'The great train robbery' Today (in my eyes at least) Southern Rail have managed to surpass bankers (I was tempted to 'accidentally' misspell that one), speed cameras, MP's and yes, even traffic wardens, as the most evil money grabbing shower currently
To help with the motivation in my marathon training, I set a mid-term goal and entered the Barns Green Half Marathon. With the Brighton Marathon still 167 days away (at the time of writing), it felt good to have a focal point that would get me
So a while a go I announced that I'd be looking for a band to become the first band to record at my new studio, AudioBeach Studios, in Hove. Well, this is it. We're building the studio as of next week so I thought it appropriate to announce the "competition
A driver has suffered head injuries in a crash with another car on a roundabout. The collision between an Audi and a Mitsubishi occurred at around 5.30pm this evening. The A264 near Crawley was closed in both directions for more than
Nothing to do with Brighton, but pretty cool nonetheless - this round up of bizarre restaurants from the Graphic Foodie blog left me gaping.
This week we hit the streets to find out how real women are working this season's smouldering shoulders... Ellie: I can't believe I've chosen something purple again. But this is a great dress. Leanne does the shoulder trend brilliantly with
by Ellie Moss This week get glammed up eighties-stylee for a taste of power dressing courtesy of this season’s most talked about trend, ‘big’ shoulders. Personally the idea of shoulder pads in any shape or form had me terrified and running
Once again Sunday’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Run was held in abysmal weather conditions (The Argus, November 2). As often as not the day of this celebrated event, the first Sunday in November, turns out to be filthy weather-wise, with a gale
I sympathise with the owner of the stolen bike (The Argus, October 29) who had to pay £150 to get it back. My daughter’s moped was stolen from our garden, found promptly by police in Newhaven but then taken to Eastbourne. It would have been quicker
OVER the past ten years Brighton and Hove City Council’s policy on parking has been too simple to be true. By introducing restrictions, it drives motorists to other areas and then solves the problem of its own making by charging them £106-plus to park
Are Caroline Lucas and her Green Party deliberately wasting energy or are newspapers making political mischief (“Green Party leader is eco-inefficient”, The Argus, October 30). Looking at the facts, I see the Greens’ office clearly doesn’t fill the
In 1998, the residents of Telscombe Cliffs and East Saltdean bought Telscombe Tye and entrusted it to Telscombe Town Council to protect it from development. As someone who paid that one-off levy, I feel aggrieved residents were not informed there was
ON October 30, a vigil was held at the Old Steine to show solidarity with those who have been victims of hate crime and homophobic attacks in the city. The event was timed to coincide with similar vigils across the country including one in Trafalgar
THE other morning a friend of mine who suffers from back pain woke up in his chair to discover he could not move. He had severe pain down his back and his right leg. It was 3am so he rang NHS Direct. After listening to messages about what he should
ALL well and good the new chief executive of Brighton and Hove City Council telling us what we already know, that the council he’s inherited leaves a lot to be desired (The Argus, October 30) but what does he intend doing about it? And what about the
As Jean Calder correctly notes regarding St Peter’s Church, “Much money and time has been expended and more will be required” (Letters, October 31). If churches adhered to the teachings of their founder, they would be as poor as the proverbial
While I welcome plans to create more school places in Hove (The Argus, October 28), what we really need is a new primary school. It simply is not good enough to permanently expand existing primary schools in Hove, many of which are big enough as it is
Whilst shopping in Station Road today a local resident complained to me that the main Portslade Post Office had closed it's doors. I phoned the Post Office on returning home and I was referred to the Post Office Press Office for comment. After waiting
The performance of Handel’s oratorio Solomon, conducted by John Hancorn, opened with a rather shaky overture on Saturday, but proceeded with some very fine singing from both the BREMF singers and soloists accompanied by the Brook Street Band playing period
After last seeing Northampton’s James Chapman – aka Maps – playing to a packed venue shortly after his Mercury Music Prize nomination two years ago, complete with backing band, I had predicted the laptop genius wouldn’t be caught playing a small
Listening to Tim Britton describe Forkbeard Fantasy’s latest show is rather like listening to someone detail a colourful dream – all “animatronic parrots”, “invisible artworks” and “cartoons that come to life”. He punctuates his sentences with an
The most unusual element of Eclipse’s performance at The Old Market on Sunday, continuing Brighton Early Music Festival’s theme of East meets West, was the Sephardic music. The Sephardi were Spanish Jews. Expelled from Spain in 1492, they
Lewes have been drawn away to Eastleigh in the FA Trophy third qualifying round on November 21. Seven days earlier they are away to Eastleigh in the league.
When Brighton and Hove City Council changed the way household refuse was collected last year there were all sorts of teething problems. Bins were not emptied for weeks on end and rubbish piled up outside people’s homes, not only causing a mess but also
A baby fallow deer caught in stock fencing has been saved by volunteer rescuers. East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service (WRAS) staff were last week called to a footpath just off the A275, south of Danehill, near Haywards Heath.
