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  • September 19: Sussex v Leicestershire (result)

    Jason Lewry produced a champion's bowling performance as Sussex celebrated their first title by claiming their tenth win of the season. The left-armer swung the ball lavishly after tea to take five wickets for just six runs in 25 balls as already relegated

  • Basketball: Derby day at Thunder

    Brighton Bears coach Nick Nurse has called for his side to make some serious steps forward when they go to Worthing Thunder in the Subway South Coast Classic tonight. Bears visit their EBL neighbours in the first leg of the pre-season event (8pm) looking

  • In a right jam

    Every summer, Brighton and Hove city centre gets jammed with holidaymakers - and experts predict the situation could get worse. Although car use has apparently fallen in the city over the past three years, it is thought the numbers of vehicles on the

  • Mother's despair over missing explorer

    A mother whose son went missing in Africa six months ago has spoken of her heartbreak. Pauline Velten said the whole family was "desperately worried" about Christian, who disappeared in March on a 4,000km trek across west Africa. He was following in the

  • Cricket report: Sussex v Leicestershire

    Jason Lewry produced a champion's bowling performance as Sussex celebrated their first title by claiming their tenth win of the season. The left-armer swung the ball lavishly after tea to take five wickets for just six runs in 25 balls as already relegated

  • Coppell calls on his mates

    Albion boss Steve Coppell is trying to remain buddies with every manager in the country to boost his exhaustive search for more loan signings. Coppell borrowed striker Darius Henderson from Reading while his close pal Alan Pardew was still in charge at

  • Addict let dealers use flat as a base

    A drug addict allowed dealers to use his flat to sell heroin and crack cocaine, a court heard. David Jones, 37, claimed two pushers threatened to harm him if he did not comply. Hove Crown Court heard yesterday the dealers offered to supply him with free

  • Assault was due to secret affair

    A marriage between two train conductors hit the buffers when a new love interest arrived on the scene, a court heard. Crawley magistrates heard yesterday Mark Jordan, 27, assaulted Robert Reddy after Jordan's wife Heidi, 22, formed a close friendship

  • Macca fracas KOs pop stunt

    It was billed as the pop publicity stunt of the year - Brighton rock band The Railing Stains holding forth beneath David Blaine's plastic box in London. But another Sussex rock star stole the limelight at the last minute with that timeless classic - an

  • Dolly Rocket makes a movie

    When Karen Sharman stepped on to the film set of Nine Dead Gay Guys she had never acted in her life. Minutes later she was filming her first scene - ousting two men from her club. The 40-year-old cabaret performer plays Margaret the Iron Lady, a fearsome

  • Guide book gets cheeky with city landmarks

    The Marina is a monstrosity, Embassy Court looks like plastic surgery gone wrong and the Aquarium Terrace should be, well, sunk. As city guides go, it's hardly going to get the tourists flocking. But it's only a snapshot of the sights and sounds Brighton

  • Lost weekend in Sussex changed US music

    It lasted just a few months, but an extended "lost weekend" in 1968 helped transform American country music into a modern, daring and even trendy creation. The setting was buried deep in the sprawling, picturesque countryside and the men responsible were

  • Coppell calls on his mates

    Albion boss Steve Coppell is trying to remain buddies with every manager in the country to boost his exhaustive search for more loan signings. Coppell borrowed striker Darius Henderson from Reading while his close pal Alan Pardew was still in charge at

  • Chris Adams: On being champions

    Well, a couple of days after we made history the dust is just beginning to settle on our magnificent achievement. If we looked a bit bleary-eyed in the field yesterday I hope you can understand why. The celebrations on Thursday night went on for quite

  • September 19: Sussex v Leicestershire (result)

    Jason Lewry produced a champion's bowling performance as Sussex celebrated their first title by claiming their tenth win of the season. The left-armer swung the ball lavishly after tea to take five wickets for just six runs in 25 balls as already relegated

  • Motorsport: Tommy ready for big stage

    Tommy Hill will be competing on the biggest stage in Britain next year. The 18-year-old has won himself a place on the Virgin works team to compete in the British Superbikes Championship in 2004. Hill secured the prize after establishing an unassailable

  • Cricket report: Sussex v Leicestershire

    Jason Lewry produced a champion's bowling performance as Sussex celebrated their first title by claiming their tenth win of the season. The left-armer swung the ball lavishly after tea to take five wickets for just six runs in 25 balls as already relegated

  • Cricket: Mushy's wickets count for little

    Pakistan's selectors have told Sussex spinner Mushtaq Ahmed he will have to prove himself all over again if he is to resurrect his international career. Mushtaq became the first bowler to take 100 wickets in an English season but his phenomenal achievements

