Albion boss Dean Wilkins has agreed to sign a new three year-contract. The deal replaces Wilkins' existing agreement, which expires in June, and follows lengthy negotiations with chairman Dick Knight. The unfortunate timing of the announcement by the
Those acquainted with the tale of St George and the dragon would have enjoyed the celebrations which dominated a shopping street today. George Street in Hove was festooned with the red and white flag of St George, the patron saint of England, as hundreds
The family of a grandmother who died in a house fire have spoken of their grief. Firefighters found Vilma Hamper, 56, dead in her home in Pembury Road, Langney, Eastbourne. Mrs Hamper's grandson Andrew Bissett, 16, escaped the inferno by jumping from
It's all "moo" for 2007 as one of the newest, and arguably oddest festival venues - a gigantic, upside-down purple cow called The Udderbelly - makes its English debut at the Fringe. Named Best New Venue by the Sunday Times after its launch at last
Compact, cosy, bijou. However you phrase it a beach hut is an unlikely dream home. But as the smallest Fringe venue, beach hut 48 - accommodating only two people at a time - is the ideal place to air hit BBC Radio 4 audio play Gite A La Mer.
With more than 500 events at this year's Fringe covering everything from theatre, dance and comedy to art, literature and music, visitors can expect to be spoiled for choice. But if you're still having trouble deciding what to see, help is at hand
Meeting artists and glimpsing inside their homes makes the annual artists open houses days something of a must for many visitors. The Fringe's packed visual arts programme, involving both open houses and gallery and studio exhibitions, features every
Whether your tastes run to Grieg and Sibelius, 16th century choral music or harp recitals, a strong programme ensures there's plenty for classical aficionados. As always the grand opera gala, featuring stars from the Sussex Symphony Orchestra
Combining a gallery, performance studio and garden, this new Fringe venue will be making its mark with its range of arts projects. A living installation will feature in the garden, while displays in the Friese Greene basement gallery include an
Powerful performances will be stirring Fringe audiences at the intimate and versatile Nightingale Theatre. In line with the Nightingale's creative ethos, many of the productions have been developed with the theatre and there are workshops and post-performance
An absurdist exposé of the internet-addicted generation, readings by refugee writers and music from classical through to contemporary form the eclectic mix scheduled for this central Brighton venue. Steadily gaining momentum with its Fringe
Exploring unseen, unknown and even underground Brighton is one option for the curious-minded looking to expand their horizons. Tours range from the ever-popular trip down the drain to the city's Victorian sewers to guided walks to see the impressive
A heartbroken mother has spoken ahead of her daughter's funeral about how heroin ripped her family apart. Jane Manderson, 43, has told of the dangers of drugs after her eldest child, Louise, 25, died following a seven year battle with the drug. For
A merger is under way to bring 40 city centre nightspots under the same management. Pub group Zelgrain and club owners C-Side are forming a super-chain to run some of the best-known pubs, bars and nightclubs in Brighton and Hove. The move puts five
Police have condemned "mindless drunken yobs" who went on a wrecking spree causing thousands of pounds worth of damage to cars. Rewards of up to £200 are being offered today to help catch youngsters who attacked vehicles across Brighton and Hove at the
A man who attacked a cyclist was jailed today and told to grow up by a judge. Jamie Elms was punched and kicked and left with a broken ankle in the attack in Crawley. A few weeks later he was waiting at a level crossing in the town when his attacker
I had heard Pam Ann, who has done a private show for Elton John, is rapidly becoming a gay icon - but I didn't realize the show, and indeed the audience, would be so closely linked with the air travel industry. When Pam Ann, trolley dolly extraordinaire
A canteen was destroyed by fire today on the premises of a metalwork company. The blaze at the premises of Southdown Construction and Metalwork Ltd, Mill Road, Fishersgate, took hold at approximately 10.10am. Two fire engines from Shoreham and an additional
A troop of Scouts has been left homeless after their hut was destroyed by arsonists. Equipment worth tens of thousands of pounds and memorabilia from throughout the 9th Bexhill Scout group's 80-year history were destroyed in a huge blaze which spread
Nurses and other frontline health workers are facing increasing threats of violence across the country, with many assaults going unreported, it was revealed today. Unison called for a tough new campaign of zero tolerance and said people who attacked
