Exercising throughout adulthood slashes the risk of early death by 30% to 40% – but any activity is better than none, a study has found..

The £71 billion programme for Britain’s most advanced warplane has been hit by delays, shortages of equipment and a lack of pilots and engineers.

Campaigners have made renewed calls to scrap the two-child benefit limit after the latest figures showed the number of children in affected households is approaching 1.7 million across Great Britain..

Suspensions and exclusions from schools in England have risen to a record high for recent times, Government figures show..

University of Brighton student Jasmine Saggers has created a sensory homeware collection to support neurodiverse well-being.

On 31 July, the Littlehampton Community Support and Information Fair will take place on Littlehampton High Street and will feature free advice and activities.

You can see me pictured with an interesting fuchsia growing in the garden, arborescens, originating from Central America, it is an erect, evergreen shrub or small tree with shiny dark green leaves and panicles of small purple/pink flowers, rather like lilac flowers, followed by purple spherical fruits. It is easy to train into a small, single-stemmed tree and is lovely as a conservatory specimen where it will bloom throughout the year. Mine are kept fleeced in a covered alley at the side of the house in the winter. They are best grown in moist but well-drained compost in part shade. Although Fuchsia berries are edible, most are not particularly tasty and are sparsely produced on plants. Fuchsia plants are generally grown as an ornamental and not for fruit crops within the UK.

I’m writing this the day before Full Council, where Councillors will be debating our joint motion with Brighton & Hove Independents councillor, Mark Earthey, calling for urgent action to support unpaid carers. By the time you’re reading this the vote will have happened, and I sincerely hope my Labour colleagues will have given their support.