A plucky lovebird overcame his fear of heights to propose to the woman of his dreams. Brave Adrian Davis travelled 800 feet above London to pop the question to his girlfriend Nic MacDonald on Valentine’s Day. The 40-year-old from Polegate got
Developers behind a stalled £100 million scheme have pledged they are committed to the project – and have bought an adjoining site to use as a potential bargaining chip. Coal Pensions has had permission to transform the Sackville Trading Estate
A TOWN hall budget for spin is set to be hiked by £100,000 – as funding for the elderly, children’s centres and community groups is slashed. After three years in a row of its communications team overspending, Brighton and Hove City Council has
A controversial headteacher who suspended scores of pupils has had his tenure extended. James Fox hit headlines with his hardline stance, leaving more than 25 pupils suspended in his first week of term in January. Portslade Aldridge Community
You receive a substantial amount of public funding. Do you feel there is pressure to provide a programme for everybody? Pressure wouldn’t be the way to put it. We receive significant funding from both the Arts Council and Brighton and Hove City
A disabled pensioner in Littlehampton said she is being forced to put her home on the market after a council refused to help her tackle the wild foxes who have been terrorising her home. Barbara Huggins, 65, of White Horses Way, has been living
Peregrine falcon numbers have grown to such an extent that the birds of prey are now battling each other for precious nest sites. Just 20 years ago there were no breeding pairs at all in the county. But following a reduction in the use of pesticides
Rail staff at various stations across the south could lose their jobs, it has been revealed. Southern rail chiefs are meeting this month to discuss plans to release station staff on the East Coastway route, stretching from Ashford in Kent to Brighton
Five men who attempted to steal more than £2million from the University of Sussex have been jailed. The conmen – including a solicitor – contacted the university and posed as employees of a legitimate Manchester construction firm which had been
Emma Taylor-Gooby completed a record-breaking win at the Brighton Half Marathon. The Worthing and District Harrier came home in 78min.06sec to triumph by more than a minute from Sarah Hill. The Sussex cross country champion's time also smashed
Police officers have been diverted from their duties to crack down on burglaries. The number of domestic burglaries in Brighton and Hove has risen consistently over the past 12 months, but a new tactic to crack down on the problem has resulted
CRAWLEY fighter Ben Jones won the vacant WBO super-featherweight title with a 12-round points win over Kris Hughes at the K2. Scotsman Hughes proved a tough and resilient opponent as he went the distance but all three judges gave the victory to
Conor O’Brien reels off insightful epithets as if he’s counting numbers. He has that easy way with words most writers would give their right eye for. The lingering hangover from his 30th birthday celebrations followed by three hours’ sleep
At a golf club and conference centre in the Home Counties, The Osmonds are waiting for the phones to ring. They’ve a day of interviews to plug Boogie Nights, the 1970s musical which is on its sixth UK tour and this time features three of the family
Burgers have been withdrawn from school dinner menus as a precaution as the scandal of horsemeat in the food chain intensifies. Brighton and Hove City Council insists there is no evidence that beef products given to children have been contaminated
Brighton holds a special place in Caroline Reid’s heart. Not only is it where she used to play shows as her alter ego – bitchy air stewardess Pam Ann – in bars and clubs along Marine Parade, but it is also where she gets a high concentration of
