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Four Sussex restaurants to close as Whitbread shuts all 195 UK sites

Whitbread is set to close four restaurant locations across Sussex as part of a significant company restructuring programme affecting nearly 200 sites across the United Kingdom. The hospitality group ...

Chichester Festival Theatre announces winter programme with comedy icons and West End hits

Chichester Festival Theatre has announced its autumn and winter season lineup, featuring productions spanning drama, music, comedy and movement. Opening the seasonal schedule, The Last Laugh will occ...

East Sussex College celebrates as 110 students achieve A or A* grades

Pupils are joyfully receiving their anticipated A-level outcomes and confirming university admissions after the annual results were released. East Sussex College is commemorating another year of impr...

Brighton sixth form students celebrate A-level results and share university plans

Students at a sixth-form college expressed joy, relief and outlined their future ambitions as they collected their A-level results. Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College held a gathering on Aug...

Brighton college achieves best A-level results with 98% pass rate

Learners and employees at a Brighton educational establishment are marking record-breaking A-level performance this year. On August 13, pupils throughout the region collected their advanced level qua...

Roedean School: 58% of A-level grades at A* or A in record decade

A Brighton educational institution is marking its most successful A-level outcomes in ten years. The school achieved 58 percent of all entries at the top grades, representing its finest performance s...

Brighton student Hettie Ainsworth celebrates A-Level results with two As and A*

This live blog provides continuous updates on A-level results being released across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland today, with particular coverage of Sussex. Results are being distributed to st...

Sussex gains new powers over transport, housing and skills funding

Fresh resources and enhanced autonomy have arrived in our area at a particularly opportune moment. Andy Burnham champions the cause of greater regional devolution and local decision-making, posing a ...

Levellers announce Brighton 35th anniversary show for classic album Levelling The Land

The folk-rock group will top the bill at a special homecoming performance in Hove Park. The one-off outdoor event is scheduled for Saturday, September 5, 2026, and commemorates the 35th anniversary o...

Council ‘too slow’ to respond to FoI requests

The council is too slow to respond to too many freedom of information (FoI) inquests, according to opposition leader Steve Davis, who also said that staff felt nervous and under pressure to withhold information.

Sussex author Elly Griffiths wins Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year

Sussex writer Elly Griffiths has secured a top literary honour for her Victorian-era detective story infused with temporal adventure elements. The Frozen People, launching a fresh series, claimed the...

Andy Burnham’s Greater Manchester Police record under former chief scrutiny

Looking back at the political landscape two years prior, when the nation prepared to welcome its sixth Prime Minister within an eight-year span, I penned an open message of congratulations to Sir Keir...

Democratic systems require officials to acknowledge public mandate

Consider for a moment the frustration of you and your neighbours when local representation fails to meet expectations. Next May, you head to the polling station and cast your ballots against your cur...

Borrowing more millions will not solve the city’s financial crisis

A man named Marx once said: "Politics is the art of looking everywhere for trouble, finding it, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies,"

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Four Sussex restaurants to close as Whitbread shuts all 195 UK sites

Whitbread is set to close four restaurant locations across Sussex as part of a significant company restructuring programme affecting nearly 200 sites across the United Kingdom. The hospitality group ...

Chichester Festival Theatre announces winter programme with comedy icons and West End hits

Chichester Festival Theatre has announced its autumn and winter season lineup, featuring productions spanning drama, music, comedy and movement. Opening the seasonal schedule, The Last Laugh will occ...

Track circuit failure cancels Littlehampton to London Victoria trains until 1pm

Rail services connecting Littlehampton with London Victoria have been suspended in both directions following a technical fault. A track circuit failure has been identified as the cause of the disrupt...

Man’s earlobe bitten off in unprovoked attack at Chichester railway station

An investigation has been launched after a man sustained a partial ear amputation during an assault at a railway station car park. The incident occurred in the car park at Chichester railway station ...