Man fails in attempt to rob Hove newsagents
A man has attempted to rob a newsagents on Western Road in Hove this evening, but left the store empty handed. The suspect threatened the shopkeeper of Associates Newsagents with weapons and demanded money after entering the shop at around 5pm today (1st February). Police have clarified that the man was not armed with a firearm. After the shopkeeper More...
Woman jailed for £500k fraud from Hove solicitors
A woman is beginning a 57 month jail term for stealing nearly half a million pounds from a solictors’ firm in Hove. Leanne Harris (pictured), 25, of Gildridge, in Whitesmith, was sentenced at Hove Crown Court More...
Tory councillors reassured by plans for policing in Hove and Portslade
The former Police Superintendent for Hove, who has now become a councillor in Westbourne, has welcomed assurances given on the future of policing in Hove and Portslade ahead of the closure of Hove Police Station. The More...
Hove secondary school catchment area to decrease in size
Brighton and Hove City Council is proposing two changes to its secondary school catchment areas which would decrease the size of the under-strain Hove catchment area. One of the proposals is to move the boundary More...
Hove death is no longer deemed suspicious
The death of a man in Hove is no longer being treated as suspicious following the results of a post mortem examination. Two men, aged 40 and 43, were arrested on Friday following the death of a 51-year-old man at More...
IPCC informed after man found dead in Hove flat
Two men have been arrested after a 51-year-old man was found dead at his flat in Brunswick Place in Hove yesterday afternoon (6th January). The Independent Police Complaints Commission is to investigate the incident More...
Tory council hopeful slams Green administration’s ‘waste’
The Conservative candidate for next month’s Westbourne by-election has slammed the Green Party for a ‘remarkable level of waste’ since taking charge of the city council. Graham Cox, a former Head More...
Greens select Greenbaum to challenge for Westbourne seat
The Green Party in Brighton and Hove have pinned their hopes of winning the Westbourne by-election on local mother Louisa Westbourne. The 41-year-old stood in the Hove ward in May, but missed out when Tory candidates More...
Old Shoreham Road cycle lane work gets underway
Motorists in Hove are facing congestion around one of the city’s busiest roads as work has begun on installing cycle lanes on a stretch of the Old Shoreham Road. The work began earlier this week on the improvements More...
Hove man rescued from flat fire at Brunswick Place
Firefighters rescued a man from his flat in Brunswick Place in Hove after a fire broke out in the early hours of this morning. The middle-aged man was found to be lying unresponsive but conscious in his third floor More...