Sussex Sharks lost back to back games for the first time this season in the Friends Provident t20 as they were beaten by 27 runs by Kent at Hove. The Sharks lost the toss and were straight on the back foot as Rob Key and Joe Denly put on 90 for the first
The mother of murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne has said she will not stop campaigning for new laws to protect children from paedophiles. Child protection campaigner Sara Payne has said that even though almost ten years have passed since paedophile Roy
An 82-year-old grandmother is celebrating after landing a book deal for her debut novel. Brighton-born teacher and theatre director Myrrha Stanford-Smith said she was "gobsmacked" to be handed the three-book agreement. Her first work, The Great Lie
The follow up to Rian Johnson's breakout debut 'Brick' is a jaunty, caper flick that is a modernist throwback to nifty 50's crime comedies that occasionally borders on slapstick and almost manages to out fox the audience by wearing its heart on
A former car salesman who made a fortune after bankrolling the Body Shop through its early expansion in Sussex has died. Ian McGlinn lent £4,000 to Anita Roddick, who founded the chain in Kensington Gardens, Brighton, in the 1970s, to open
Rape victims are not given enough support because the majority are women, a councillor has claimed. Green councillor Alex Phillips said more money would be made available to tackle the issue if men suffered the horrors that women do from sexual violence
Join me from 5.15pm today for regular updates as Sussex Sharks take on Kent Spitfires in the FPt20 at Hove.
Fumes from a burning motorcycle choked a closed bank. Firefighters were called to Providence Place, behind London Road, Brighton, at about 1.30pm on Saturday. A motorcycle had been deliberately set on fire in the street. Smoke then filled a branch of
A Calor gas bottle caught fire as a gardener tried to make a cup of tea. Firefighters from Roedean were called to the allotments at Tenantry Down Road, Brighton, at about 3.30pm on Saturday. The bottle is believed to have perished over the winter and
A Sussex MP is to meet with fellow Government ministers to try to save a magistrates' court that has been threatened with closure. The Ministry of Justice has announced plans to shut Lewes Magistrates' Court which it said is not providing value for money
A concrete manhole cover was blown into the air after underground electricity cables caught fire. Firefighters said a bystander had a lucky escape when the two-inch thick cover blew into the air at the Vogue Gyratory in Brighton on Saturday
A fire at a football club was being investigated this morning. Crowborough Athletic’s building in Fermor Road, Crowborough, was well alight when firefighters arrived at about 12.10am today. Firefighters and police were working at the scene this morning
Organisers of the Woodingdean Carnival yesterday described it as “possibly the best ever”, thanks largely to the weather. Brighton and Hove mayor Geoff Wells jokingly took the credit for the sunshine. The carnival kicked off with a
Vandals set five sheds on fire and broke into six more in a crime spree at an allotment site. Firefighters and police are investigating the blazes at the plots off Old Shoreham Road in Southwick. The fires were reported at 1.50am.
Rising fuel prices and insurance costs have forced cab drivers to ask for an increase in their fares for the first time in three years. Hackney carriage drivers have asked Brighton and Hove City Council to consider a raft of changes to their
