44, sent a temporary event notice (TEN) to Brighton and Hove City Council, seeking to open to eat-in and takeaway customers until 3am from Thursday 23 Ap...
Court orders closure of nightmare neighbour’s flat
A nightmare neighbour’s flat has been closed by court order after numerous complaints about anti-social behaviour there. Brighton and Hove City Council applied for the order to close Marshall Mathers’s flat, in Newick Road, Moulsecoomb, yesterday (Thursday 16 April) for at least three months. Ma...
Brighton and Hove Albion pose tough test for De Zerbi
Brighton and Hove Albion present former head coach Roberto De Zerbi with a tough test in his home match since taking charge of Tottenham Hotspur. Albion will be without veteran midfielder James Milner who remains unavailable for the trip to relegation-threatened Spurs tomorrow (Saturday 18 April). M...
Four convicted of plot to throw drugs and phones into prison
Four people have been convicted of conspiring to throw drugs and mobile phones over the wall into Lewes Prison. Two of them had already admitted their role in the plot and verdicts on the others were returned by a jury at Hove Crown Court yesterday (Thursday 16 April). But the jury of five men and [...
REVIEW: You, Me & Tuscany - endless charm in fun, undemanding romcom
REVIEW: You, Me & Tuscany (12A), (104 mins), Cineworld Cinemas
Man jailed for repeatedly raping teenage boy
A man who repeatedly raped a teenage boy has been jailed.
Shopping centre’s glass lift replaced with two new ones
Churchill Square’s glass lift is going – but will be replaced with two new ones. The replacement is already underway, with centre management thanking customers for their patience. Alternative step-free routes are available via the car park behind the Entertainer on the Lower Mall, via the car pa...
Two Brighton patrol cops put dealers behind bars for 64 years in just eleven months on the beat
Two Brighton beat coppers have made 139 arrests in the last 11 months, leading to drug dealers serving a total of more than 64 years. PCs Owen West and Daniel Gray have helped seize more than 1,200 street deal bags of cocaine, 500 bags of cannabis, 400 bags of ketamine and approximately 450 wraps of...
Major honour for Sussex man who runs famous bluebell walk
Arlington Bluebell Walk and Garden owner John McCutchan has received a prestigious accolade.
Three charged over Hove pub shooting
Three people have been charged after a firearm was shot into a pub in Hove, leaving a man with minor injuries. Carlos Cassidy, 45, and Memis Kalmis, 43, have been remanded in custody ahead of their next court hearing, charged with possessing a firearm with intent to cause violence at the Poets Corne...