Crawley Town scored three goals in the space of nine minutes to end their long wait for a home win – and nudge Leyton Orient a step closer to the Football League trapdoor. James Collins nodded Reds ahead in the 23rd minute and further goals from
THE BODY of a man was pulled from the sea by a passer-by following an extensive emergency services search. The alarm was raised at 9.30am this morning about a male swimming in the sea off Hove beach at Oriental Place. A search was carried out by
PROTESTERS have disrupted a university open day in opposition to pay cuts for teaching staff. Around 50 students, tutors and lecturers gathered outside the Cockcroft building at the University of Brighton’s Moulsecoomb campus from around noon today
A PUB landlord has been stripped of his licence because of serious fire safety breaches. Robert Falconer of The Tub in Cambridge Road, Hastings, has had his licence removed after a review launched by East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. An
A CONVICTED drug dealer who was mocked in national newspapers for his long neck when a police appeal for him was issued two months ago has handed himself into police. Sussex Police issued an appeal with a reward of £500 for Kyle Gilmore in January
The Championship promotion race is still very much on, but Albion are already guaranteed one title. The club receiving the most money from live TV coverage. The Seagulls' fees from Sky for matches being shown live is set to rise to almost £1 million
Rob Hunt says a League One loan stint is toughening him up to challenge for an Albion place. But the 21–year-old old right-back is putting ambitions with the Seagulls on hold while he helps fight a battle against relegation. Hunt hopes to pass
James Tilley has been urged to keep working on his end product in the quest to return to Albion’s senior set-up. Tilley has been piling up assists and goals recently for the Seagulls’ under-23s. It is now almost two years since the midfielder made
Chief executive Paul Barber has welcomed Albion’s rampant TV exposure. The promotion-pushing Seagulls have been selected 17 times this season by Sky for live coverage after the last home game against Bristol City on April 29 was picked. That match
ON WEDNESDAY the world watched in horror as Khalid Masood launched his ferocious knife attack, writes Ben James.But it was not the first time the 52-year-old had wielded a weapon in anger. Nearly 17 years earlier drinkers in the Crown and Thistle pub
ANTI terror police were last night probing why Westminster killer Khalid Masood spent his final night in a Brighton hotel.It was revealed yesterday that the 52-year-old stayed in the Preston Park Hotel in Preston Road prior to carrying out the attack
A FLYTIPPING crackdown using private wardens has seen Brighton and Hove City Council become the most prolific authority in the country for dishing out fines for the offence. The council has issued 105 fixed penalty notices for flytipping between
A CARE worker has been selected to join Penguin Random House UK’s year-long mentoring scheme. Charlene Allcott, a part-time carer and writer, from Brighton will be joining the WriteNow programme this year along with 12 other writers from across the
THERE is more than sufficient funding to tackle the city’s homeless crisis but a new approach is needed, a councillor has warned.Conservative councillor Tony Janio said it was not good enough to keep throwing millions of pounds at the problem and a more
A WOMAN has admitted 10 counts of selling fake branded goods after being caught by West Sussex Trading Standards.Alison McGee, of Chesham Close, West Worthing, advertised for sale a range of fakes on Facebook, including Chanel belts and Louis Vuitton
EACH year the Brighton Marathon attracts a number of top-class distance runners and this year is no different.Previous editions of the race have seen participation from elite athletes from around the world, including a number of successful African runners.Notable
A CORONER issued a warning about the dangers the internet drugs trade after a teenager was able to buy tranquilisers 1,000 times more potent than morphine to take his own life. West Sussex assistant coroner Christopher Wilkinson issued the warning
AN INSPIRATIONAL schoolgirl is taking on the ultimate challenge of giving up sweets, chocolate and sugary treats for a month to raise money for Brighton Housing Trust’s First Base Day Centre. Zoe Byrne, ten, who attends Mile Oak Primary School, was determined
WHEEL-TO-WHEEL cycle racing action is returning to Worthing for a third year.The StreetVelodrome competition will once again be staged at Beach House Grounds on July 1 and 2.The past two years were both sun-drenched weekends which saw the event screened