It may be a somewhat fragile foundation but at least Eastbourne Borough have got something to build on. After a miserable month which saw them lose three in a row in Blue Square premier and bow out of the FA Cup it was vital they avoided defeat at
Fortune does not always favour the brave so Crawley boss Steve Evans deserves credit for sticking to his principals even though he knew he would be on the receiving end had things gone wrong. It would have been easy for Reds to adopt route one tactics
Car club schemes are to be expanded across Brighton and Hove. Brighton and Hove City Council has announced 13 new bays for club vehicles will be created in the next few weeks, taking the total across the city to more than 50. The
Social workers are feeling the pressure after a significant increase in child abuse referrals following the case of Baby P. Incidents of abuse or neglect being reported across the county by professionals and members of the public have risen by 40% in
There's a scene in Family Guy where Lois’s aristocratic father stations himself in front of two speakers and plays classical music at such a volume that his armchair, with him aboard, is blown gradually backwards. Scottish rock band The
A popular engineer hanged himself just minutes after saying goodbye to his twin brother. Alan Macintosh took his own life in the bike shed at the Mountbatten Court block of flats in Hove where he lived on Thursday. His body was found
A city centre eco-complex of homes and offices has been shortlisted for a national town-planning award. The One Brighton development, in the New England area alongside Brighton station, has been named as a finalist in the Royal Town Planning Institute
Two young men who were killed when their car collided with a tipper lorry have been named. Tony Croft, 25, of Forest Dene, Crowborough, was driving southbound on the A26 at Herons Ghyll on Saturday when his Peugeot 306 collided with the Scania truck
Detectives trying to solve one of Sussex’s most gruesome mysteries hope to take their appeal to an international audience. Sussex Police reopened the case of the “Bolney torso” in March, exhuming a coffin containing an unidentified body with
A shopping list of demands to improve a railway service has been presented to the Government. Norman Baker MP made the presentation in an hour-long meeting with Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis. Central to the discussion was the Southern Railway
Steve Cotterill is the surprise early favourite with bookies Victor Chandler to be Albion's next manager. The 45-year-old former Seagulls loan striker is a 7-2 chance, with Dennis Wise 4-1 and Steve Coppell 6-1. Ex-Cheltenham and Stoke chief Cotterill
To have a successful business you have to, on occasions, break the rules. Now I am not advocating doing your own thing all of the time, but rules are made for the masses and sometimes on occasions they simply don’t fit into the great scheme of running
Police were this morning applying to magistrates for more time to question a man over a hit and run death crash near Crawley. The 26-year-old, from Crawley, was arrested on Saturday night on suspicion of manslaughter by detectives investigating
Albion 3 - Hartlepool 3 A SIX-goal stalemate against Hartlepool at Withdean last season cost Albion a place in the second round of the FA Cup. The consequences of a repeat result were far more severe this time, costing the manager his job.
Three more families are in mourning today after the latest in a spate of fatal road accidents across the county. Four young men were involved in a collision on Saturday which killed two of them and left the others seriously injured in hospital
Boss Gary Croydon believes his side have been knocked out of the FA Trophy by one of the potential winners. The Hillians gave Southern League premier division leaders Farnborough a fright by taking the lead in their second qualifying round tie before
Albion chairman Tony Bloom has drawn up a shortlist of candidates to become manager after sacking Russell Slade. Dennis Wise and Gareth Southgate are thought to be among the favourites as the hunt begins for the Seagulls’ fifth boss in three
Eastbourne Borough today put their only full-time player, midfielder Dan Smith, on the transfer list. Borough have also made goalkeeper Michael Jordan and England Schoolboys international Simon Johnson available on loan. Smith, 20, signed a one-year
To celebrate the store’s first birthday, The Argus has teamed up with Musto Brighton to give you the chance to win £250 of their chic lifestyle outdoor clothing range or technical sailing apparel. The new Autumn Winter collection is now in
Worthing manager Simon Colbran believes Rebels have the credentials to maintain a title challenge after watching his side go top of Ryman division one south. Colbran, who picked up the division’s manager of the month award prior to the match
Forward Sam Cricelli wants to play a key role for Worthing Thunder, even when the big guns come back. The injury-hit BBL outfit were crushed 98-74 on home court by Cheshire Jets on Saturday, then edged out 78-71 at Guildford Heat yesterday.
RUSSELL Slade is “absolutely gutted” to no longer be Albion’s manager. He believes he deserved more time and thinks his successor will have “a marvellous opportunity” to take the club forward. Slade’s fate was sealed by Albion's latest
Hove’s Lloyd Ellett beat The Army’s Gavin McGee in front of a star-studded audience at the Metropole on Saturday night. Boxing was secondary on an evening organised by Hove Amateur Boxing Club’s Scott Welch and businessman John Williams to raise funds
Lewes had Ryan Storrie sent off after a stormy finish to their 1-0 defeat at fellow strugglers Welling in Blue Square south. The Rooks were convinced they should have been awarded the third penalty of the match in injury time when Andy Pearson was felled
Boss Tony Dolby says Hastings United do not have the mental strength to sustain their top two status in the Ryman premier after watching a thriller with Ashford Town. A point lifted United to second in the table but it was hard to decide whether they
Second division Loxwood nearly pulled off the shock of the season after taking County league front-runners Whitehawk to penalties in their RUR Cup tie. The second division side twice led as the game finished 2-2 after extra-time but two saves in the
Firefighters were called to a cafe after a fire broke out in the premises. The blaze started at about 10.24pm on the ground floor of The Cafe Baskerville, The Broadway, Crowborough. A crew from East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service spent
Albion have sacked manager Russell Slade after just eight months in charge. The Albion manager was relieved of his duties today, following the 3-3 draw with Hartlepool United at Withdean yesterday. Assistant manager Dean White and first-team
