Groups invited to bid for money to help their community
Groups in the deprived areas of Brighton and Hove have been invited to bid for the right to spend a share of the council’s community development budget. Three quarters of the £400,000 budget will be split into ten lots for local groups to use in areas including Whitehawk, Tarner and Eastern Road and the London Road area of Brighton, where it More...
Man dies after fire breaks out in Bristol Gardens flats
A man has died this morning (6th November) in a fire at a block of flats on Bristol Gardens in Whitehawk. Mark Rivers, 52, is believed to have died as a result of smoke inhalation and was declared dead at the scene More...
Man knocked unconscious and robbed in Whitehawk
A man was robbed after being knocked unconscious in an early evening attack in Whitehawk, Brighton. The incident took place yesterday (25th October) at 5.40pm while the victim was walking near St John the Baptist More...
Man returns home to find front door on fire
A man returned home late last night to find the front door of his property in Whitehawk on fire. The owner extinguished the fire at the home on Coolham Drive and the emergency services attended the scene just after More...
Staff chase away robber after knifepoint raid on Whitehawk store
Staff at a convenience store in Whitehawk chased away a man who attempted to commit a robbery when armed with a large knife. The man entered Mulberry Stores on Whitehawk Way at around 8.25pm last night (Sunday 21st More...
Off-licence robbed at knife-point in Whitehawk
An off-licence was robbed at knife-point in the Whitehawk area of Brighton yesterday evening (Monday 15th August). A man entered the shop on Whitehawk Road at 8.50pm and threatened staff with a knife and demanded More...
Whitehawk youth group lose money cancelling trip after London riots
A Whitehawk-based youth group was forced to cancel a planned trip to London yesterday due to the riots in the capital. Crew Club, a youth and training centre based in the Whitehawk Estate, had planned to take youngsters More...
Questioning of attempted murder suspects continues
The three people arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was found to have been run over in east Brighton are still being questioned by police. A 33-year-old man remains at Royal Sussex County Hospital More...
Attempted murder arrests after man is run over
Three people have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was run over in Brighton yesterday (16th July). At around 3.30pm on Saturday a man was found with serious head and chest injuries in The More...
Brighton man claimed benefits while living in Eqypt
A man from Brighton has avoided prison after being found guilty of claiming £26,000 of benefits while living in Egypt. Stanley Snowden, 62, of Whitehawk Road, failed to inform Brighton & Hove City Council and More...