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  • Crawley turn down hat-trick of signings

    Crawley boss Steve Evans is ready to plunge into the loan market after turning down the chance to sign three players before last night's transfer deadline. Evans held talks with a hat-trick of targets yesterday but says they were asking for too much

  • Albion miss out on trio of targets

    Albion are reeling from a hat-trick of knockbacks on the final day of the January transfer window. They failed to pull off deals for THREE main transfer targets to compensate for the departures of captain Dean Hammond to Colchester for £250,000 and striker

  • Albion have improved bid for Leven rejected

    Albion have been frustrated again in their attempts to land Chesterfield captain and midfielder Peter Leven. A £100,000 bid has been rejected by the League Two club after the Seagulls had a £50,000 offer for the 24-year-old Scot turned down earlier this

  • Missing make-up woman's husband arrested for murder

    The reverend husband of the missing BBC make-up artist Diane Chenery-Wickens has been arrested on suspicion of murder. David Chenery-Wickens was tonight being questioned by detectives investigating the disappearance of his wife. The couple's £500,000

  • Police net record haul of designer drug

    Detectives seized their biggest-ever haul of a designer drug after police pulled over a driver for going through a No Entry sign. The routine stop led to the discovery of a huge cache of crystal MDMA - a highly pure form of Ecstasy - at a house being

  • Debbie's smashing love life

    The right spark between two people can be mind blowing - but for Debbie Wolf it can be bulb blowing. She has startled a few partners for keeping them in the dark about her bedroom antics because it is literally lights out when she is aroused. Debbie's

  • Plans for off-road motorbike track take shape

    Plans are being developed to build an off-road motorcycle track to stop bikers destroying public parks. Brighton and Hove City Council and Sussex Police have identified about a dozen sites as possible locations for the area's first legal circuit. The

  • Hammond joins Colchester for £250,000

    Albion skipper Dean Hammond has completed a £250,000 move to the Championship's bottom club Colchester. The 24-year-old midfielder cannot make his debut in Saturday's home game against Sheffield United, as he is still serving a three-match suspension

  • Motorists to face huge parking charge rises

    Motorists are to be hit by big increases in parking charges to fund the Government's OAP bus pass fiasco. Price rises for resident parking permits, visitor vouchers, pay-and-display spaces and a car park will raise an extra £1.4 million a year, plugging

  • The great chase for speedway star Nicholls

    Bob Dugard has revealed how he tried to sign Scott Nicholls for Eastbourne Eagles as an unknown rookie. Nicholls is now one of the most recognisable faces in British speedway as he heads to Arlington on loan from Coventry. The Team GB skipper, Grand

  • Eagles miss out on Wells

    Eastbourne Eagles are hunting a new No. 7 after first choice Ricky Wells turned them down. Thre 16-year-old New Zealander, based in California, wants another year learning his trade on the American circuit.

  • Stevens stays at Crawley

    Highly-rated defender Jamie Stevens is staying at Crawley. The 18-year-old had a three-day trial with Championship side Ipswich Town this week with a view to a permanent deal. The Championship side agreed to meet Reds' valuation for the young stopper

  • Lorry falls over on building site

    A lorry carrying liquid concrete toppled over after the ground gave way - leaving the vehicle's 30ft arm resting on a building site. Passers-by watched in amazement as the lorry tilted gradually as the pavement collapsed under a rear stabilising leg.

  • Crackdown on blue badge theft

    A major crackdown on drivers using stolen disabled badges is being launched. Police and parking attendants are patrolling from Monday to look for drivers using stolen badges and able-bodied drivers parking in disabled spaces. One in five thefts from

  • Crawley boss faces FA rap

    Crawley manager Steve Evans has been charged by the Football Association for his behaviour during last Saturday's game at Woking. He has been punished for improper conduct after being sent from the dug-out for the fourth time this season. Evans was

  • Council leader condemns extra red tape

    Senior politicians have criticised new proposals they believe will increase red tape within local authorities across Sussex. West Sussex County Council claims a new Government inspection regime will dramatically increase bureaucracy within local authorities

