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Brighton's i360 has closed with immediate affect, with administrators appointed as the firm faces insolvency.

Three Brighton & Hove Albion footballers brought festive cheer to patients and staff during a surprise visit to the children and young people’s ward at Worthing Hospital last week.

A SUSSEX photographer is auctioning a unique print of the iconic Ashdown Forest in East Sussex. 

After two successful years, Worthing Borough Council has handed the town’s summertime celebration of arts and culture over to the community.

Plans to remodel a Hastings youth club have gained the go ahead from county councillors.

A music college is looking to take on a second music venue in central Brighton.

The UK’s largest train company is surprising commuters in Brighton with free Christmas Party ‘Survival’ Kits, as this week is officially revealed to be the most popular for the annual office Christmas Party. 

The Primary Care Network project team at Active Hastings (Jas Gray, Sarah Ruusuvuori and Emma Bailey) has been named winner of the Health Improvement Award, at this year’s Sussex Sport & Physical Activity Awards.

A new campaign has launched in Sussex to encourage people to look after their mental wellbeing over the winter months and seek support when needed.

The build up to the festive season is well under way at Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) with a range of great Christmas events organised by the charity and its amazing supporters across the region to help the charity be `Ready to Save Lives’ this Christmas. 

A pioneering UK-wide study spearheaded by a courageous cancer patient and focused on a rare cancer called Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma (ACC), has topped the £1 million funding milestone.

K2 Crawley recently hosted the third annual British Down Syndrome Swimming Championships.

A retired police dog who was out on a birthday walk – his first walk since recovering from major surgery to remove two tumours – rescued a vulnerable missing person after locating him in the woods. 

Eastbourne has been voted one of the UK’s most dog friendly destinations for a second year running.

A number of community events, including a concert, a community lunch and an annual candlelight vigil, are taking place on Sunday 1 December to mark World AIDS Day.

Lewes Lib Dems, including MP James MacCleary, have reacted after efforts to persuade Secretary of State Angela Rayner to overturn the South Downs National Park Authority’s (SDNPA) decision to allow the demolition of Lewes bus station were unsuccessful.

Six organisations have received grant awards to support physical activity projects within Wealden and improve health and wellbeing outcomes.

A selection of festive stories for young children will be brought to life in Chichester’s historic Guildhall in Priory Park thanks to an interactive Christmas story session.

Chichester District Council is reminding landowners that funding is available to support tree planting projects across the Chichester District as part of its ‘Tree Chichester District’ initiative.

A Brighton garden centre has declared itself 'delighted' to have been able to spread some festive cheer with a donation to Shoreham Lifeboat station.

Cultural grants for Chichester Festival Theatre and Pallant House Gallery will continue for a further year after the current funding agreement ends next spring.

A local group of motorsport volunteers in West Sussex are celebrating 25 years of track-side operations.

Brighton Marina has announced that it will be hosting a Toy Appeal and the Brighton RNLI’s Christmas Grotto this festive season.

Sussex Boutique Hotel, Tottington Manor, set at the foot of the beautiful South Downs in Henfield, West Sussex, are thrilled to announce they have won the Blue Ribbon Good Food Award for TERRA Restaurant for the second year in a row. 

The Mayor of Hailsham, Councillor Paul Holbrook, has officially opened the Cuckoo Fields development on Station Road with an exclusive tour and preview of the show home.

A professional photographer is staging a six-week long public exhibition of images taken on the iconic Ashdown Forest. 

Arun District Councillors have voted to allocate further funds to support the delivery of the Alexandra Theatre project in Bognor Regis.

WaterBear, the leading college of music with campuses in Brighton and Sheffield, has celebrated the momentous achievements of its graduating artists, musicians, and music industry professionals during a prestigious ceremony held at the historic Brighton Dome.

Dig VR is offering a set amount of students over the age of twelve who were taught at St Margaret's School in Crawley, West Sussex a construction VR experience.

The Royal British Legion 2024 Poppy Appeal has launched.

Work has been completed on a major upgrade of public transport facilities in Uckfield town centre.

Eastbourne will pause to remember those who lost their lives in wartime conflict, and those who continue to serve, during a series of Remembrance events next month.

Commuters at Brighton train station have been given a Halloween treat this morning (Thursday October 31).

Keen runners of all abilities can take advantage of discounted entries for a limited time to the 2025 Beachy Head Marathon, Half Marathon, Ultramarathon and 10K, on sale now.

The Guildhall Trust will produce the first Hastings Comic Con at the White Rock next year.

Rugby players and fans from Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and England will descend on the city next September as they bid to become The Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 champions.

Since November 2022, the East Sussex ‘Support into Work’ project has been assisting guests, refugees, and migrants to help them integrate into the local community.

A Sussex youngster and Britain’s Got Talent semi-finalist collected his British Citizen Youth Award yesterday (Sunday).

A SUSSEX charity has staged a very special Victory Parade to thank an amazing dad and his teammates who completed the gruelling Three Peaks Ultra Challenge.

