Albion have released long-serving trio Kerry Mayo, Gary Hart and Guy Butters. They are among TEN players not offered new contracts after the Seagulls narrowly missed out on the League One play-offs. Paul Reid has also been released, along with David
Albion are counting the cost of their drop back into the third tier of English football. The Seagulls made a loss of more than £2.8 million in the year ending June 2007, their first season in League One following relegation from the Championship. It
Former Albion stalwart Paul Watson is one of three players who have been released by Crawley Town. Watson, 33, spent much of the second half of the season on loan at Havant and Waterlooville although he made a surprise appearance as a substitute in Monday's
The County League season came to a close with a 1-1 draw between Hassocks and Wick in division one. Scott Murfin put Wick ahead on 25 minutes but Lawrence Robinson levelled ten minutes after the interval.
Eastbourne Borough chairman Len Smith has slammed the Blue Square south for messing up his club's big night out. The Conference told Borough on Saturday their play-off final against Hampton and Richmond on Thursday had been switched from Stevenage to
Health bosses have formally backed plans for a shake up of hospital services. Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust (PCT) has approved a recommendation that will keep most accident and emergency services at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards
Trevor Geer has shrugged off criticism of his team's narrow win over Swindon and backed them to follow it up with success on the road. Eastbourne Eagles chase a second away victory of the season when they go to injury-hit Belle Vue Aces in the Elite
A pedestrian has been left seriously injured after he was knocked down by a car. He was hit by a Peugeot 106 in Tarring Road, Worthing, at 8.40pm today. The man was taken to Worthing Hospital with what are believed to be serious injuries. Anyone who
Horsham Ladies have retained their national league status. After seven play-off games Horsham have preserved their place in the Women's National South division for next season. They won through a two-legged play-off to qualify for a six-team round-robin
Richard Coleman claimed five wickets as holders Crowhurst Park cruised into the semi-finals of the East Sussex League's InterSport of Lewes Trophy. Coleman finished with figures of 5-32 as Crowborough were bowled out for just 98 from 24 overs. That
Isolation wards are to be opened at two hospitals following an outbreak of a highly infectious bug. A 16-bed ward will be operating at Worthing Hospital by the end of the month to bring down the number of cases of clostridium difficile (C diff
A foreign trucker has been jailed for killing a grandmother as he tried to overtake her bike. Polish driver Robert Plichta, 23, was sentenced to a year in prison after he knocked down cyclist Barbara Bone on the A259 in Littlehampton in April last
The RAF's oldest full time flyer has retired from the service after 40 years of the high life. Flight Lieutenant Wistow, 63, faces a grounded existence following his distinguished navigating career. Flt Lt Wistow, who grew up in Hove, joined the Royal
Matt Prior wears the Three Lions again on Thursday a better player than when he last appeared for his country. That is the view of Sussex captain Chris Adams, who has been impressed with the way Prior reacted to losing his England place. It is almost
Vandals have trashed a school's garden days before it was due to open to the public as part of a national initiative. Staff and pupils at St Joseph's Primary in Davey Drive, Hollingdean, Brighton, were devastated when they arrived at school this morning
Future recruits to Brighton and Hove Albion will be forced to learn English before they can join the club, the Government announced today. Home Office minister Liam Byrne confirmed that new rules requiring skilled workers from outside the European
Singer Jay Kay and boxer Chris Eubank caused a stir as bank holiday temperatures brought crowds to the coast. Thousands of visitors descended on Brighton while 20,000 bikers made the annual journey from London to Hastings. The Sussex seaside was
A 21-year-old man arrested after footage was posted on the YouTube website of two boys being goaded into fighting each other has escaped with a police caution. The man, who has not been named, answered bail in Crawley, West Sussex, after being held by
A desperate mother says police have refused to stop her 15-year-old daughter living with a 26-year-old father-of-five. Suzanne Woolvern says she is worried sick about her daughter Victoria Pilkington, who has been living with unemployed Jack Moore in
Yesterday I was telling my doctor about the various vitamins I always take and she replied abruptly: "Don't waste your money on that rubbish!" Surely she's not right, is she? Well, there are very few doctors who regularly swallow vitamins themselves
An illegal immigrant tied up, tortured and robbed his former boss and her children to pay off the Triad gangsters who smuggled him into the country. Chinese Xiang Lin, 39, one of three masked men who broke into the plush four-bedroom home, bound and
Since I gave birth to my third baby, I have felt very "slack" down below. This is having a bad effect on my relationship with my partner because both of us feel my vagina is now much too loose. Any ideas? You need to start immediately on some "pelvic
My daughter, age 18, wants to go on the Pill. Am I right in thinking there's a greater risk at her age that it might cause a heart attack? Wouldn't it be better if she waited till she was in her 20s, when I imagine it would be safer? No, it's really
