The family of a BBC make-up artist has made a desperate plea for information after she went missing while on a trip to London a week ago. Diane Chenery-Wickens said goodbye to her husband David at Kensington Olympia train station seven days ago and has
A councillor's son died after taking a massive overdose of cocaine and collapsing on a beach. Robert Clark, 33, had snorted 'colossal' amounts of the class A drug and was twice the drink driving limit when he died at a spot near Glyne Gap, Bexhill.
Shopkeepers are up in arms after market traders were handed another five years to sell their goods. The popular Wednesday street market in Worthing has taken a significant amount of trade away from established shops in the town, local businesses claim
A retired electricity worker has launched a legal bid to stop his local post office from closing. Jonathan Coe, whose wife Judy Brown, 61, is disabled, is furious the Hastings Old Town branch will be closed and has written to the Post Office and government
A sex shop boss is making her third bid to sell hardcore films. But Kathleen Sutton, proprietor of Secret Desires, Rowlands Road, Worthing, faces a barrage of objections. Borough councillors have received protest petitions containing almost 2,000 names
DEAN Hammond is in talks with Colchester over a move to the club at the bottom of the Championship. Colchester have made another offer for Albion's unsettled skipper after having a £200,000 bid turned down at the start of the January transfer window.
A schoolgirl has been cautioned by police after she let off a pepper spray canister at a college. The 18-year-old, from Langley Green, Crawley, was arrested yesterday after the incident at Central Sussex College in Crawley, for a public order offence
Striker Alex Revell this afternoon completed his £150,000 move to League One Southend. Revell, 24, has a signed a two-and-half year contract. Revell has scored seven goals for Albion this season, including a hat-trick against Bournemouth in January.
Aesop Rock will be familiar to a fair few Brightonians by way of his barnstorming collaboration with local dancefloor titans Evil Nine, and the warped wordplay and bizarre lyrical imagery that characterised this, and his own releases, on NYC leftfield
There aren't many gigs that end in a 15-minute noise-fest as the guitarist is carried past you in the middle of the crowd on someone's shoulders. But British Sea Power's triumphant homecoming climaxed with a rumbling wave of sound that left my ears buzzing
"Had Liberace never lied, he might have done better" philosophises Bobby Crush about the flamboyant piano player who is the subject of his latest show. "He died thinking that if his fans knew he was gay, it would be the end of his career. He even fought
Up to 650 Sussex workers have been told they must move to Luton or risk losing their jobs following a multi-million pound merger. The workers face redundancy from TUI Travel in Crawley. The German company merged the popular Thomson and First Choice
"OK, let's see if we can mangle this motherf*** er as well", half-joked Ashley Slater as he herded his band into a haphazard version of Freakpower's number one hit Tune On, Tune In, Cop Out. The song was more than a little wayward, but also perfectly
Jonny Dixon has completed his £55,000 switch from Aldershot to Albion after passing a medical today. Dixon joins on a two-and-a-half year deal and will join his new colleagues for training tomorrow. The 5ft 9in striker admitted he had no idea the Seagulls
Up to 800 new homes could be built on the site of a former mental hospital. The 36 acres of land north of Chichester city centre once housed the Graylingwell Hospital. Developers Linden Homes and Downland have signed an agreement with national regeneration
A Sussex teenager is bidding to help make American political history after he joined Barack Obama's campaign trail in the build-up to the US elections. Edmund 'Teddy' Nicholson, from Lewes, is spending his gap year campaigning for the Democrat candidate
Dick Knight is polarising opinion among Albion fans more than at any time during his period as chairman. But he deserves credit for what he has achieved in the transfer window. Even his most devoted disciples must have been sceptical when he promised
Defender Ronnie Bull admits a clash of personalities with boss Steve Evans played a part in his departure from Crawley. Bull agreed to have the rest of his contract cancelled on Monday after being told he was not in Evans' plans for the future. The
A postman alerted firefighters after he spotted black smoke billowing from a house. Crews from Horsham were called to Capel Road, in Rusper, near Horsham, at about noon today. They found smoke coming from a faulty boiler. The fault caused black smoke
A hotel manager and waiter traded blows after a boozy staff do descended into a punch-up. Saimir Shehu punched waiter Kamil Domagala after leaving the bash at The Mansion Hotel, Eastbourne. But he was cleared of any wrongdoing after telling a court
Jonathon Bradshaw is catching up on his rest after completing a gruelling 60-day trek to the South Pole. The former IT engineer returned to his home in Middleton last week after he and four others became the first all Irish group to reach the pole.
