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CHECKS were made on Brighton beach this morning following yesterday's evacuation due to a suspected bomb. Part of the beach west of the Palace Pier was closed by police for several hours after a "possible unexploded mortar shell" was found at about 2pm. Officers cordoned off the area from the Albion groyne to the carousel and said they were waiting on support from explosive ordnance disposal teams. However, the suspected explosive was "washed away with the tide", later in the afternoon, police said. A spokesman for the Royal Navy bomb squad at Portsmouth confirmed that their team ha...

Student campaign group Reclaim Sussex Campus organised the protest, along with the University of Sussex Rent Strike. Dozens of notes were left on university buildings which read "Join the rent strike" and "Fifty per cent off rent". The campaign group has stated that almost 700 students have joined the rent strike, and they are demanding a 50 per cent reduction for the academic year, amid the pandemic. Photo: Eddie Mitchell Writing on Twitter, one student said: "Great to have been at the ReclaimSussex and SussexRU demo yesterday. "So much collective solidarity and the need to make l...

AN ELDERLY couple who were hit with a parking fine while card machines were not working at a beauty spot say the new payment system discriminates…

Today, there was some semblance of normality on the streets of Brighton.

Photo: Eddie Mitchell The council said the changes were introduced "in response to concerns from residents and visitors about parking problems in the park during the day". It comes after a petition was launched to rescind parking charges for regular walkers at the park and for an affordable annual parking permit to be offered instead. More than 1,400 people have now signed the petition on change.org, started by pensioner Joy Flowers. The 67-year-old said: "It seems to lots of us that the council is just not listening. "It's a tax on exercise. There's a lot of people I know who won't...