I'm 36, and last night in bed my boyfriend pointed out my left nipple has suddenly started turning inwards. Does this matter? Inturning of the nipple can indicate serious trouble in the breast. You really must see your GP this week and ask her to refer
My mum keeps complaining of the cold, even on quite hot days. Also she seems to have got really "slow" in her movements recently and has put on a lot of weight. All these things suggest the possibility of an underactive thyroid gland. That's common
I am 39 and I'm glad to say I've just embarked on a passionate new love affair. The only trouble is, I am finding myself embarrassingly "dry" these days. Why? Well, you could be a bit out of practice. However, it is common for women to secrete less
We've suddenly got a load of big furry caterpillars in our garden. Could they harm my children? Possibly. As the climate warms, the larvae of the oak processionary moth have suddenly started turning up in England. Their hairs can give children unpleasant
Winning the lottery is a dream-come-true most of us will, sadly, never get to experience. So what is it really like to become an overnight millionaire? Ruth Addicott meets three winning women in Sussex and asks why, with a Prada budget, they are still
With its rolling lush countryside, six acres of woodland, private lake and riverside location, the Windell family home in France is the sort of place where many people would dream of living. That's without even mentioning the pleasant climate and culinary
Albion have confirmed an end-of-season clear-out after narrowly missing out on the League One play-offs. Long serving trio Kerry Mayo, Gary Hart and Guy Butters head a list of TEN players released by the club. The others are Paul Reid, Sam Rents, David
A "cold-blooded" killer strangled his prison cell mate to death while singing the American national anthem, a court heard. Simon Wishart, who claims to be from the States, throttled Gareth Russell then made out his victim had hanged himself. After the
Old Steine is one of the busiest streets in Brighton, with a constant flow of cars, lorries and buses. But more than a century ago, it was a fairly peaceful place as this postcard shows. Horse-drawn carriages appear to be the only means of transport
Emma Williams emails. "A couple of friends and I are organising a school reunion to be held on June 7. "It's for the class of 1991, Portslade Community College, and will be at the Crown and Anchor in Shoreham High Street from 7.30pm until late.
A software developer has dived into its pool of creative talent and organised an art exhibition for the Brighton Festival. Relentless Software, famous for making the Buzz! series of quiz computer games, is displaying paintings, photographs, animations
One of the biggest airlines operating from Gatwick is bucking the gloom and doom surrounding the industry. Emirates, which flies three services a day from the Sussex airport, is tipped to overtake British Airways as the world's largest long-haul
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Disclaimer: Any views or advice in this weblog should not be taken as a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment, especially if you know you have a specific health complaint. Prescribed medication should not be stopped or varied without conventional
Do you really need to buy your apples in a hermetically-sealed container? Since when have swedes had to be shrink-wrapped? And why do computer mice come in boxes big enough to hold an elephant? For this month's Let's Do It' campaign, Sarah Lewis unravels
From the moment the thumping bass kicks in to herald the start of proceedings, to the final, gravity-defying acrobatics at the end, the Tom Tom Club is thrilling. As promised, the show is less a performance and more of a party, and the kind you'd end
"Everyone in Brighton is either in a band or writing a novel" was the warning I got when I first moved to Brighton. The Brighton Moment was the night the writers all came out of their high garrets to celebrate the city they love with largely true short
If Toronto duo Ethan Kath and Alice Glass had never burst out of their bedrooms you'd be hard-pressed to imagine such a bizarrely off-kilter spectacle. As producer Kath hunches anonymously over his keyboard to deliver an endless stream of bleeps and
Legend has it that hair harbours mystical powers - poor Samson discovered this when he lost his locks and no wizard worth his abracadabra would be seen out with anything less than a full beard. When David Bramwell inherited an encased moustache from
No surprise that an enthusiastic review from Peep Show's David Mitchell proudly adorns posters for this show. The sitcom was clearly a defining influence. Michael is a morose slacker obsessed by pop culture and unable, or unwilling, to find a job, while
Think of burlesque in its modern incarnation and most people think of saucy retro glamour, titillating but never tawdry. Traditionally however, it has more in common with the music hall tradition of cheap, low-brow entertainment. In that sense, Le Scandal
People are using a secret network of email addresses and cyber identities to manage hectic lifestyles and conduct illicit affairs. Brighton and Hove residents have more than 718,000 online personalities, while 15 per cent have more than five email
Albion's fringe midfielder Doug Loft has been offered a new one-year contract. Loft made only his second start of the season in the Seagulls' closing 1-0 home defeat by League One champions Swansea on Saturday. What do you think?