Residents living near a youth hostel have warned other people across Sussex that they could be in for a torrid time. The Youth Hostel Association (YHA) is set to unveil three new properties next year, including two in Sussex. New hostels will be opened
A delivery driver is taking the Government to court over its refusal to hold a referendum on the controversial EU Lisbon Treaty. Stuart Bower, from Upper Beeding, near Steyning, is bringing a claim against Prime Minister Gordon Brown to force him
Nick Dodds, who has resigned as chief executive of Brighton Dome and Festival, speaks to Rachel Wareing about the highs and lows at the helm of two of Brighton's greatest arts institutions. When Nick Dodds was appointed chief executive eight years ago
If sections of our beaches have to be closed due to the timber from the sunken Ice Prince (The Argus, January 26), the solution is quite simple. Calculate the cost of privately hiring these sections of beach, for however many days or weeks, and
The disappearance of a freelance make-up artist from East Sussex has sparked a police appeal for help. Diane Chenery-Wickens, of Duddleswell, near Crowborough, travelled from East Grinstead to London by train with her husband David on January 24. The
A labourer spent almost a year and a half in a coma before finally dying as a result of a road crash. Louis Cruttenden, 19, of Battle Road, Hailsham, lost control of his Honda Civic on the A267 outside Horam, on January 20, 2006. He crashed
We would like to wholeheartedly endorse Alan Randall's calls for the regeneration of Madeira Drive (Letters, January 28), much of which falls within our ward. It must be made a more attractive and safer place to visit without detracting from the
Hollyoaks star Helen Noble has spoken out against planned funding cuts to a Sussex arts venue. On the day the Arts Council met to make a final decision on proposals to slash handouts to hundreds of arts organisations across the UK, the TV actress told
Why was it that when I wrote to the Foreign Secretary David Miliband about the fate of the remaining British residents in Guantanamo Bay, did I receive a reply from the Counter Terrorism Department? These detainees have not been charged or tried
A wildlife centre's most treasured bird has been stolen. The theft of the Bewick's swan from Arundel Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust has got staff in a flap as it had been there since the centre opened in 1980. But rather than being a bird of the feathered
I only hope Steve Windsor did not read the article about a car crash involving an older driver (The Argus, January 29) or it will start him off again writing about older drivers who should be banned from driving. I have to agree that some older
I am writing to say a big thank you to all our volunteers with the WRVS in Brighton, Hove and Portslade Meals on Wheels. Our volunteers have given up a total of 9,384 hours during the past year to deliver hot meals to the elderly and vulnerable
I am writing to thank all local Argos customers and staff who generously donated funds to Leukaemia Research Argos Charity Shop of the Year at collections held in the Western Road and Hollingbury stores on January 19. The collections held to mark
I am writing to say how appalled I am at the casual and indiscriminate use of foul language by both youngsters and adults these days. Whether it is in the pub, in shops or on the streets of Brighton and Hove, barely five minutes goes past without
I live in Shoreham, in a block of flats on the Old Shoreham Road overlooking the River Adur and Shoreham airport. This position affords my husband and myself wonderful views. Recently we've seen the vegetation being cleared on the old Steyning
I took the bus to Brighton last week for a day out with a friend. As there are no longer post offices near me in Mile Oak, and needing to post a birthday card, I thought I would kill two birds with one stone and post it in Brighton. Sounds a simple
With regard to the story of a blue badge holder receiving a parking ticket (The Argus, January 29), both my late father and my father in-lawboth have used blue badges. In the case of my father-in-law, due to his glaucoma, I took on the responsibility
The Healthcare Commission report, released at the end of last week, highlighted the huge variation in the quality of maternity care across England. In the words of Mary Newburn from the National Childbirth Trust: "Women can be emotionally traumatised
Eastbourne MP Nigel Waterson has been arrested for allegedly assaulting his children. Police received a 999 call at midnight on Sunday and seized the Tory frontbencher from his home. The shadow pensions minister was questioned for 13 hours before
Residents are furious at a firm which is transporting green waste from across the South East to their quiet village. KPS Composting Services has applied for permission to quadruple the number of lorries travelling to and from its premises in Lewes Road
Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd is set in an almost monochrome London in the latter half of the 1800s. It's a grand guignol that pays homage to the Victorian melodrama, while providing us with as much realistic throat slitting as you'd ever see in a more
A gang of youths hacked down trees and set them alight next to bins. Firefighters from Hove have now been called to the Knoll recreation ground, off Stapley Road, Hangleton, three times in the last week. Crews were called out again at 10.30pm yesterday
Firefighters were called to a hotel after a blaze broke out in a staff locker room. Crews from Brighton were called to the Metropole, in King's Road, at about 11.30pm yesterday. The blaze began in a bin in the staff locker room. Firefighters believe
Taxpayers are being dealt a raw deal over the cost of rubbish collections, it has been claimed. Martin King, former leader of Adur District Council, says the merger of Adur and Worthing councils' budgets for refuse and recycling will force
A former BBC newsreader whose alcohol abuse led to him sleeping rough has now left rehab and moved into a flat - above an off-licence. Ed Mitchell, 54, came out of The Priory, a rehabilitation centre in London, after a fiveweek programme to help
Albion are selling striker Alex Revell to Southend and replacing him with Aldershot's Jonny Dixon. Revell will complete a £150,000 move to Southend on Wednesday subject to medical clearance. He was ruled out of the Seagulls' 1-0 defeat at Northampton
Landlords are reporting losses of up to £1,000 a week since the smoking ban was introduced. With the new law now six months old, others are reporting losing a third of their trade as punters shun their local in favour of a can of lager and a cigarette
Albion manager Dean Wilkins has hit out at Michel Kuipers over a feud with team-mate Adam El-Abd. The pair were involved in a second-half bust-up which led to a booking for Kuipers in Tuesday's 1-0 defeat at Northampton. The Dutch keeper was still furious
Chamal Fenelon scored for the second game in succession but Horsham had to settle for a 1-1 draw with Ramsgate in an ill-tempered Ryman premier clash at the Atspeed Stadium. A disappointing opening half saw Lee Farrell lob just wide in the 34th minute
One in six 11 and 12-year-olds in the city are classed as obese, shock figures reveal today. About ten per cent of five year olds in Brighton and Hove are also dangerously overweight. Meanwhile one in ten adult men and women are obese. The obesity
