Brighton & Hove City Council says the ice rink will not open this Christmas, but plans to bring it back in 2027 at the Old Steine. Here is why, and what is on instead.

A teenager has been jailed for life, with a minimum of 14 years, for murdering 16-year-old Joshua Ingram at Seaford station. On 12 October the judge ruled the defendant stays anonymous.

Sussex Police is appealing for witnesses after a 58-year-old pedestrian was seriously injured in a collision with a black car at South Point, Emerald Quay, on Shoreham Beach on Friday 9 October.

American firm Asurion has completed its acquisition of Domestic & General, the appliance protection company with an office in Brighton. Asurion says the brand will continue.

The government has approved Brighton and Hove City Council's three-year Local SEND Reform Plan. What it covers, the targets, new school places, the money and what it means for families.

Lewes Bonfire on 5 November, VegfestUK on 7 November, the Story Trail ending, Artist Open Houses and Burning the Clocks on 21 December. Dates, prices and what we could not confirm.

Opened on 4 August 1883, Volk's Electric Railway is the world's oldest operating electric railway. The story of Magnus Volk, the Daddy Long Legs car that walked through the sea, and when it is back in 2027.

Half-term runs from Monday 26 to Friday 30 October. Here is every family event at Brighton and Hove Museums with dates, times, prices and age limits, from free storytimes to a Halloween pop-up cinema.

Westlife play the Brighton Centre on Tuesday 13 October, doors 6.30pm and Westlife on at 8pm. Here is how to get there, where to park, what bags are allowed and the other big shows at the venue this month.

Nine neighbours in Saltdean share a £1 million Postcode Lottery prize after BN2 8LT won on 10 October, and two Brighton charities, The Sussex Beacon and Justlife, receive £45,000 between them.

Mutations Festival returns to Brighton on 23 and 24 October with more than 90 acts across ten venues, Fat Dog on Friday and Beastie Boys member Mike D's band on Saturday.

East Sussex County Council has started a judicial review over the plan to move Peacehaven, Telscombe Cliffs and East Saltdean into Brighton and Hove, Brighton and Hove News reports. The government paused the plan on 7 September.

Sussex Police is appealing for witnesses after a man in his 40s was stabbed outside Portslade railway station on the evening of 8 October. He is in a stable condition in hospital and no arrests have been reported.

A free app and website called Where To Wee lists 117 public toilets in Brighton and shows opening hours, accessibility and baby changing details. Here is what it says it does and what we could not confirm.

A man who posed as a taxi driver to kidnap and rape a 19-year-old woman in Brighton city centre has been jailed for 20 years, with Sussex Police appealing for other women to come forward.

A man has died at Rottingdean beach, Sussex Police has said. Officers were called at around 9.40am on Sunday 11 October and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Enquiries continue.

ImJustBrighton is gay-owned. Here is our guide to every Brighton bar closing this year, why each one went, what people said, and which LGBTQ+ venues are still open.

Connie's Pizza, the London pizzeria known for thin, crispy pizza, opens its first site outside London at 44-47 Gardner Street in Brighton's North Laine on Friday 9 October.

Sussex Police says a 58-year-old Brighton man has been charged with failing to comply with a Terrorist Notification Order and was remanded in custody after appearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court.

Sussex Police wants to identify a person after a Preston Street burglary in Brighton, where stolen bank cards were later used fraudulently at shops in Western Road, Hove.