A flying festival advertised as the biggest free air show on the south coast will charge punters for the first time this year. Eastbourne Borough Council has announced charges of up to £6 to watch Airborne from the seafront's prime viewing spots. Tens
A cashier has been charged and another arrested following claims a large quantity of cash had been stolen from bank customers. Ruth Dale, 48, and Lynne Harvey, 51, have been sacked from the Alliance and Leicester in Western Road, Brighton. Police
As a Green Party candidate attending the election count in Worthing on Thursday, I would like to comment on the incident which took place (The Argus, May 3). I admit that I, like everyone else, was at first irritated by what seemed an inappropriate
After hearing about the recent attempts by police to close down the cannabis café in Lancing, one of which involved the use of a tractor (The Argus, November 11), I was shocked to see taxpayers' money wasted on such a huge scale. The stretched
I have just received my latest gas and electricity bills for the last quarter and to say I was shocked is an understatement. Both bills have risen by a substantial amount even though I have used quite a lot less this quarter, knowing that the costs
The Brighton Society is relieved to learn that City College does not plan to sell the Connaught Centre to Tesco (The Argus, May 2). However, the society would like to question the assertion by Phil Frier, principal of City College, that the Learning
Are we going to see some action on the restoration of the bandstand on Hove seafront or not? I imagine that all the people of Brighton and Hove want to see it restored so why aren't we seeing any action? Are we in for yet another summer in which
I share Jon Barrenechea's opposition to the siting of a Starbucks branch in St James's Street (Letters, May 3). However, which café gets our custom is entirely down to us, the customers. With coffee prices shooting skywards, rather than be drawn
Why whenever there's a carnival, procession or demonstration, the only instruments are drums and whistles? Doesn't anyone play instruments any more? Or is this another example of the demise of something, in this case the marching band. Craig Stirling
In our vibrant, growing community in Burgess Hill, I welcome the provision of local services which bring advantages and conveniences that make our lives better. One example is the opening of the new driving test centre later this year in Charles
Albion have axed three more members of the squad which missed out by a place on the League One play-offs. Young leftback Sam Rents, Irish midfielder Shane McFaul and French midfielder David Martot have all been told they are not being offered contracts
Anyone passing Brighton Station will have seen the new offices of East Sussex Credit Union, officially opened this week by anti-poverty campaigner Polly Toynbee (The Argus, May 2). The new offices are good news for the city. The reality of the credit
I was unlucky enough to severely cut my hand in a fall at the weekend. As a consequence, I spent three hours in A&E in the Royal Sussex County Hospital. The care and attention I received from staff at the Royal Sussex was absolutely wonderful.
I agree with Ray Fletcher that we need another bank holiday in Britain (Letters, May 5). However, I'm sure we don't need it in July. We already have bank holidays in May and August and then most, if not all of us, get a summer break of at least
A mirrored sculpture which appeared on April Fool's Day and was due to be auctioned for charity has been stolen. Bemused readers contacted The Argus after the odd-shaped monolith suddenly appeared on the grass verge in Roedean Road, Brighton. Phone
Albion stalwarts Kerry Mayo, Gary Hart and Guy Butters have all been released. The long-serving trio are the main casualties of an end-of-season clearout by the Seagulls. Boss Dean Wilkins and his assistant Dean White held meetings today and yesterday
People power appears to have forced health bosses to change their minds about cutting hospital accident and emergency departments but changes are still afoot. So how much should we really be celebrating? Health reporter Siobhan Ryan takes a closer look
Just looking through the Argus cutting out the Fringe clippings for our files and I came across the article in the comments section titled, "No more than a freak show". Jean I hear what your saying, but it sounds like this: nahhh nahhh nahhh! I’m sorry
Frontline hospital workers and vulnerable patients are being hit in the pocket by parking fees. Hospitals in Brighton and Haywards Heath made £721,000 from patient and staff car parking in just 12 months, new figures reveal. The total annual amount
A Facebook group is asking people to "wake up and smell the coffee" in a campaign against an international café chain. Brighton and Hove City Council has received a planning application from Starbucks to convert the old Sussex Stationers bookshop
The starkness of just four musicians against a black backdrop was a slightly disconcerting opening if you're used to the visual splendour of opera at Glyndebourne. But the lack of props or any diversion meant your focus was firmly on the acoustics, which
