A NEW £16million centre for creative and digital industries is to be built at The Met’s city centre campus.Brighton Metropolitan College, formerly City College, has been awarded the funding from the Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership.It will
A MAN is being sought by police in connection with two knifepoint incidents.Two 16-year-old boys were approached by five men at The Level, Brighton, at around 7.20pm on Sunday.Members of the group were carrying knives and demanded the wallets of the two
THE Burgess Hill Business Parks Association will stage its biennial showcase event in May.Burgess Hill Means Business, now in its ninth year, will once again offer local organisations the opportunity to promote their service offerings and products, while
AN ABUSIVE boyfriend has been jailed for setting fire to his ex-girlfriend’s house with his four-month-old son and her young daughter asleep inside. Richard Rowe, 31, from Pulborough, bought petrol from a service station and made his way to the
ANIMAL rights campaigners are urging antiques dealers to stop trading items made from rhino horn. Animal charity Born Free is calling for a total ban on rhinoceros products after two engraved rhino horn cups went under the hammer in Sussex.
LVS Hassocks and LVS Oxford in Begbroke Oxfordshire - both specialist schools for young students with asperger’s and autism - have adopted My School Portal to enhance communication between staff and parents.My School Portal is an online parent-school
A SEAFORD woman completed the Eastbourne Half Marathon at the weekend in in honour of Lady Sarah Clutton, who was instrumental in the building of Chestnut Tree House children’s hospice.Julie Fannon, 47, used to work for the Angmering Park Estate Trust
A NEW way of delivering housing services has being launched across Eastbourne and Lewes District.Homes First is the new housing services team bringing together staff from Lewes District Council, Eastbourne Borough Council and Eastbourne Homes, to work
Albion midfielder Davy Propper has been in named in the Netherlands squad for friendlies with England and Portugal. Propper is in Ronald Koeman's 33-man provisional squad for the matches. The Netherlands host England at the Amsterdam Arena
SEAFORD has welcomed two new concessions on the Seafront – La Creperie, selling a range of delicious crepes, and The Salty Seahorse, selling irresistible fish and chips.Since opening in 2017 in Blatchington Road, La Creperie Chez Guillaime has proved
Shane Duffy feared he would never play in the Premier League again when he left Everton. But he has fought his way back to the top from a sticky end with the Toffees and returns to the blue half of Merseyside with Albion above them in the table
THE West Pier has been under the spotlight recently. First, a reconstruction of its current state was seen in Rag ‘n’ Bone Man’s scintillating performance at the Brits. Now a realistic pre-fire model is in residence at the Theatre Royal Brighton
A woman has died after being struck by a car in East Grinstead. The 82-year-old pedestrian was seriously hurt in a crash in Woodlands Road, East Grinstead, on Tuesday. She has since died. The collision happened at Woodlands Road's junction
SHANE DUFFY believes Albion are in unstoppable mood – but he has warned that Everton are good at Goodison. The Irish central defender returns to his former club on Saturday with the Seagulls unbeaten for seven games and boosted by a signature win
Football mad youngsters in a poverty-stricken country have been left smiling thanks to an Albion fan and the club.A football academy in the African country of Gambia has been kept alive after Seagulls supporter Lee Pattenden delivered spare kit and equipment
Schools are failing to get disadvantaged children to achieve the GCSE results they were judged to be capable of.Councillors and council officers promised a renewed focus on improving poor pupils’ exam results at a meeting on Monday.They spoke after a
More than 100 taxis staged a protest calling for Lewes Council to impose stricter regulations against Uber drivers applying for private hire licences.The demonstration took place on Monday starting at 12.30pm where cabbies from various Brighton taxi companies
The British Airways i360 has been rapped by the advertising regulator after claiming the moving observation tower was the “world’s tallest”. We may have the best tower with a viewing pod which rises the biggest distance - that much is correct -
A SHOPKEEPER sold dangerous illegal cigarettes for half price. Karim Esnail claimed he had no idea that hundreds of pounds worth of dodgy fags were hidden inside the ceiling and behind light fittings in his shop in Chapel Road, Worthing. Trading Standards
Thousands of residents are to lose their local libraries as councillors voted unanimously to close SEVEN yesterday.Closing are Langney, Mayfield, Ore, Pevensey Bay, Polegate, Ringmer and Willingdon as well as the mobile library service.They will all disappear