Eight Students from Peacehaven Community School visited Newhaven RNLI on Monday 14 October after fundraising for the lifesaving charity.

Hastings Museum & Art Gallery has been shortlisted for the Best Small Museum Project Award at the Museums Change Lives Awards 2024 for their collaboration with The Refugee Buddy Project on the exhibition ‘Illuminating Invisible Histories: Flavours Without Borders’.

A Worthing teenager is making waves in the world of waterskiing after competing for Team GB at the Europe and Africa Under 21 Championships.

The University of Chichester is set to host the local launch of Rag Argonauts, the 12th collection of West Sussex-based poet and publisher Alan Morrison.

Sussex charity bosses have raised the alarm after a kitten narrowly escaped almost certain death when a Nerf gun-style dart became lodged in his intestines.

Community energy co-operative Energise Sussex Coast (ESC) is urging East Sussex residents to check if anyone they know is entitled to pension credit.

Applications are now open for children who start in reception at primary and infant schools across West Sussex in September 2025.

The team behind the Cockshut Stream Restoration in Lewes is celebrating this week after the project scooped two prestigious awards.

Now! Charity Group has received a £1,500 donation from David Wilson Homes to support its sustainable community fund, Community Now!, which provides grants to environmental projects across East Sussex.

Twelve young people have successfully completed the latest BLAZE course run by West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service.

St Wilfrid’s Hospice (Eastbourne) has launched an online art auction to raise vital funds for hospice care.

An up-and-coming business will continue to grow and thrive in Chichester’s Crane Street, thanks to a district council scheme.

The University of Brighton welcomed thousands of new and returning students to its three campuses across the city this week as it marks the beginning of a new era as a wholly Brighton-based institution.

Alison, from Worthing, is a relative newcomer to the world of blind football.

Campaigners have taken to the streets of Brighton in protest at planned energy price hikes.

Growers from Moulsecoomb Forest Garden have worked with artist Becky Warnock to create ‘When the Seeds Fall’ - two exciting new photography exhibitions. 

Work has started today (Monday) to improve and extend the popular basketball court on Brighton seafront.

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An inspiring student vet from West Sussex has received a prestigious award from the British Veterinary Association.

The Brighton Half Marathon returns to the city on Sunday March 2 next year.

Husband and wife team Bhabani and Sampa Sahoo are celebrating the launch of their brand-new nursery, Monkey Puzzle Day Nurseries Horsham.

Chichester based Voltage Models has announced it will next month unveil the UK’s largest indoor remote control (RC) crawler course - the only one in the South East.

Community compost bins will be put in two sites in St Leonards in a partnership between Hastings Borough Council and Hastings Compost Community.

Thameslink and Southern railway staff swapped rolling stock for rubbish bags when they cleaned a section of Brighton beach as part of The Great British Beach Clean.

A Sussex cat charity is celebrating 20 years of helping needy cats by opening its doors to anyone looking to rehome a cat.

The new Hove Beach Park wheeled sports area is now open, with facilities to suit all abilities – from absolute beginners to tomorrow’s Olympic and Paralympic athletes.

A third of eligible families in East Sussex are not claiming up to £34 a month through the Healthy Start scheme.

A local female entrepreneur and her business – Bluebird Interiors – are being showcased by community bank Metro Bank as part of its partnership with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). 

Blind Veterans UK, the national charity for vision-impaired ex-Service men and women, is inviting businesses, local groups and individuals to ‘Gift a Wreath’ to be laid by blind veterans at local Remembrance events around the country this November.

A group of nine blind veterans joined together to complete the South Coast Ultra Challenge in Sussex to raise money for Blind Veterans UK, the national charity for vision-impaired ex-Service men and women, which has supported them following sight loss.

The new Community Sports Hub to be located on the outskirts of Hailsham has received a grant of £3.5million from the Premier League, The FA and government’s Football Foundation.

An event to celebrate the thrilling sports of skateboarding, scooting and BMX biking and encourage people of all ages to get involved will take place at Chichester skatepark this month.

Supermarket chain Aldi has been granted planning permission to build a fourth branch in Brighton and Hove.

Local crime thriller fans may have spotted some familiar ‘faces’ when tuning in to the latest series of ITV’s Grace, which aired yesterday (Sunday) – the animals at Drusillas Zoo Park.

Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) – the UK’s largest train company – has today announced the 10 winners of its national poetry competition, following fierce competition.

Drusillas Zoo near Alfriston are celebrating a boom of adorable ‘zoo borns’ in recent months, after the healthy arrival of some seriously cute little ones.

Sussex Police have become the first public sector employer in the south east to sign up to UNISON’s anti-racism charter.

Sussex Police stood up a large policing operation in response to potential criminal disorder on Wednesday evening and deployed officers to Brighton and Hastings.

A new study by experts at Go Smoke Free has revealed the UK areas with the most desire to quit smoking, with Hove ranking fifth.

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