  • Motorsport: Ballard heads for glory double

    Andrew Ballard moved closer to double glory in the BEMSEE King of Clubs meeting at Silverstone last weekend. The Portslade rider maintained his lead in both Supersport 400 and Clubman 400 series. Ballard leads the Supersport 400 championship by 92 points

  • Assault was due to secret affair

    A marriage between two train conductors hit the buffers when a new love interest arrived on the scene, a court heard. Crawley magistrates heard yesterday Mark Jordan, 27, assaulted Robert Reddy after Jordan's wife Heidi, 22, formed a close friendship

  • Dolly Rocket makes a movie

    When Karen Sharman stepped on to the film set of Nine Dead Gay Guys she had never acted in her life. Minutes later she was filming her first scene - ousting two men from her club. The 40-year-old cabaret performer plays Margaret the Iron Lady, a fearsome

  • Man held after catapult spree

    Police are questioning a suspected catapult sniper. They swooped on a flat in Rottingdean, Brighton, and led the man away in handcuffs. A catapult and pellets were found in the glove compartment of a car parked nearby. Drugs, thought to be cocaine, were

  • Guide book gets cheeky with city landmarks

    The Marina is a monstrosity, Embassy Court looks like plastic surgery gone wrong and the Aquarium Terrace should be, well, sunk. As city guides go, it's hardly going to get the tourists flocking. But it's only a snapshot of the sights and sounds Brighton

  • Lost weekend in Sussex changed US music

    It lasted just a few months, but an extended "lost weekend" in 1968 helped transform American country music into a modern, daring and even trendy creation. The setting was buried deep in the sprawling, picturesque countryside and the men responsible were

  • Coppell calls on his mates

    Albion boss Steve Coppell is trying to remain buddies with every manager in the country to boost his exhaustive search for more loan signings. Coppell borrowed striker Darius Henderson from Reading while his close pal Alan Pardew was still in charge at

  • Are you on Brighton Monopoly board?

    Fleet Street might have been the obvious spot for The Argus on the Brighton Monopoly board, which is due to be launched next month. But we have been given a home on the Community Chest space in the new version of the game. Brighton and Hove is gradually

  • Chris Adams: On being champions

    Well, a couple of days after we made history the dust is just beginning to settle on our magnificent achievement. If we looked a bit bleary-eyed in the field yesterday I hope you can understand why. The celebrations on Thursday night went on for quite

  • Home Truths, by Jacqui Bealing

    My parents are wonderful people with admirable strengths but punctuality is not one of them. Whenever I make plans to meet them anywhere, I can guarantee that I'll be hanging around for at least half-an-hour after the agreed rendezvous time. Often it

  • Motorsport: Tommy ready for big stage

    Tommy Hill will be competing on the biggest stage in Britain next year. The 18-year-old has won himself a place on the Virgin works team to compete in the British Superbikes Championship in 2004. Hill secured the prize after establishing an unassailable

  • Motorsport: Coutts steps into Super league

    Daniel Coutts is ready to take the next step in his pursuit of world glory. The 16-year-old from Horsham has never made any secret of his determination to compete on the biggest stage in racing. Next season Coutts will be stepping up from the British

  • Tongue in cheek

    Brighton rockers the Railing Stains hoped to leave illusionist David Blaine spellbound with their renditions of Rolling Stones hits. But after being upstaged by another city musician Sir Paul McCartney, the police banned them performing. The band realised

  • We are the champions

    Congratulations to everyone at Sussex Cricket Club for winning the County Championship for the first time in 164 years. Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of the great victory is that the game itself so closely matched the historic nature of the occasion

  • Boxing: Minter's fight ends in draw

    Crawley's Ross Minter was left frustrated when he returned to the ring against John Marshall at Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham, on Thursday. The judges declared the six-round contest a draw. Welterweight Minter, 24, was hoping for a victory to boost

  • Cricket: Mushy's wickets count for little

    Pakistan's selectors have told Sussex spinner Mushtaq Ahmed he will have to prove himself all over again if he is to resurrect his international career. Mushtaq became the first bowler to take 100 wickets in an English season but his phenomenal achievements

  • Motorsport: Ballard heads for glory double

    Andrew Ballard moved closer to double glory in the BEMSEE King of Clubs meeting at Silverstone last weekend. The Portslade rider maintained his lead in both Supersport 400 and Clubman 400 series. Ballard leads the Supersport 400 championship by 92 points

  • Residents win bus scheme rethink

    People power has forced a council to rethink proposals for concrete bus platforms in the heart of suburbia. Brighton and Hove City Council has been forced to justify plans to put 48m of concrete bus buildouts on a leafy residential street after residents

