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  • Ryman round-up: Rebels stay top

    Worthing held on to top spot in Ryman division one south with a comfortable 3-0 win at home to Corinthian-Casuals. Glen Woodburn gave the Rebels early lead but they needed an Alan Mansfield penalty save just before the break to ensure they went in ahead

  • Welcome win for Crawley

    Crawley secured only their second win in ten games with a richly-deserved 2-0 win over Salisbury in the Blue Square premier at the Broadfield Stadium. The crowd of 603 was Crawley's second-lowest at this level and they suffered another injury blow when

  • Albion thumped by Canaries

    Albion suffered a second roasting in four days as they were thumped 4-1 by slick Norwich at Carrow Road tonight. James Tunnicliffe's second-half goal offered brief cheer but they were 2-0 down by then and ended up suffering a defeat every bit

  • Borough have to settle for a point

    Eastbourne Borough's winless streak extended to nine league games as they threw away victory against Histon. Liam Enver-Marum had put Borough ahead three minutes before the interval with a fine finish after a strong run from Joe Benjamin. Referee Chris

  • Sussex to be hit by strong gale force winds

    Gusts of up to 65mph are expected to hit Sussex this evening. The latest reports from the Met Office say the south coast will have sustained strong gale force winds of up to 47 mph. This could see branches break off trees, properties

  • HALF-TIME: Eastbourne Borough 1, Histon 0

    A goal from Liam Enver-Marum three minutes before the break has given Eastbourne Borough the half-time lead at Priory Lane. Enver-Marum had twice gone close to breaking the deadlock when he finally scored his eighth goal of the season. The striker set

  • HALF-TIME: Crawley 0 Salisbury 0

    Crawley's injury problems worsened in a goalless first half against Salisbury which ended with the visitors reduced to ten men. Already without five players because of injury and suspension Chris Giles, who had been playing as an emergency striker, limped

  • Striker crisis worsens for Reds

    Crawley were unable to name a recognised striker in their line-up for tonight's Blue Square premier clash with Salisbury City at the Broadfield. Danny Forrest and Calum Willock were both injured and Charlie Ademeno was only fit enough to make

  • Pullan returns as Borough bid to end winless streak

    Marc Pullan returns to the Eastbourne Borough side for the visit of Histon tonight as Garry Wilson's men seek their first win in nine league games. Pullan missed the impressive 1-1 draw at Mansfield on Saturday with a groin injury but has recovered and

  • Dickinson starts for Seagulls

    Liam Dickinson returns to the front line as Albion take on Norwich City tonight. The striker comes in for the injured Nicky Forster as the Seagulls' only change to the side which lost to Leeds on Saturday. That means on-loan right back

  • Dog dies in Crawley house fire

    A dog died and a women suffered smoke inhalation in a house fire. Emergency services were called to a property in Grouse Road, Colgate, near Crawley about 4pm today. One woman were treated by paramedics at the scene. Firefighters

  • Second class

    OnE evening at 5.50pm I went to the post box at the corner of Eaton Gardens and Eaton Villas in Hove. The notice on the box says the last pick-up is at 6.15pm. The Royal Mail collection van was double parked with the engine idling, presumably waiting

  • Cut our fees

    I see Crawley shoppers will be able to park for free on Sundays until Christmas “to help boost local trade”. So why can’t Worthing do the same? I see NCP is slashing its parking fees but it’s still not cheap enough. Come on, Worthing, help boost Worthing

  • Katie Price for PM

    WITH regard to Emily Walker’s article headlined Katie’s Grumble in the Jungle (The Argus, November 21), it seems to me that someone should write a defence of Katie Price. She has successfully marketed books. So she’s temperamental? Who isn’t in these

  • Poor service

    “BUSES are top of the league” (The Argus, November 13). I find the title of this story rather amusing, considering we live in Peacehaven and the bus service couldn’t be any worse. Brighton and Hove Buses claims that during the week you can catch a

  • Superb show

    FED up with hoodies, knife crime and the rest? Well, for a change, let’s look at the positive side of teenagers. The City Youth Theatre totally cracked their musical version of Les Miserables at the Sallis Benney Theatre. I have seen

  • MP did well

    Hove MP Celia Barlow must have been pleased to have been upstaged by a Tory councillor at the opening of a new Boots store in Hangleton, Hove (The Argus, November 23). The organisers had clearly been advised the MP was delayed and would arrive late.