At first glance Ivan Brackenbury's hospital DJ came from the same camp as Al Murray's Pub Landlord and Steve Coogan's Alan Partridge. He was a misguided, enthusiastic character you would probably cross the street to avoid in real life, trying his best
Set in a Soho Club in the late 1950s, Mojo tells of a nightmare weekend following the abduction of Silver Johnny, a singing sensation, and the subsequent discovery of the two halves of the club owner's body. It is a study of the ever-shifting relationships
After a nine-year hiatus Kosher crooner Lenny Beige is back at the Brighton Festival. From what he tells us during a repertoire that includes Goldfinger, Pop Goes The Weasel and a lounge version of the Oompa Loompa song, little has changed - other than
Thirteen years since Bully uttered his final moo, Jim Bowen was back with a sack of stories from the Bullseye years. After a brief background on his early years on the North West club circuit, Bowen entertained with cock-ups from his days as king of
Offering starters of histories, main courses of tragedies and desserts of comedies, with the option of a "sonnet of the day", the menus are slightly different at Pizza Express on Sunday mornings during the festival. It certainly feels strange to weigh
The firm trying to take over Shoreham Airport is expected to meet council staff to finalise the deal this week. Senior councillors hope urgent talks can put an end to the confusion surrounding the site, whose previous owners went bust last month
Hidden in the fittingly purgatorial bowels of Komedia's studio bar, this claustraphobic double header about guilt and redemption offers a thought-provoking shot across the bows for those of us who hide behind a uniform. The traditional paradigm of feted
Watching sketch teams can be an awkward experience at times. Played without the right mix of skill they can feel like bursting in on a private joke and the inevitable hit-and-miss nature of such livewire comedy requires charisma and theatrical ability
Alex Paterson, mainstay of The Orb for what seems like a generation, has a great pedigree. He was around at the dawn of ambient house and is a master sampler in the studio. Little Fluffy Clouds may have been over-played but it summed up the bliss of
A schoolgirl who threw a party which caused devastation at her mother's house has still not returned home. Gemma Johnson, 15, was allowed a sleepover with three friends at the house in Alberta Road, Durrington, near Worthing, on February 22. When
Mary Whitehouse wouldn't have liked the Lady Boys. But then, like most of those outraged by their perceived sexual deviance, she wouldn't have deigned to see them. If she had, the late moral crusader would have been disappointed. The Lady Boys, in their
Presenting a contemporary dance show based on Ovid's epic poem Metamorphoses and inspired by Brazilian carnival culture was an ambitious idea - even for a company as talented and imaginative as the Ballet National de Marseille. Director Frederic Flamand's
Kali and Todd are the sort of couple people love to hate. They are young, they are beautiful, they have a dream home they did up themselves and they have booked a holiday in Stockholm, Sweden, flying Finn Air. When they met it was love at first sight
Andrew Donno warmed up for this weekend's Sussex Track and Field Championships with a hat-trick of wins to give Brighton and Hove City a flying start in the Southern Men's League. Donno, 20, won the 5,000m in 17min.13.5sec, the 3,000m steeplechase in
About 40 drinkers were evacuated from a pub when an air conditioning unit caught fire. The fire broke out at The Roundstone in Roundstone Lane, East Preston, near Littlehampton, last night. Crews from East Preston fire station were called to the blaze
An elderly woman died in a car crash at a crossroads this morning. She was driving a Suzuki Vitara which was involved in a collision with a white van at the junction of Beggar's Wood Road and North Common Road at North Chailey, near Lewes. The crash
Chris Adams is in the pink after changing his bat and scoring his first hundred of the season. The Sussex skipper made an unbeaten 109 against Middlesex at Hove yesterday to guide Sussex to a seven-wicket win in the FP Trophy. Adams has been using a
Scott Chamberlain hopes his spectacular winning goal in the Sussex Senior Cup final will not be his last in an Albion shirt. Chamberlain fired in a 25-yard thunderbolt as an Albion Reserves side featuring ten out-of-contract players beat Crawley 1-0
Skipper Wes Fogden praised the professionalism of his team-mates as they put the uncertainty over their own futures to one side to maintain Albion's 100 per cent record in the Sussex Senior Cup final. Scott Chamberlain's long-range strike a minute before
Tens of thousands of children are being banned from cycling because their parents are too worried to let them out on the road, a new survey has revealed. The figures show that three-quarters of parents in the south of England will not let their children
