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The call follows a report commissioned by the council that suggested black and ethnic minority staff had been discriminated against at the authority.

The food giant has put in a licensing application to take over the unit at 58-62 Lewes Road, Brighton.

Brighton's legendary Poets vs MCs event has become an unmissable fixture in Brighton's cultural calendar - now in its 10th year, it's sold out venues as large as the Concorde 2 and involves more spats, cusses and wordplay than any hip-hop album you could name.

Matthew Kershaw, the chief executive of Brighton and Sussex University Hospital Trust, made the comments after a letter from Brighton and Hove City Council .

A businessman has said he is still hopeful of setting up an ice rink at a historical site despite his plans being knocked back by council officials.

Firefighters were forced to leave their fire engine and run 100 metres to a house fire after an inconsiderate motorist blocked the road.

An e-petition has been launched on the Brighton and Hove City Council website to name the roundabout on the A259 at Greenways the Blind Veterans UK roundabout to mark the site in Ovingdean previously known as St Dunstan's. A petition of 100 signatures has already been presented to the council, but this new e-petition will be presented to the ... (more)

Iggy Azalea performs on stage for VEVO at The Warren pop up venue on Day 2 of The Great Escape Festival on May 17, 2013 in Brighton, England.

Development plans for an empty Grade II listed cinema have stalled, as the owners cannot find a business to fill it.

A pensioner accused of driving despite his poor eyesight is alleged to have killed a 34-year-old council worker in a car crash.

The British Film Institute is to open a "talent centre" in the city as part of a A 5million plan to boost the industry across the country, The Argus has learnt.

But superstar DJ Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim is eyeing up a tasty new morsel, a vegan cafe belonging to former model Heather Mills .

It costs us billions of pounds a year in subsidies and even more in "red tape". But are the decades of stability, the rights to work and trade and strict environmental laws created by the European Union worth it? As the debate on Britain's membership intensifies, TIM RIDGWAY, JOHN KEENAN PETER TRUMAN AND CHARLOTTE IKONEN ask what has the EU done ... (more)

As part of A 5.8 million plans to boost bus use, Brighton and Hove City Council has revealed changes it wants to make to the Edward Street and Eastern Road corridor.

Richard Cairns, the head teacher of Brighton College, said the growth of the independent sector was a huge positive for the city At secondary level, the proportion is even higher at more than 20%. Department of Education figures for 2011 reveal 3,060 secondary school students are educated independently compared to 12,196 in state schools.

Friends of a playwright who died at the weekend have promised they will turn his dream of an open-air theatre into a reality.

Brighton and Hove City Council 's bereavement services department devised the two-acre Woodland Valley cemetery in response to increased demand for woodland burials.

Surgeons performed operations on the wrong limbs and left equipment inside wounds as they sewed up patients, new figures for Sussex reveal.

Richard Clothier, aka Lady James, is due to appear at Southwark Crown Court on May 31 charged with facilitating the commission of a child sex offence A drag artist who is a regular on the Brighton cabaret scene is to appear in court accused of helping a child abuser to find a victim.

Last week, Cityclean staff at Brighton and Hove City Council refused to work for two days because of a row with officials over plans to revamp its system of allowances.