  • Taxi access

    With an ever-increasing elderly population and for the disabled in our community, there should be far more private hire taxis able to carry wheelchairs than there at the moment in the city (The Argus, November 23). The GMB union wants Brighton and Hove

  • Bank to thank

    I should inform Ken Strudwick (Letters, November 24) the reason why the next round of council tax increases will be among the smallest in recent years is because, with the cost of living pressures rapidly spiralling as a result of a decade of Government

  • Slim Alison

    THE other night I saw Alison Moyet perform at the Brighton Dome. I was shocked by how slim she was in comparison to her old days as Alf in Yazoo. I prided myself on being slimmer than Alison Moyet and used it as an excuse never to shed any pounds – i.e

  • Erratic UKIP

    The erratic thinking of UKIP is clearly expressed by the bizarre and contradictory words of their supporters (Letters, November 24). There is no President of Europe. The existing chairmanship of the Council of Ministers (one of the meanings of President

  • Stop twittering around

    John Shewell, director of corporate relations at Brighton and Hove City Council, could barely contain himself as he boasted at a public meeting on Monday evening how quickly the council had repaired a broken street light after being alerted to the fault

  • Brighton headteacher backs prince in battle to save history

    A headmaster has thrown his weight behind Prince Charles in a row over history. Richard Cairns, the headmaster of Brighton College, said he supports the Prince of Wales’ strong stance on the need to teach the subject in schools. The story has hit the

  • A hundred jobs to go at University of Sussex

    The University of Sussex has told staff it plans to cut 100 jobs. Up to 100 redundancies could be made as part of cost saving measures to slash £5million from the university's budget. Vice-Chancellor Professor Michael Farthing said: “These are tough

  • Brighton driving instructor jailed for child porn offences

    A bus company driving instructor collected hundreds of horrific indecent images of children on computers. Barry Catlin, 46, had 549 perverted pictures when he was caught by police after he emailed another suspected paedophile who officers were investigating

  • Porridge, Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne, until Nov 28

    There is a danger in putting on stage adaptations of much-loved and iconic classic television situation comedies. The end result can disappoint because any attempt to reproduce exactly the TV performances will result in mummified impersonations

  • Landowner who wrecked Sussex beauty spot handed £20,000 fine

    A landowner who turned a beauty spot into a blot on the landscape has been handed a £20,000 legal bill. Conrad Ryder-Large sparked a flood of complaints from residents in Lindfield, near Haywards Heath. They sent Christmas cards to their council and

  • Anger at Tesco rumours for Brighton community garden

    Residents have reacted angrily to news a Tesco convenience store could replace a garden built by residents on a derelict petrol station. Rumours have circulated that the supermarket giant will move into a unit in a complex of two shops and seven flats

  • Rugby: New boy Ed boosts Brighton

    New centre Ed Court scored a try hat-trick to help Brighton to their best performance of the season. Player/coach Neil McGovern just wishes he could have hung around a bit longer to enjoy it. The Blues hammered Three South West high-flyers

  • Health bosses concerned by Brighton and Hove child obesity

    Almost one in six ten and 11-year-olds in Brighton and Hove are classed as obese. The figures come from children who were weighed during the last academic year. Health bosses found about 16.4% of children were dangerously overweight compared to 17.7%

  • Hockey: Brighton close to upset

    Simon Turner has urged Brighton and Hove to put their cup disappointment behind them by making a push for league honours. Brighton went close to causing an almighty upset in the last 16 of the EH Cup before going out 2-1 on a golden goal to

  • Worthing to get snow this weekend

    It will definitely snow in Worthing this winter after the community rallied round to win a national competition. The town may even get a visit from fiery TV chef Marco Pierre White. Worthing has beaten off competition from the likes of Brighton and

  • Albion must deal better with adversity

    It is not part of the game plan but Mauricio Taricco will be keeping a close eye on Albion, and the defence in particular, if they go 1-0 down at Norwich tonight. They have found themselves in that situation 11 times this season and have gone

  • Police swoop on 100 teens drinking in Hove Park

    Teenagers caused havoc in a park after turning up at a mass drinking session planned on Facebook. Police were called to Hove Park to deal with up to one hundred drunken youngsters who turned up for the event. Officers claimed the Friday night “party

