Strippers have been refused the right to dance naked for paying customers. Bosses at the Pussycat Club in Hove applied for a variation to their licence to enable topless dancers to remove their G-strings. But Brighton and Hove City Council's licensing
The leader of a drugs gang will be deported after he has served a nine year jail sentence. Richard Davis was head of a gang responsible for hundreds of heroin and crack cocaine deals in Hastings every day. Judge Anthony Niblett yesterday ordered that
A painting depicting a woman on a hot summer's day in Brighton could fetch five million US dollars when it goes under the hammer. A Fete Day At Brighton is one of 19th Century French artist James Jacques Joseph Tissot's most admired works. It depicts
Record drug seizures and arrests have put Brighton and Hove police on top of the league table in Sussex. They won praise from Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tilzey, force drugs coordinator. She said: "Recent arrests and drug seizures have been excellent
A teenager was tied up with industrial cable and stranded in a playground during an assault on his first day back at school. Liam Chivers, 13, had only been back from his summer holidays to Portslade Community College in Chalky Road, Brighton, for a few
Eastbourne Eagles have put old favourite Mark Loram on red alert for the play-offs. The 34-year-old Arena-Essex star will guest for Eagles in their skybet Elite League play-off semi-final at Belle Vue on Monday if Nicki Pedersen is less than 100 per cent
Jason Dodd is sweet on his chances of a swift return to Albion's defence after a piece of bone half the size of a lump of sugar was removed from his ankle. The former Southampton stalwart reckons he could be back sooner than expected following successful
A man has been arrested following the second sex attack to shock a picturesque village this summer. An 18-year-old woman was walking home after a night out at 3.40am yesterday through fields near Beacon Hill, Ovingdean, near Brighton. A man grabbed her
Leading council officers will be questioned over the apparent suicide of a father fighting for the right to choose his child's school. Brighton and Hove City Council's Liberal Democrat leader Paul Elgood said he would be asking council chief executive
A woman has launched a desperate search for a bone marrow donor to help save her husband's life. Time is running out for father-of-two Martin Jones unless his family can find him a perfect match. His wife Karen is setting up a donor clinic in Brighton
Brighton Bears today completed a teak-tough frontline by signing a part-time boxer. Former Essex Leopards centre Marshall Sanders, 26, will lead the fight close to the basket for Bears in the new British League season. The 6ft 7in American teams up with