  • Jungle Brothers, Concorde 2, Brighton

    The Jungle Brothers might be hip-hop legends but 15 years on from the release of the classic Straight Out The Jungle album, they are still working hard for their money. It wasn't a full house at Concorde 2 and the warm-up acts hardly left things sizzling

  • Workers trapped robber

    Shop workers who caught a customer trying to steal a purse from the staff room locked the store to stop him escaping. But Simon Hornby kicked the door until the lock broke and fled from Computer World in North Street, Brighton. Hornby, 33, of Donald Hall

  • Man held after catapult spree

    Police are questioning a suspected catapult sniper. They swooped on a flat in Rottingdean, Brighton, and led the man away in handcuffs. A catapult and pellets were found in the glove compartment of a car parked nearby. Drugs, thought to be cocaine, were

  • Are you on Brighton Monopoly board?

    Fleet Street might have been the obvious spot for The Argus on the Brighton Monopoly board, which is due to be launched next month. But we have been given a home on the Community Chest space in the new version of the game. Brighton and Hove is gradually

  • Home Truths, by Jacqui Bealing

    My parents are wonderful people with admirable strengths but punctuality is not one of them. Whenever I make plans to meet them anywhere, I can guarantee that I'll be hanging around for at least half-an-hour after the agreed rendezvous time. Often it

  • Motorsport: Coutts steps into Super league

    Daniel Coutts is ready to take the next step in his pursuit of world glory. The 16-year-old from Horsham has never made any secret of his determination to compete on the biggest stage in racing. Next season Coutts will be stepping up from the British

  • Tongue in cheek

    Brighton rockers the Railing Stains hoped to leave illusionist David Blaine spellbound with their renditions of Rolling Stones hits. But after being upstaged by another city musician Sir Paul McCartney, the police banned them performing. The band realised

  • Basketball: Derby day at Thunder

    Brighton Bears coach Nick Nurse has called for his side to make some serious steps forward when they go to Worthing Thunder in the Subway South Coast Classic tonight. Bears visit their EBL neighbours in the first leg of the pre-season event (8pm) looking

  • In a right jam

    Every summer, Brighton and Hove city centre gets jammed with holidaymakers - and experts predict the situation could get worse. Although car use has apparently fallen in the city over the past three years, it is thought the numbers of vehicles on the

  • Mother's despair over missing explorer

    A mother whose son went missing in Africa six months ago has spoken of her heartbreak. Pauline Velten said the whole family was "desperately worried" about Christian, who disappeared in March on a 4,000km trek across west Africa. He was following in the

  • We are the champions

    Congratulations to everyone at Sussex Cricket Club for winning the County Championship for the first time in 164 years. Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of the great victory is that the game itself so closely matched the historic nature of the occasion

  • Boxing: Minter's fight ends in draw

    Crawley's Ross Minter was left frustrated when he returned to the ring against John Marshall at Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham, on Thursday. The judges declared the six-round contest a draw. Welterweight Minter, 24, was hoping for a victory to boost

  • Coppell calls on his mates

    Albion boss Steve Coppell is trying to remain buddies with every manager in the country to boost his exhaustive search for more loan signings. Coppell borrowed striker Darius Henderson from Reading while his close pal Alan Pardew was still in charge at

  • Addict let dealers use flat as a base

    A drug addict allowed dealers to use his flat to sell heroin and crack cocaine, a court heard. David Jones, 37, claimed two pushers threatened to harm him if he did not comply. Hove Crown Court heard yesterday the dealers offered to supply him with free

  • Residents win bus scheme rethink

    People power has forced a council to rethink proposals for concrete bus platforms in the heart of suburbia. Brighton and Hove City Council has been forced to justify plans to put 48m of concrete bus buildouts on a leafy residential street after residents

  • Macca fracas KOs pop stunt

    It was billed as the pop publicity stunt of the year - Brighton rock band The Railing Stains holding forth beneath David Blaine's plastic box in London. But another Sussex rock star stole the limelight at the last minute with that timeless classic - an

  • Jungle Brothers, Concorde 2, Brighton

    The Jungle Brothers might be hip-hop legends but 15 years on from the release of the classic Straight Out The Jungle album, they are still working hard for their money. It wasn't a full house at Concorde 2 and the warm-up acts hardly left things sizzling

  • Workers trapped robber

    Shop workers who caught a customer trying to steal a purse from the staff room locked the store to stop him escaping. But Simon Hornby kicked the door until the lock broke and fled from Computer World in North Street, Brighton. Hornby, 33, of Donald Hall