The Brighton Belle made a triumphant return home today for the unveiling of a permanent memorial to one of Britain's best loved trains. Two of the original coaches from the train, which carried the ...

Volunteers restoring one of the UK's most iconic trains say they hope to have it back on the rails by 2012. The Brighton Belle ran daily between the south coast and London from 1933 until 1972, when ...

Restorers working on one of the UK's most iconic trains, the Brighton Belle, have found an extra carriage - 'Hazel'. The train which ran daily between the south coast and London from 1933 until 1972 ...

Sara Sheridan tells Susan Mansfield about her new ‘cosy noir’ sleuth and why, for a historical novelist, the 1950s is a gift that keeps on giving Sara Sheridan tells Susan Mansfield about her new ...

For years, the train line between London and Brighton has been a byword for misery. Chronic delays and endless strike action have often meant it would have been quicker to cycle from the capital to ...

Brighton is young, risqué and rackety; Bournemouth is old, salubrious and genteel. Brighton has a nudist beach; Bournemouth has a no-smoking beach. Brighton has a festival of gay pride; Bournemouth ...

A city centre museum is launching a fundraiser to help complete the final phase of a regeneration project. The Brighton Toy ...

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Sara Sheridan tells Susan Mansfield about her new ‘cosy noir’ sleuth and why, for a historical novelist, the 1950s is a gift that keeps on giving PAUSING with her coffee cup halfway to her lips, Sara ...

Restorers working on one of the UK's most iconic trains, the Brighton Belle, have found an extra carriage - 'Hazel'. The train which ran daily between the south coast and London from 1933 until 1972 ...