A coroner has criticised the ambulance service after an elderly woman, who fell and waited two hours for an ambulance, died. Barbara Howard, 68, fell at her home in The Quadrant, Worthing, before a neighbour rang for an ambulance. Despite repeated
A group of heroes have rescued a man who attempted to take his own life after jumping off scaffolding at the third storey of a hotel. Shortly after 12pm yesterday, a man, believed to be in his late 20s, first attempted to climb onto a scaffolding
Amex has confirmed it will replace the new benches outside the former Amex House site following a petition demanding the ‘anti-homeless’ benches to be scrapped.The petition, spearheaded by homeless campaigner Daniel Harris, pushed Amex and Brighton and
Schools will revert to offering a single week’s holiday for the October half term from next year. A two-year pilot of a two-week break will not be extended to a permanent change in school timetables, after it was overwhelmingly rejected by parents
AN INCLUSIVE men’s rugby team are preparing to strip off their muddy kits for a naked calendar shoot. Brighton and Hove Sea Serpents RFC, which welcomes both gay and straight men to play together, are teaming up with The Naked Rugby Players Calendar
THREE theatres tipped for financial ruin only a few years ago are now claiming to boost a town’s economy by £3m year - even though they did not make a penny of profit. A new report has shown that Worthing Theatres generated £3.5m in ticket sales, catering
TIM KRUL has praised quiet man Davy Propper’s noisy impact in the Premier League for Albion. The Dutch keeper believes his fellow countryman can become increasingly influential for club and country. Propper, along with central midfield partner
SIX teenagers have been hospitalised in a week after taking an extremely addictive tranquilizer which doctors are warning could be a killer new party drug. The Brighton teenagers received treatment after taking alprazolam - usually known by brand
SHOREHAM Port has opened bookings for its July boat tours. The ‘behind-the-scenes’ tours will be running from Tuesday 3rd to Friday 6th July. Tickets are free of charge and can be booked online via the port’s website at www.shoreham-port.co.uk/Boat-Tours.The
NOW is what life is all about. And in its 15th birthday year, Chestnut Tree House children’s hospice is looking for adventure-seekers to seize the moment and make this the year for taking on an ultra-challenge to raise vital funds for local life-limited
HUNDREDS of people have had their say in a consultation to shape the future of the much-loved Brooklands Park in Worthing.In a bid to turn the open space into a major asset for the community, Worthing Borough Council is working with consultants to create
A TOTAL of 144 runners took on the Grand Brighton Half Marathon this weekend in aid of Chestnut Tree House, the children’s hospice.The team was made up of runners with all different experience levels and with lots of reasons for running. Lorna Cobbett
AFTER a four-year break, Worthing’s Flash Company are reviving their annual St Patrick’s Day charity fundraiser at St Paul’s Art Centre in Worthing, to raise funds for local hospice St Barnabas House.The band will be playing lively, foot-stomping Irish
PLANS to unlock a major town centre site for redevelopment are moving forward at great pace thanks to Worthing Borough Council.In a bid to speed up the process of transforming the privately-owned Teville Gate, the local authority is stepping in to demolish
MORE people will be able to enjoy Shoreham Beach as Adur District Council pushes on with plans to extend the popular boardwalk.Since the local authority installed the first section in 2011, the town’s beautiful beach has been accessible to all thanks
Brighton University will compete in a world competition to design and build a house using new technologies and reclaimed materials. Brighton is the only UK university to be shortlisted in the U.S. Department of Energy’s biennial ‘Solar Decathlon Europe
ELEVEN budding young musicians were appointed as Honorary Musicians in Residence for East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust by the charity Arts in Healthcare.They were presented with certificates by the High Sheriff of East Sussex Mrs Maureen Chowen who along
BRIGHTON and Hove Albion’s official charity is asking people to wear blue and white to help raise money to provide people who have a disability the chance to play regular football.Albion in the Community is encouraging people to go to work on that Friday
BRIGHTON Half Marathon participants running for local children’s charity Rockinghorse have raised more than £20,000.A total of 73 people took part in the event for Rockinghorse, all braving the bitterly cold weather conditions to represent the charity
