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A centre helping people in Crawley who are homeless, or at risk of losing housing, is setting a challenge for the month of May.

Can a Sussex village's community raise funds to buy their recently-closed pub that's now being sold on the open market? Or could it go to a developer who might want to develop the site for housing?

A nursery in Seaford has set up a shed in it's front garden for people to swap new and nearly new, unwanted items.

Councillors have this week spoken of having ‘no choice’ in approving a bid from developers to remove affordable housing from a development in Ticehurst.

NHS bosses want to build a temporary two-storey extension to the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.

Chichester councillors have questioned Southern Water, Natural England and the Environment Agency about water capacity and quality in the district.

Business owners in Brighton and Hove are invited to attend a free virtual event about the UK's new immigration system.

Libation, on Second Avenue, has applied for six tables outside as it tries to pick up business again after the lockdown.

The steps from the cliff tops to the beach at Birling Gap are set to be closed for at least ten days, starting Monday April 19.

No lower than £485,000, and extending above £599,950.

Plans have been submitted to Worthing Borough Council for a pop-up terrace at the Grafton multi-storey car park.

They will perform at the South of England Showground in Ardingly on Saturday 17th July.

The writer is best known as the creator of character Detective Superintendent Roy Grace who was recently the star of ITV series "Grace."

Brighton Fringe is set to return from May 28 to June 27 this year, offering a mixture of live and digital shows.

With social distancing measures in place, many retail premises are today re-opening in Sussex.

After improvements during the lockdown costing £1,000,000, Worthing's famous Highdown Gardens are set to reopen on June 2nd.

A Chichester City Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan has been adopted by the district council.

Rother District Council has granted permission to open a brewery taproom at a trout farm owned by rock legend Roger Daltrey.

The next step in a major housing development in Battle is set to go before Rother planners next week. 

People in Wealden are being warned that parking enforcement will restart at all car parks in the district on Monday (April 12).

As the holy month of Ramadan approaches, leading figures in Brighton and Hove's Muslim community are joining together to encourage greater uptake of anti-coronavirus vaccines.

Plans to turn a language school in Hove into a guest house with 10 bedrooms were turned down by councillors on Wednesday, April 7.

A Seaford barber has said anyone can call the number if they're feeling lonely or need someone to talk to during the pandemic.

A series of taster activity classes taking place in parks across Adur and Worthing are proving so popular that spaces are fast running out. 

Lidl has won approval for longer delivery hours at its Hove store which is due to open today (Thursday 8 April).

A drop-in Covid vaccination service — for eligible patients — is set to operate in two separate locations near central Brighton both on Friday and Saturday this week (April 9th and 10th)

The RNLI will continue to provide lifeguards on Hastings seafront after council leaders agreed to extend its contract with the town. 

Thousands normally go to the annual Arlington Bluebell Walk but it was cancelled last year because of the pandemic.

The new charges will come in for the South Terminal on Monday (12 April.)

Despite the enormous challenges of the past year, the Rockinghorse charity in Brighton announced today (April 6) that it's raised £600,000 since April 2020.

Chichester's markets will safely return to their normal location in the city centre this month as further Covid restrictions are lifted, the District Council has said.

Just over a year since the first lockdown was announced in Sussex, the team running Worthing Theatres and Museum wants people across the county to nominate, and submit photographs, of their own "lockdown heroes".

The superstar DJ had already said he was putting on a one-off gig for NHS and emergency workers but it's sold out.

The Eastbourne gallery will open its doors when lockdown restrictions are eased across England in May.

A budget of £4million has been approved to expand Worthing’s creative and digital hub.

One family’s safer route to school is a potential safety problem for another household as the Old Shoreham Road cycle lane splits opinions.

A post office boss wants to add two floors to a neighbouring building by the Whitehawk Road roundabout, in Brighton, and link the two premises.

Neighbours have raised concerns around a bid to begin serving alcohol at a trout farm owned by rock legend Roger Daltrey.

Bosses at the new Lidl supermarket in Hove want longer delivery hours when the store opens next week.

The council has been criticised for breaking its promise to publish a report by an independent barrister who looked into aspects of the home to school transport fiasco.

Plans for 1,300 homes west of Tangmere  have been given the thumbs up by Chichester District Council.

Calls to reduce the speed limit on a busy rural road have been rejected by a senior county councillor. 

A control room handling 999 emergency fire and rescue calls for West Sussex is ‘adequately staffed’, according to senior councillors.

A review of the process that led to the domestic abuse charity RISE losing key council contracts should “leave no stone unturned”, councillors urged on Thursday night (25 March).

Neighbours are fighting plans to install a 5G mobile phone mast on the roof of their building, along with cabinets in their garden.

A £224,000 cash boost received by Chichester District Council from the Government will be used to help the district's Everyone Active leisure centres re-open safely.