Police investigating the death of a cyclist who was hit by a car are appealing for more witnesses to come forward. James Danson-Hatcher, 23, of Rugby Place, Brighton was hit by a Fiat Bravo on Saddlescombe Road at the junction with Devils Dyke Road,
A judge has spoken of the fear felt by the victims of burglary. Judge Austin Issard-Davies said the insecurity that resulted from having their homes violated stayed with the victims afterwards. He spoke out as he jailed Robert Holloway today for breaking
Firefighters have hit back at claims that retained fire crews are reacting slowly to fatal blazes. Questions have been raised by a number of people about Shoreham fire station's working practices after four fatal fires on its patch in the last 13 months
Police have confirmed that a man found dead near a parade of shops had hanged himself. Formal identification of the man, who is understood to have been 25-years-old and until recently lived in Crawley, has yet to take place. He was found at an address
Four youths allegedly involved in a happy-slapping incident which ended with one of them being knocked out have been charged to appear in court. The male teenagers were arrested in February following a violent incident at Imperial Arcade, opposite Churchill
Kevin Macdonald emails: "This year is the 25th anniversary of the Falklands war. "A good friend of mine, Eon Matthews (HMS Glamorgan), and myself (HMS Antrim) are organising a black-tie dinner to mark this occasion in the South East. "This event
In her everyday life, 46-year-old Adrienne Campbell is a science journalist, but over the past year she has been plotting to rid a small Sussex town of its fossil fuel addiction. She is part of a group called Transition Town Lewes (TTL) which,
Sheactive, the women's active wear retailer on North Street, Brighton, and local outfit, Nordic Walking for Health (NWfH), are offering introductory taster sessions at a cost of £15 per person, including Exel Nordic Walker pole hire, on one Tuesday
A Brighton MP is pressing the Government to name the date for its decision on Brighton and Hove Albion's Falmer stadium plans. David Lepper, Labour MP for Brighton Pavilion, has tabled Parliamentary Questions to the Government department headed by Ruth
In response to J James (Letters, April 18) about scaffolding at the Royal Pavilion, I thought readers would like to know more about the work we are carrying out. This is a major project, which began in 2005, to restore the stonework which has
Twelve Old Bailey jurors began their sixth week of deliberations today in the year-long fertiliser bomb plot trial. The five women and seven men have been considering their verdicts since March 16 but have not sat every day. They started their 22nd day
With a former bowls-playing mayor in office for the past year, some of us dared hope for an improving picture on the bowling scene in Brighton's parks but instead we have the sorry story of the with the demise of the once proud Kemp Town Bowls Club
The newly completed New England Quarter is addressing housing needs in a city where property prices have risen more than anywhere else in the last decade. But is it any good? Historian Chris Horlock takes a walk around the development - and finds it
Last week we reported on the disturbing case of Ben Vodden, the 11-year-old schoolboy found hanged in his bedroom after suffering a campaign of bullying. Today Miles Godfrey talks to a retired headteacher about what more could be done
If you spent New Year's Eve watching Jool Holland's Hootenanny on BBC2, you have my sympathy. But the highlight of an otherwise tepid show was when a greybearded 55-year-old man in dungarees upstaged Paul Weller, Marc Almond and The Kooks by
Chicago-based four-piece Pelican are an exciting and stimulating live spectacle. Their heady blend of slowburning post-rock soundscapes and sludgy doom metal mixes intelligence and intricacy with ear-pounding guitar-based indulgence. The Audio
I have to say I'd never seen a band with a 5ft-tall rapping frontman, who was brought on stage in a box. Said frontman, MC Mancub, was lifted out of said box and sat on bandmate's knee, before launching into a rap in the manner of a ventriloquist's
A football match in memory of an Albion fan killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York will be held this week. The sixth annual Robert Eaton Memorial Fund (Remf) match kicks off at the Dripping Pan, home of Lewes FC, at 7.45pm on Friday
Rolls-Royce, which builds its luxury cars in West Sussex, is hoping to find new buyers by building a showroom in the heart of China. It hopes its new car, the Phantom Drophead, goes down a storm in Chengdu Province after opening a new showroom
I have always considered the Brighton Festival Fringe to be wholesome family entertainment, so imagine my disgust on discovering an event this year entitled the Poetry Brothel. Not only this but the event is being held at the so-called Hanover
