Brighton and Hove News

A seafront venue’s beach huts helped to cut fights and drug taking along the prom, it has claimed. Brighton Music Hall is asking for permiss...

Well this announcement has certainly got tongues wagging in certain post-punk quarters!  A concert has been announced for Thursday 12th June...

Icons of the original post-punk era The Psychedelic Furs have announced their UK tour plans for later in the year, stopping at beloved venue...

Councillors received allowances and expenses totalling more than £1 million in the past financial year, new figures reveal. The total claime...

A councillor is concerned that verges and parkland could become a dust bowl after recent mowing left grass “bowling green” short. Green coun...

The operator of a newly rebuilt café on Hove seafront wants to relax the drinks licence conditions “to better suit its beachfront location a...

The death of the baby of wealthy aristocrat Constance Marten and her partner was “inevitable”, a prosecutor has said. Marten, 38, and Mark G...

The mother of a British man jailed in Egypt has spoken from her hospital bed to say that she is prepared to die on hunger strike if necessar...

Noise, cooking smells and smoke from a burger bar were blighting neighbour’s lives, a resident told a council licensing panel hearing today...

Wealthy aristocrat Constance Marten and her convicted rapist partner “sought to mask the reality” to the jury and were “picking and choosing...

A driver allegedly posed as an “unofficial Uber” to pick up “vulnerable and intoxicated” women he could abuse, a court heard. Graham Head, 6...

The Bluetones first came to prominence in 1995, when their debut release ‘Are You Blue Or Are You Blind’ broke into the Top 40. The single p...

Almost all the costs of creating an elected mayor for Sussex and making big changes to councils will have to be paid for by local taxpayers,...

A 16-year-old boy who was arrested on Hove seafront shortly after two teens were stabbed has been released on conditional bail. The child, w...

Sussex Sharks 173 (20 overs) Gloucestershire 93 (13.3 overs) Sussex Sharks won by 80 runs Sussex Sharks made it two wins out of two in the V...

‘Jordan Uncovered: A Personal Photo Album of Previously Unseen Photographs’  1 July – 22 August 2025  10am – 10pm Monday – Sunday  Colony Ro...

A Brighton man has been spared a prison sentence after he tried to tried to arrange the “sexual exploitation of a child under 13”. Sean Dunk...

SEXTILE + SPIKE – DUST, BRIGHTON 30.5.25  I’ve seriously been looking forward to catching Los Angeles-based duo Sextile for almost 7 years n...

A drink driver from Brighton who went the wrong way along the A27 and who crashed into several vehicles has been jailed for a year. Marcus C...

An Indian restaurant owner faces objections to his second application for a drinks licence after Sussex Police and licensing officials said...

Councillors are due to receive an update on plans to create a new mayor of Sussex and a shake up of councils across the wider area. Brighton...

Two teenagers were stabbed on the seafront last night (Friday 30 May) as groups of youths, some drunk, gathered and caused concern for trade...

Off The Chest’s Brighton Bards made their return to Komedia on 19th May, with headline set from “spectacular” Naomi Wood. After their hit Br...

A notorious tip jar thief is facing a jail sentence for another spate of thefts and burglaries from shops and venues in Brighton. Simon Horn...

A crystal meth addict was caught on camera jumping up and down while masturbating in the foyer of Brighton police station. Ian Marianski, 34...