  • Father jailed for killing baby girl

    A father was jailed for seven years after being found guilty today of killing his eight-month-old daughter in a fit of temper while his wife ate dinner downstairs. Scott Harman, 25, shook or flung Jessica Harman with force because she had probably been

  • Plans for community hospital take huge step forward

    Plans to build a multi-million pound community hospital have taken a huge step forward. West Sussex Primary Care Trust (PCT) has given the go-ahead to develop a business plan for the creation of the hospital at Littlehampton. If all goes to plan, work

  • Rugby: Fear of failure drives on Heath

    Dave Wattam has revealed the fear of failure which is driving Haywards Heath in their title quest. Heath are three points behind leaders Jersey and they play their match in hand at Wimbledon on Saturday. Wattam, scorer of two tries in last week's win

  • Horsham injury crisis

    Horsham have been plunged into an injury crisis. Play-off-pushing Hornets extended their unbeaten league run to six matches with a 1-1 home draw against Ramsgate this week. But they paid a heavy price with Lee Carney, Nigel Brake and Andy Howard all

  • McGuigan backs Minter for world glory

    Boxing legend Barry McGuigan believes Ross Minter can cause an upset and beat world champion Michael Jennings on Saturday night. McGuigan, the brilliant former WBA world featherweight champion, was Minter's team captain for the UK versus USA Contender

  • Drury boost for Lewes

    Lewes hope to have Andy Drury back for Saturday's game with Bognor. Drury missed last Saturday's 4-0 win at Welling with a calf problem but was expected to train last night. The winger has been in excellent form for Lewes this season and has been watched

  • Albion renew interest in Currie

    Albion have renewed their interest in luring Darren Currie back to Withdean from Luton in the quest for midfield re-enforcements. Currie rejected a return to the Seagulls in the summer in favour of Luton but the Hatters have been in financial turmoil

  • Drugs case gambler walks free

    A gambler accused of making thousands of pounds from drug dealing has walked free from court. John McCracken, 41, was arrested after police raided his home in Brighton and discovered more than £30,000 in cash and betting chips heavily contaminated

  • The University of Sussex Conference Centre

    The University of Sussex Conference Centre is nestled in the South Dow at Falmer, just off the A27, this convenient location makes it easy to reach wherever you are travelling from, with easy access to Brighton, London and Gatwick Airport. The campus

  • Bullet For My Valentine, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton, Jan 30

    This gig marked the first night of what will be two years of constant touring for the band affectionately known to their fans as "Bullet". Their entrance couldn't have been better either, with their shadows looming large on a veil which then dropped,

  • Robyn Hitchcock, Komedia, Brighton, Jan 30

    It was a Roxy Music tape bought from a Seaford record shop which inspired Robyn Hitchcock's masterpiece according to the cult singer-songwriter. Robyn opened his celebration of 1984 album I Often Dream Of Trains with an endearingly ropey version of Bryan

  • Widow allowed to keep £104,000 compensation payout

    A 93-year-old widow whose home of 60 years burnt down due to the "negligence" of an uninsured electrician has held on to her £104,000 compensation payout. Hilda Drake lost a lifetime's worth of possessions - including all her photos - when her two-bedroom

  • Albion step up Leven chase

    Albion are poised to step up their attempts to land Chesterfield midfielder and captain Peter Leven following a double injury blow. Paul Reid and Tommy Fraser have both been ruled out for several weeks. Reid limped off with medial knee ligament damage

  • Bomb plotter charged with scalding fellow inmate

    A convicted al Qaida terrorist has been charged with scalding another prisoner at a top security jail. Fertiliser bomb plotter Omar Khyam allegedly poured boiling water over an armed robber at Frankland Prison, Durham, in October. The 26-year-old, from

  • Wood is bad for business say clubs

    Nightclub bosses say they have lost out on business after thousands of tons of wood from the sunken cargo vessel, the Ice Prince, washed up on Worthing beach. The Pier nightclub, on Worthing Pier, was forced to close for one night by council bosses following

  • Big Lemon squeezed out

    A bus company which runs its vehicles on used cooking oil has been forced off the road for the second time because of a legal wrangle. The Big Lemon Bus Company has been told by the traffic commissioner to stop running services along its number 42 route