I would like to put the record straight regarding some issues mentioned in the Withdean independent candidate's leaflet that has been delivered across the ward. Contrary to his/her claim, I am, and have been for some time, working with residents
Your piece on the Mayne family's struggle with drugs (The Argus, April 18) was exactly the kind of challenging, insightful and relevant journalism you should be running. Really excellent stuff and the complete antithesis of the parochial "cat stuck
We parents attended Brighton and Hove City Council's planning meeting on April 4 at Hove Town Hall, to protest against a phone mast at the Rivervale car compound, in Victoria Road, Portslade, 100 metres away from St Mary's RC School in Vale Road
What kind of a world do we want, or speaking more locally, what kind of democracy do we want in Ifield? Democracy within a community, in theory, is one in which people have the means to participate in some meaningful way (not just putting an X
Dozens of families were evacuated from their homes after arsonists targeted a scout hut. Nine crews of firefighters from across East Sussex spent four hours battling the blaze at Wainwright Road in Bexhill last night after it spread from recycling bins
Albion boss Dean Wilkins has played down a blazing row between teenage midfielder Tommy Fraser and assistant manager Dean White. The pair clashed in the middle of the pitch following Saturday's 2-1 defeat by Swansea at the Liberty Stadium. Fraser was
Fluoridated water is poison on tap, no better than "snacks ruining children's teeth" (The Argus, April 17). Brighton and Hove declared itself as an opponent of water fluoridation on July 17, 2003, not long after the last local elections, when a
I am amazed at the obstacles put in the way of the Albion and a new football stadium being built at Falmer (Letters, April 9). This time, the problem appears to be employment, or non-employment, by the Albion. In recent years, Bolton, Hull, Leicester
Vicki Davies makes precisely the right point regarding Brighton and Hove City Council and affordable housing (Letters, April 17). Let's applaud the desire for affordable housing but where are the plans guaranteeing such an outcome? Having just
I would like to say a very big thank you to the gentleman who helped push our steaming car off the gridlocked A27 last week. Also, many thanks to the other two gents who also pushed, let us use their mobile and took my partner and daughter to after-school
Shoreham Airport could pass to its second private owner in less than a year - casting doubt over a guarantee that runway expansion is not on the agenda. Erinaceous, the Croydon-based property company which bought the airport for £8.6 million last summer
Angry couples have found their wedding plans in tatters after a bridal boutique suddenly went bust. Calls from angry brides flooded in to The Argus after we broke the story on Friday. Some were left with only a few days to find new dresses after the
Queen's Park is another hotly contested ward, with Labour, the Greens and the Conservatives all in the running. Council leader Simon Burgess, former council leader Ken Bodfish and Delia Forester will hope their work across the city, as well as
Chris Adams today warned Sussex's Championship rivals: "We can only get better." The county made the perfect start to their title defence at Hove on Saturday when they needed less than an hour to knock off their target of 56 to complete an eight-wicket
Hundreds of runners from Sussex completed the London Marathon in sweltering conditions yesterday. A record field of more than 36,500 took on the 26-mile course in temperatures which soared above 21C, the hottest the race has been run in. The weather
Labour and the Greens both took seats in Preston Park in 2003. But with the controversial secondary school admissions changes dominating much of the debate, the race is wide open. The last election saw the Greens' Richard Mallender crowned the
Parking campaigners have persuaded the council to create 20 new spaces in a congested city centre and believe it may be possible to make hundreds more. New bays will be drawn up around the West Hill and Seven Dials areas of Brighton in the next
She may have launched her career with a soft rock ode to the DJ request line (Pilot of the Airwaves made it to number 13 on the US charts back in 1979) but today there's something thoroughly, pleasingly adult about Charlie Dore's songwriting. At once
Taxi drivers fought it out yesterday in a seafront contest in aid of The Argus Appeal. More than 25 cabbies competed in time trials over a slalom course at Madeira Drive, Brighton, to win the title of Taxi Driver of the Year and a £1,500 cash
St Peter's Church, Brighton, may be under threat of closure but on Saturday 300 people who attended a special service to celebrate marriage showed the congregation is very much alive and kicking. Reporters Andy Chiles and Louise Acford spoke
