A MENTAL healthcare company is facing a fine of millions of pounds for breaching health and safety laws after a 14-year-old girl with a history of suicide attempts died in its care. A criminal investigation was launched by the Health and Safety
TWO cars crashed on the A259 causing serious delays. The accident happened at Bishopstone. There is heavy traffic along Newhaven Road between Seaford and Newhaven. More information as we have it.
FIREFIGHTERS were called to The Royal Pavilion after a blaze in the basement. Visitors at the ice skating rink reported a problem at 7.10pm on Tuesday this week. So a crew from Brighton and a crew from Roedean attended the scene. The crews
A ROAD has been blocked after a person collapsed in the city centre. An ambulance attended the scene just after 3pm outside Ladbrokes in St James’s Street. A South East Coast Ambulance Service spokesman said: “We received reports that a person
CAROLINE Lucas says burning recycling is “absolutely outrageous” and has urged waste firms to make sure re-usable material is never incinerated. She made the comments after a council dustman blew the whistle on Veolia, the company that processes
A PASSENGER hit a bus window headfirst when it was forced to brake sharply to avoid a pedestrian. The woman was travelling on the top deck of the bus and sustained head injuries. The incident happened at about 2.12pm today at the Clock Tower
Albion have recalled Ecuadorian winger Billy Arce from his loan at Spanish outfit Extremadura. Top Ecuador outfit Emelec are claiming to have signed the 20-year-old. Arce, who signed from Ecuadorian side CSD Independiente Del Valle last summer
INCIDENTS of drones being used to disrupt airports will not stop until technology to better control rogue devices is more widely used, an industry expert has said. Flights from Heathrow Airport were suspended for an hour on Tuesday after police
AIRPORTS say they are stepping up measures to stop drones grounding flights after the latest incident at Heathrow. Departures at the west London hub were suspended for around an hour on Tuesday night after a drone was spotted. This came three
Stoke have announced the appointment of Luton Town boss Nathan Jones as their new manager. The former Albion player, assistant boss and caretaker manager has taken over just a day after the Championship club sacked Gary Rowett. Stoke have agreed
ARSONISTS set bins on fire in several locations on the same night. Emergency services were called to three incidents last night in Brighton. The first was Stone Street in Brighton at 11.01pm, the second in Regency Square at 11.09pm and then
POLICE searched a city centre street this morning. Officers were seen looking around Manchester Street and Brighton seafront as well as in bushes in Charles Street. A man was then seen being driven away. A spokeswoman for Sussex Police
Stoke have announced they are in talks with former Albion stalwart Nathan Jones about their managerial vacancy. The Potters sacked Gary Rowett yesterday following their poor first half of the season and Luton Town boss Jones appears favourite for
FORMER glamour model Katie Price told a court she was unable to immediately pay a £1,100 fine as she was banned from driving for a second time. The 40-year-old was handed the three-month disqualification and ordered to pay a total of £1,295, including
No wonder Chris Hughton describes any points for Albion from their next two matches as a bonus. The Seagulls have found it pretty difficult against the top six just over halfway through their second season in the Premier League. They have beaten
A CAR has crashed into a lamppost on the A250 at Saltdean this morning. Police and paramedics are at the scene near the junction with Hamsey Road. The Volkswagen has been badly damaged. Another car, a Seat Alhambra, also appears to have
POLICE believe two cases of suspicious fires are linked. Emergency services were called to a barn fire at Reedbridge Farm, Hunston, near Chichester, at 11.12am on Friday. More than 200 bales of straw were destroyed in the blaze. People living
ALBION are poised to face a makeshift centre-back partnership against Liverpool as they try to stretch their free-scoring record at the Amex. Former Seagulls target Virgil van Dijk is the only fit central defender available for Jurgen Klopp’s Premier
A ROAD has been blocked after a car crashed into a lamppost. The accident happened at 7.50am on Lewes High Street. Police were called to the scene. There are no reports of injuries. Brighton and Hove buses tweeted its BH28 and BH29 services
A MENTAL health recovery college is hosting an open day today to launch new courses and workshops The Brighton and Hove Recovery College is staging the event from 11am until 3pm at the Brighthelm Centre in North Road in Brighton. It will share
A COUNCIL is splashing out £4.4 million to buy a former pub and turn it into homes. Worthing Borough Council has bought The Downview in Tarring Road, Worthing. It wants to build nine flats with a ground floor shop and at least four more homes
A DIGITAL marketing agency has raised £20,000 to be shared between seven charities. Search Seven, based in Church Road, Hove, pledges to give seven per cent of its profits to charity or the local community. It set an ambitious target to raise £17,000
A BIG drop in the number of rough sleepers in Brighton and Hove is to be investigated after a request by three opposition councillors. They said that the number of rough sleepers had been misrepresented as the count was carried on a night of terrible
TONNES of recycling are being burned every day, a council dustman has claimed. Ken Quantick, 71, drives recycling lorries for Brighton and Hove City Council in the Lewes Road area. His three-man crew covers a round that stretches from Bear
MORE sources of funding are being considered to revive Brighton’s rundown Madeira Terraces. Brighton and Hove City Council’s executive director for economy, environment and culture Nick Hibberd said that the council would even consider private
BOSS Chris Hughton says any points for Albion in their next two games will be "a bonus". The Seagulls entertain Premier League leaders Liverpool at the Amex on Saturday. A week later they travel to Old Trafford to face a Manchester United side
INTERNET star Zoella says she now feels “suffocated” by her use of social media. The 28-year-old, whose real name is Zoe Sugg, has more than 11 million followers on her YouTube channel. According to the latest Instagram “influencer rich list
THE Duchess of Sussex has allegedly been offered an eye-watering sum to return to her television role. Meghan Markle left US legal drama Suits in May last year after seven series with the show. The following month, the 37-year-old married Prince
A POPULAR television show which returned to our screens last night includes scenes shot in Brighton. BBC One smash hit Silent Witness aired the premiere of its 22nd series at 9pm. It is predominantly set in London but the show, which stars Emilia
THE train operator Thameslink has reinstated 12 services to the late -night timetable, bringing the number of services reinstated since July 2018 to more than 200. The six northbound and six southbound trains run between Bedford and either Brighton
AN ACTIVIST was injured as he tried to help a hunt horse when it failed to make a jump over a wooden railing. Members of West Sussex Wildlife Protection (WSWP) were monitoring a hunt meet in Shermanbury, near Horsham, on New Year’s Day. They
A LITTLE girl is fighting a rare form of aggressive cancer. Now a friend of eight-year-old Pippa Payne’s family has launched a fundraising appeal to help them cope during her treatment. The youngster, from Rottingdean, was diagnosed with Burkitt
A NEW device will be used by fire crews if another strange haze appears like it did at Birling Gap in 2017. A “photo ionisation detector” is being bought for East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service to use across Sussex following a report into the chemical
A TRIBUTE has been spelled out in pebbles on the beach. Photographer Simon Dack was on Brighton seafront yesterday morning when he spotted the message saying “Richard RIP”. Simon said: “It was on Brighton beach between the two piers, about half-way
Steyning always goes to great lengths to bring the Christmas festivity to the high street, and this year was no exception. Late November the festive period started with the instalment of the annual Christmas lights and tree. The lights and trees
