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  • Why Queen Victoria really did love Brighton and Hove

    WITH a new mini series exploring the reign of Queen Victoria starting tonight, historian KEVIN NEWMAN looks at the monarch’s complicated and often misunderstood relationship with Brighton... SUSSEX has been a bit snotty towards Victoria over the

  • Cinema site is secured following arson attack

    A COUNCIL has stepped in to secure a historic cinema which was damaged in a suspected arson attack. Adur District Council has moved to improve security for The Luxor in Lancing following a fire on its ground floor earlier this month. The council

  • Conservationists celebrate record butterfly figures

    A BUTTERFLY once pronounced extinct in the UK has been seen in record numbers this year, according to conservationists.There were over 10,000 adult large blue butterflies in the south of England - the largest concentration of the species known in the

  • Shana Grice: Police release murder suspect on bail

    A MAN arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the death of a 19-year-old woman has been released on bail. The body of Shana Grice was found by officers at an address in Chrisdory Road, Mile Oak just before 9.45am on Thursday (August

  • Volunteer urges others to help Blind Veterans UK charity

    A VOLUNTEER is calling on others to join her and help out at a charity.Maggie Fraser-Jones from Brighton regularly helps out at Blind Veterans UK’s centre in Ovingdean after retiring last year.She volunteers one day a week with inducting new volunteers

  • Blaze-hit school’s pupils to remain in town during repair

    A COMMUNITY has welcomed news that pupils from a fire-ravaged school will continue to be educated in the same town while repairs are carried out. Selsey Academy pupils will be taught in a town hall and leisure centres while temporary classrooms

  • We’ll all miss fun-loving, incredible family man

    TRIBUTES have been paid to the former manager of The Cricketers pub in Brighton who was killed in a motorbike crash.Paul Nash, from Rustington, died at the scene of the crash in Shoreham Road, Henfield, last Sunday.The 47-year-old jointly managed pub