'I felt like an eagle' - 93-year-old takes on daring seafront zipwire challenge

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        September 10, 2026

'I felt like an eagle' - 93-year-old takes on daring seafront zipwire challenge

Good Morning Brighton — 2026-09-10

Charles Wylie took on the 30-metre-high Brighton Zip wire on Saturday afternoon to raise money for dementia research in honour of his wife Jean.
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'I felt like an eagle' - 93-year-old takes on daring seafront zipwire challenge
• Charles Wylie took on the 30-metre-high Brighton Zip wire on Saturday afternoon to raise money for dementia research in honour of his wife Jean.
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Lily Dent captains England U20s to World Cup success
• Dent making strides with young Lionesses.
Brighton and Hove News · Local media · yesterday
Firearms suspect released on police bail
• A 60-year-old has been released on bail after he was arrested by armed police responding to reports that a man had a firearm in a residential street in Brighton.
• Sussex Police said that the 60-year-old man, who was arrested in Findon Road, Brighton, had been given police bail until the end of the month.
Brighton and Hove News · Local media · yesterday
Man identified on suspicion of assault at Brighton protests
• A man suspected of assault during a day of protests in Brighton has been identified after police published a photo and issued an appeal help from the media and public.
• Sussex Police arrested eight people on the day when an estimated 4,000 people took part in two opposing protests in June.
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'It's just not on' - Gran says she can't watch BBC on her telly due to overgrown tree
• A pensioner from Moulsecoomb claims that she cannot watch TV in her upstairs bedroom due to an overgrown tree that has dismantled her aerial
Brighton & Hove Albion news RSS feed · Local sport · 3 days ago
Verbruggen: We're a top team but we need to start games better
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10 Sep · 27-28 Kensington Gardens, North Laine, BN1 4AL Brighton, United KingdomNatalie Imbruglia: Album Launch Show10 Sep · The Hope & RuinHidden Herd Presents: Sex Mask + Polite Bureaux + Humane + Minor Dents10 Sep · Ralli Hall Ballroom, Denmark Villas, BN3 3THCeroc Hove - Weekly Social Partner Dancing Classes on a Thursday Evening!10 Sep · Sea Life CentreSea Life Brighton Deluxe Anytime10 SepFestival organisers promise park is being repaired after grass left in a 'mess'10 SepNeighbours object to festival in Brighton park10 SepElectronic music star Bonobo announces major show for 2027 tour10 SepSponsor a seat campaign launched to help bring new arts centre to life11 Sep · The Old MarketNABIL ABDULRASHID11 Sep · The BrunswickA Night of the Jam and the Clash - Woking Calling - Live in Brighton11 Sep · Purrfect SpaceCat Yoga11 Sep · Downsway, Woodingdean, BN2 6BD Brighton, United KingdomFriday Drop-In with Tots till 1211 Sep · PatternsBonobo: Album Launch Show (DJ Set)11 SepIndiepalooza - Brighton Chalk - 11th September 202612 Sep · Brighton, England, UKElectric Fantastic - An 80s SynthPop Party - Brighton12 Sep · Brighton Concorde 2Todd Terje Brighton Tickets12 Sep · Lewes Road United Reformed ChurchCraft fair12 Sep · Queen's Park, BrightonGentle Outdoor Yoga in Queens Park, Brighton.12 Sep · PLATF9RM Hove - Coworking, Offices & EventsDad La Soul Brighton Playdate: World of Wheels12 Sep · The Brunswick, Holland Road, Brighton and Hove, Hove, UKGo Kid Music Club - Go Bananas!13 Sep · Hove lagoonSUP in the City at Hove Lagoon13 Sep · Brighton DomeMarillion at Brighton Dome14 Sep · Saltdean LidoStartastic Ballerinas 2yrs-4yrs17 Sep · The Old MarketTom Gilbey19 Sep · Komedia BrightonSpellbound - The Alternative 80s Night - Sat 19 Sep19 Sep · Brighton Open Air TheatreFunny That Summer Comedy Festival19 Sep · BrightonPop-Up | Milonga Miraflores | Live Music19 Sep at 15:15 · Brighton DomeUrzila Carlson - Fatty On a Yacht20 Sep · 27-28 Kensington Gardens, North Laine, BN1 4AL Brighton, United KingdomSylvan Esso: Album Launch Show20 Sep · Daltons BrightonMelt Your Brains B'day- Carlton Melton,GURT,KULK, IAN, Monovoid, Cabiria, Wrong Cotes + Minor Dents21 Sep at 18:45 · Brighton Palace PierAn Event with Fatboy Slm SOLD OUT22 Sep · Brighton MarinaBikini K*ll Tickets22 Sep · Brighton DomeMichael Ball at Brighton Dome23 Sep · Brighton DomeJonathan Pie - The End of the World According to Jonathan Pie at Brighton Dome
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The University of Sussex, founded at Falmer near Brighton in 1961, was the first of the 'plate-glass' universities, with its early buildings designed by Sir Basil Spence.
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