  • Villagers furious over waste firm's expansion plan

    Residents are furious with a firm which transports 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

  • NHS chiefs called on to quit

    Campaigners have called on senior health managers to resign after controversial plans to downgrade a hospital maternity unit were put on hold. Proposals to provide midwife-led maternity services at Eastbourne District General Hospital and full consultant-led

  • Woodland safe after developers defeated

    Ancient woodland has been saved after a three-year fight against developers. Four Acre woods in Haywards Heath is now a no-go area for developer Crest Nicholson. Campaigners have welcomed the move, which came after an inquiry into the developer's

  • Crawley travel firm tells 650 staff to move or leave

    Up to 650 Sussex workers have been told they must move to Luton or risk losing their jobs following a multimillion pound merger. The staff face redundancy from TUI Travel in Crawley. The German company merged the popular Thomson and First Choice

  • Thank you from Omar

    I am writing to thank you for the continued support you showed me throughout the years I was locked away in Guantanamo Bay. I was amazed by the support I received from the people of Brighton and the readers of The Argus. I hope you continue to

  • Rescue package formed to revive city academy scheme

    A rescue package is being formed to revive a collapsed £27 million city academy scheme. Brighton and Hove education chiefs said a new sponsor had been found to replace millionaire banker Jon Aisbitt, who abandoned the Falmer Academy plans this month

  • New housing essential in city

    I worked as the deputy head of Risk and head of Construction Health and Safety for the Brighton and Sussex University NHS Trust for two years until November 2006. During that time I spent at least one day a week at the old Royal Alexandra Children's

  • Re-routed rail

    If Gatwick bosses are truly interested in more airline passengers using trains to the airport (The Argus, January 28), then they should campaign to redirect their underutilised Gatwick Express to serve Brighton and Hove via West Brompton. This

  • Dog held over pet passport irregularity

    Rosie the doberman is more used to a custom-built kennel. But now the dog is facing six months behind bars after officials noticed an irregularity in her pet passport. Seven-year-old Rosie has accompanied her owner Paul Bowler on frequent holidays

  • Overweight young mend their ways

    This week it emerged Sussex is sitting on an obesity timebomb with large numbers of children and adults being classed as dangerousy overweight. One Sussex MP believes it is time the NHS made gym membership affordable for all. SIOBHAN RYAN reports.

  • Elder clinches move to Brentford

    Albion striker Nathan Elder is joining Brentford on an 18-month contract after the Seagulls agreed a fee of around £35,000 with the League Two club. The switch ends 12 months of frustration for 20-year-old Elder since his move from Billericay. He made

  • Council delighted at maternity unit praise

    Council leaders have welcomed a report which praised a hospital's maternity unit. A review by the Healthcare Commission ranked the unit at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath as one of the best performing in the country. The department is

  • Post office closure made man break down and cry

    With regard to your front page article about the closure of many Sussex post offices (The Argus, January 29), I was one of the many who campaigned to save the Hailsham Road Post Office in Heathfield, mainly because of the superb service it offers

  • Rail passengers to benefit from extra carriages

    Rail services in Sussex are set to benefit from a share of more than 200 extra train carriages to tackle overcrowding. Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly announced that the area currently served by Southern Railway will receive an additional 106 carriages

  • Polite canines

    In reply to Mr (suited and booted) Paul Carter (Letters, January 25), who says dogs should not be allowed on buses. He states that dogs are smelly, spilling hair and germs on him, that dogs are out to get him, or savage someone just because they

  • Weekly is best

    Arun District Council bosses are right to defend their weekly refuse collection which is being dumped across Sussex in favour of a fortnightly collection (The Argus, January 28). The fortnightly collection has proved very unpopular with residents

  • Sussex childminder charges £750 a week, according to report

    Childminders are stunned at revelations that some Sussex parents are paying a staggering £39,000 a year for their services. The most expensive in the country, one unnamed childminder in West Sussex, charges £750 a week. In stark contrast, childminder