  • Lord Of The Dance, Brighton Centre, Nov 23

    To enjoy the highest-grossing dance show ever, one has to be prepared for a Las Vegas-style kitsch spectacle. This is not your grandparents’ idea of Irish dancing: the speed was turned up to the max; the choreography owed a debt to ballet, modern and

  • 101-year-old challenges Crawley burglar

    A 101-year-old woman fought off a burglar who climbed through her flat window. The centenarian was described as shaken but unhurt after her ordeal on Sunday night. The raid in Crawley was one of 11 burglaries in the town in the space of six hours, several

  • Pedlar has the power

    An entertainer has used a law dating back more than 100 years to start his own business. Birdyman, aka professional juggler Tim Bat, has become a regular sight on the streets of Brighton, selling bird whistles, while eccentrically dressed in a

  • Gearbox deal to rejuvenate engineering firm

    An engineering company hit hard by the recession is celebrating after winning a multimillion-pound contract. Shoreham-based Ricardo has signed a deal with Russian company KATE LLC to work in partnership on the development of a new sevenspeed automatic

  • Firms warned not be complacent

    Sussex firms are in danger of “sleepwalking” into trouble, a business leader has claimed. The UK is expected to emerge from recession next month and recent data on retail figures and house prices has pointed to further “green shoots” in the economy

  • Deputy made acting head at Hove school

    An acting head has been appointed at a struggling city secondary school after the headteacher was signed off on long-term sick leave. Huxely Knox-Macauley, one of the deputies at Hove Park School, will take over until Tim Barclay is able to return.

  • Albion told to clean up their act

    There is every reason to believe history will not repeat itself when Adam El-Abd returns with Albion to Carrow Road tonight. Not necessarily in terms of the result, because a 3-0 defeat for the Seagulls to match the one they suffered in the

  • Asda abduction text is urban myth

    A false rumour about a supermarket abduction attempt is being spread by email and text message. People across Sussex have received messages telling them two Eastern European people tried to abduct a little girl in their local Asda store.

  • United didn't insist on cup-tie abandonment

    Fred Proto insists Worthing United did not ask for their cup game with Clymping to be abandoned. The County League Division Two Cup tie at Clymping was halted at half-time with the hosts winning 1-0 after one of the linesmen was taken ill. Mavericks

  • MP steps in to help Rooks

    Lewes have enlisted the help of their local MP in a bid to stay in business. The Rooks face a winding-up petition in the High Court tomorrow brought by HM Revenue and Customs. The club has reduced a tax debt by £60,000 over the last three months but

  • Evans expects tough night

    Steve Evans admits Salisbury are the last side Crawley want to be playing during their poor run of form. Reds have won just once in their last nine games ahead of their home clash tonight with a Salisbury team who have beaten them in all four

  • A27 in chaos after four crashes in an hour

    Drivers have been stuck in tailbacks after four crashes on one of Sussex's busiest routes this morning. Sussex Police said the first accident happened at about 7.20am near Falmer, where two vehicles were involved in a collision leaving one lane of the

  • Man arrested in robbery inquiry

    Detectives investigating a series of violent robberies at elderly people's rural homes have made an arrest. Since September three homes, at Hadlow Down, near Crowborough, Nutley, near Uckfield, and Ditchling have been raided by masked men.

  • Smith may have played last game for Borough

    Dan Smith looks to have pulled on an Eastbourne Borough shirt for the last time. The former Plymouth Argyle winger was transfer listed following his red card during Borough’s FA Cup defeat at the hands of Tooting and Mitcham last month.

  • Murray: I'm staying with Albion

    Glenn Murray has pledged his future to Albion and revealed he will not be handing in another transfer request. A return to fitness and form, combined with the appointment of Gus Poyet, have transformed Murray's mood and outlook and banished

  • Knifepoint robbery at Piltdown garage

    Two men held up a garage at knifepoint to steal cash and cigarettes. The robbery took place at Piltdown Service Station on the A272 at Piltdown, near Uckfield, at around 4.30pm on Monday afternoon. Both brandished knives and threatened

  • November is a mournful month.

    A Reflective Wheelbarrow Nasturtiums in November November is a mournful month, with dark storms and heavy skies, lawns littered with leaves waiting for the worms to draw them down in the wet, wet soil or for winds to

  • Shallots – grow your own golden winter flavour

    Shallots have to be the best kept secret of allotment life. You rarely see them in shops and when you do, they are priced as if they were actually made of gold! And yet, they are absurdly easy to grow, easy to store and utterly gorgeous to eat.