  • Missed chance

    In her letter of January 26, Rose Collis misinterpreted my letter about her forthcoming lecture on gay playwright Joe Orton (Letters, January 26). She is indeed an eminent scholar of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) history, and I

  • Mobiles and iPods are hazards on roads

    Police have warned an increasing number of town centre accidents are being caused by pedestrians listening to iPods and talking on mobile phones. New figures show almost 100 pedestrians were killed or injured in collisions with motorists on two

  • Firefighters tackle Brighton bungalow blaze

    Firefighters were called to tackle a blaze which started in the garage of a bungalow. Fire engines from Brighton and Roedean attended the blaze in Green Way, Ovingdean, Brighton, at 9.55pm yesterday. They extinguished the flames at 11.45pm and nobody

  • Brighton and Hove tops TV licence league of shame

    Brighton and Hove has topped the league of shame for the fourth year running for having the most TV licence dodgers in the county. Last year TV Licensing, which seeks out evaders, found 1,132 people in the city had not bought a licence. If all the people

  • 90 homes set for Bognor fridge factory site

    Developers plan to demolish a fridge factory and office buildings in a village and build 90 new homes. The land, in Rose Green Road, Rose Green, near Bognor, has become the focus of an application which has attracted fierce opposition from residents.

  • Jive Talkin - The Bee Gees' story, Theatre Royal, Jan 31

    Take a nostalgic trip back in time and re-live the glory of this multiaward- winning trio, the only band in history to have No 1 hits in each of four decades. Backed by a live string section, the show is performed by brothers Darren and Gary Simmons

  • Car manufacturers need to slow down

    The AA are pointing out that cars cause more pollution at 20mph than 30mph, and are using that fact to launch their Fuel For Thought campaign (The Argus, January 29). The fact is, there is a need for car speeds to be reduced in our crowded cities

  • Laws on badges

    I write with regard to your article about Don Short who got a parking fine for not displaying his blue badge the correct way round (The Argus, January 28). Can I first say that in my opinion the parking attendants did use common sense and adhered

  • Speaking up for the return of ventriloquists

    What an incredible amount of talent has been laid before us in recent times. Television is leaving no stones unturned in it's search for new faces. Would-be pop stars queue up in their hundreds. Potential candidates for Fred and Ginger's crown

  • Whale protesters were under attack

    With regard to the letter from KD about the members of Greenpeace who were taken hostage by a Japanese whaling vessel (Letters, January 23), she states that she was "disgusted by the stupid antics" of Giles Lane and Benjamin Potts. Firstly, if

  • Sinking fast

    I will not be able to write many more letters to you, so here goes. In 2020 England will be under water. As you know, the ice caps are melting so fast that nobody can stop this happening. I will not be around because I am 81 years of age but I

  • Firefighters called to Eastbourne car fire

    A driver called the fire brigade when the dashboard of his car caught fire. The fire started in a Peugeot in Susan's Road, Eastbourne, at about 7.50pm yesterday. When firefighters arrived the car was well alight with the dashboard in flames. They quickly

  • Firefighters tackle Mayfield house blaze

    Firefighters were called to tackle a blaze at a house today. Six fire pumps arrived at the home in Newick Lane, Mayfield, near Crowborough, shortly after midnight. A 60-year-old woman, who lived at the detached property, was taken to hospital by ambulance

  • Worthing boy battles meningitis in hospital

    A five-year-old boy is fighting for his life in hospital after he was diagnosed with a deadly form of meningitis. The unnamed boy, a pupil at Thomas a Becket First School in Worthing, is in intensive care at a specialist hospital in London after contracting

  • Community fights back to tackle Brighton gun gangs

    Children are to be banned from the streets to try to tackle the terror caused by hoodie gangs. Parents across Whitehawk are being urged to ban youngsters from going out at night in one of the UK's first self-regulating curfews. Police hope the initiative

  • Albion new boy wants goals

    New boy Jonny Dixon put pen to paper for Albion and told fans: "I'm here to score goals." The 24-year old hitman with the multi-national background has left Aldershot's quest for a return to the Football League and signed for the Seagulls for £55,000